Uninstalling Adobe Creative Cloud 2014

[mcsoellner]

I need to uninstall Adobe 2014 and install Adobe 2017 on multiple machine. I am having problems uninstalling Adobe 2014. I have tried the Adobe Package software, but had no luck. Is there a script or efficient way to uninstall Adobe 2014?

[dpertschi]

Recent version of the Creative Cloud Packager allow you to create an uninstall script/xml file that actually work, unlike all the previous uninstall packages that never work. Give it a try.

[mcsoellner]

@dpertschi I tried that and it doesn't work. :( When I run the executable it created, it tells me I do not have Admin rights. When I sign into an account with admin rights, it doesn't uninstall any adobe products. To be honest, the XML file makes no sense to me.

-MC

[donmontalvo]

Straight from the horse's (Adobe Enterprise Support) mouth:

Hi Don, For CC versions you should use uninstall the package from CCP. There is no way to reliably, comprehensively and silently remove older versions than that. Thanks, XXXXXXXXXX

Least intrusive "removal" is to sudo rm -Rf /Application/<AdobePreCcpCrap>/.

Doubtful the miscellaneous other crap those old versions spray all over the system would get in the way if the apps are removed.

¯_(ツ)_/¯