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Adobe is a well known company that is most famous for its Photoshop graphics design application. It has also developed several other applications that cater to professionals in the design field. Because of its usefulness, there should be no reasons to uninstall it unless you need to clear up a lot of disk space.
Adobe software can eat up a lot of your hard disk space especially if you have an entire “Creative Suite” installed. Many of the Adobe applications are designed for special purposes so it is practical to uninstall them if they are not needed so free space can be made.
In general, uninstalling Adobe software is a breeze and there are several uninstallation methods to try and vary in speed and efficiency. Here is the rundown of the different ways on how to uninstall and remove Adobe software.
Using the Control Panel
Your Windows XP control panel should include an “Add/Remove Programs” item or a “Programs and Features” item for Windows Vista users. After opening the item, look around for any Adobe software that you wish to remove. The rest should be safe to uninstall and should free up a lot of disk space. The only problem with this method is that the uninstallation process can be quite lengthy and some files can still be left behind.
The same process can be performed in removing programs like Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, and Adobe Shockwave. Take note that when uninstalling these, you lose the ability of playing flash files in your browser and opening PDF files so you might want to reinstall these applications afterward.
Using Perfect Uninstaller
If you are not very satisfied with the long wait just to have all the Adobe files deleted, you can opt for a faster method by purchasing Perfect Uninstaller. This program expands the uninstallation options in case problems arise with the standard methods or when not all files are removed. Perfect Uninstaller has a unique feature called “Special Uninstall”. This option allows quick and full removal of some of the popular applications including a lot of the Adobe programs that are too time-consuming to uninstall. If the application isn’t listed, you can also submit a request so they can make a special script to uninstall.
This type of removal method is much faster because it doesn’t rely on any special setup tool to deal with the uninstalling. Perfect Uninstaller knows exactly what files and registry entries to remove leaving no trace of the application. You can also try the “Force Uninstall” method where you find the location of the folder inside your “Program Files” and Perfect Uninstaller will try to uninstall it.
Perfect Uninstaller is the best alternative to using the control panel because of its speed and efficiency advantages. It is the tool of choice when uninstalling any Adobe products.