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Completely Remove Adobe from your Mac in 2 Steps

Step 1

Download and run the Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool, their multi-app uninstaller and wipe assistant. Adobe does recommend running individual application uninstallers first, your call. Click the Clean All option.

Step 2

Type a one line command in terminal find ~/ -iname "*adobe*" and it's shows up all files which match pattern.

To remove all files

sudo rm -rf /Applications/Adobe* /Applications/Utilities/Adobe* /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe /Library/Preferences/com.adobe.* /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.adobe.* /private/var/db/receipts/com.adobe.* ~/Library/Application\ Support/Adobe* ~/Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.sharedfilelist/com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ApplicationRecentDocuments/com.adobe* ~/Library/Application\ Support/CrashReporter/Adobe* ~/Library/Caches/Adobe ~/Library/Caches/com.Adobe.* ~/Library/Caches/com.adobe.* ~/Library/Cookies/com.adobe.* ~/Library/Logs/Adobe* ~/Library/PhotoshopCrashes ~/Library/Preferences/Adobe* ~/Library/Preferences/com.adobe.* ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia* ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State/com.adobe.*

@celikmuhammed
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Thanks 👍🏻

@cerohazuri
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cerohazuri commented Feb 7, 2024

DONT USE! : % sudo rm -rf ~/ -iname "adobe" maybe easier?

@AqilaAdnandana
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% sudo rm -rf ~/ -iname "adobe" maybe easier?

did you just force me to delete all of my fles? 💀

@nzzzen
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nzzzen commented Mar 5, 2024

% sudo rm -rf ~/ -iname "adobe" maybe easier?

how can I recover my files now ??? please I beg all of us, I lost of my files in document...

@AqilaAdnandana
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% sudo rm -rf ~/ -iname "adobe" maybe easier?

how can I recover my files now ??? please I beg all of us, I lost of my files in document...

use data recovery tool.

@owenn2106
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no matches found: /Applications/Adobe*?

@vampipi
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vampipi commented Mar 28, 2024

got the same problem

@hirasso
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hirasso commented Apr 3, 2024

❤️

@aniansh19019
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If you get no matches found, first open a bash shell by typing bash and then run the rm command.

@SHMelectronics
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Thank

@HeisUser
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% sudo rm -rf ~/ -iname "adobe" maybe easier?

how can I recover my files now ??? please I beg all of us, I lost of my files in document...

use data recovery tool.

What kind of Recovery Tool? I just got this nightmare.. T_T

@GrizzlyFoxCat
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It works in the sense of Creative Cloud doesn't pick up my previous username when reinstalling.

However, when trying to re-install Lightroom, it detects my trial is expired, so there's definitely something left behind. Maybe in the Keychain?

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