Solution: How to uninstall Adobe Acrobat completely

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Posted in » Adobe, Software - by Ades on January 27th, 2009

Ever since I uninstalled Adobe Acrobat 8 from my PC, every time I wanted to right click on any file or folder, I have been getting this pop-up window below (see screenshot).

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The reason for this problem was because when you uninstall Adobe Acrobat, it doesn’t fully uninstalls itself; usually there will be some registry entries, broken files, empty folders… etc left on your PC. In order to solve the problem, you have to remove these files and registry entries manually as recommended by Adobe themselves here. But that’s a long, hassle way to do it. I needed a “one-click” solution if possible ;)
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Solution

Windows Installer CleanUp Utility did the trick for me. After I installed this tool, I was able to see the Adobe Acrobat in the list and successfully removed it with one click.


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Windows Installer CleanUp is a utility to remove installation information for programs that were installed by using Windows Installer.

Website: support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
Download: click here

P.S The reason i am posting about this tool is because it was quite difficult to find a solution on the net. Most of the articles pointed to manual removal of Adobe Acrobat files. So I thought this might benefit people who are having trouble with uninstalling Adobe products.

Note: This tool can be used to remove any other program as well; that experienced half-way installation or not completely removed…etc. So, it’s not a tool to only remove Adobe Acrobat.

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20 Responses to “Solution: How to uninstall Adobe Acrobat completely”

  1. By Brad on Jan 27, 2009

    Thanks for this post. You’re right, this information is hard to find! I had to use the cleanup tool for another program recently. I wish I’d seen your post then - it took me ages to work out what I was looking for. I’m sure it will help someone else by you posting it here.

  2. By Busby SEO Test Freak on Jan 27, 2009

    i also ever had problem like this
    thanks for remembering me.

  3. By Tom on Jan 28, 2009

    Thanks.I have been searching for this information as well.I run Windows Vista and when upgrading acrobat it wen´t bad.So, I must uninstall it and re-install again.

  4. By Saurabh on Jan 28, 2009

    Thank you for the help… :)

  5. By Marketing Man on Jan 28, 2009

    Usually Adobe leaves a lot behind when you uninstall it. This is great if it really does the trick of uninstalling it.

  6. By Cheap Phone Calls on Jan 28, 2009

    Eurgh, I know what you mean, Adobe leaves files all over the place.

  7. By Web Design on Jan 29, 2009

    Nice Post. Thanks For Sharing the Solution. I have Also Uninstall The Adobe. I tried Many Times.

  8. By Atniz on Jan 30, 2009

    Thanks, their update thingy bothered me soo much.

  9. By College Textbooks on Feb 1, 2009

    Can’t believe I stumbled across this post. I have 2 Vista boxes at home and have been having trouble re-installing acrobat. I should just get rid of Vista instead…

  10. By Car accident Claim on Feb 7, 2009

    I hate getting that pop up. I never knew how to get rid of it before. thanks for the info!

  11. By Marketing Preston on Feb 16, 2009

    Haven’t tried the software yet, but if what you say is true then I will have found a solution to a problem that has bugged me for years!

    Many thanks,

    Nick

  12. By Peter Tang on May 24, 2009

    A Very BIG thanks you for your post. I am facing the same problem for the past few days. Lucky I found your post and it really help me up. Now my problem solved and my headache has gone.

    Thanks you.

  13. By Ades on May 28, 2009

    You are welcome!

  14. By Tony on Jun 16, 2009

    Thank you so much. I had been fighting an old adobe with pieces laying around, downloaded and ran one program that wanted me to pay before it would finish.

    Then I found your post and i was done in no time.

    Thanks so much.

  15. By Ades on Jun 17, 2009

    You are welcome Tony!

  16. By Enorme Nuez on Sep 10, 2009

    Thank you very much!

  17. By Jas on Oct 24, 2009

    THANK YOU SO MUCH!! UR A LIFE SAVER! i kept trying to get rid of it the annoying bitch of a thing

  18. By Ian Jones on Nov 2, 2009

    I went to PerfectUninstaller from the ad on your site and was able to download the free demo version. It went through all the steps to uninstall but for it to actually do the uninstall I had to buy the product, never having seen if it could do what it said. I suggest that you remove the ad until they actually do a complete demo before expecting me to purchase their product. Your advice on Microsoft Uninstaller was great. Thank you

  19. By Ades on Nov 2, 2009

    Hi Ian,

    I believe you have clicked on one of the Google AdSense ads? Those are dynamically generated ads related to the content of the page. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

    Actually for this same reason I have resisted putting ads inside the content. At the moment all the ads are outside the blog post.

    I am glad that my post could be of help.

    Thanks.

  20. By Arvin on Nov 23, 2009

    Thank you kindly.. I have tried all sorts of proposed solutions. This was by far the easiest, fastest, and cheapest.

    Thanks again!
    AP


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