How to completely uninstall Acrobat Reader, Pro or StandardHow to completely uninstall Acrobat Reader, Pro or Standard

There are a couple of steps required to completely remove Acrobat Pro DC, Acrobat Standard DC and Acrobat Reader

Please remember this will delete any profiles, preferences, settings you would have created for the application so please backup the Acrobat Preferences and plugins to a backup folder on MAC or Windows.
You can use the following link on how to backup Acrobat Preferences and Plugins
Please also backup Windows Registry.
You can use the following link on how to backup Windows Registry

On Microsft Windows:

• Find if you have 64bit or 32 bit Acorbat version installed on your machine by checking the following Adobe help article :
  
  Click Here on How to Check Adobe Acrobat Version
  
  If you have Windows 11 then by default you will have the 64bit version.
  
• Download the Acrobat Official Uninstaller [CodeName : AcroCleaner] according to the version that you have installed :
  
  • Windows Acrobat 64bit
    
  • Windows Acrobat 32bit
    
• Use the Following Steps to remove the Acrobat application :
  • Verify you have run the product uninstaller. The Cleaner tool is NOT an uninstaller.
  • Close all running adobe services from Windows task manager clicking .
  • Double click the cleaner exe file.
  • Verify you want to continue, and choose Next.
  • Accept the EULA and choose Next.
  • Choose the standalone product to clean and choose Next.
    
• After running the Cleaner Tool delete your Acrobat Folder in the following paths in windows explorer:
  • C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat DC
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat DC

• After do a manual/automatic cleanup from windows registry from the following article :
  How to remove Acrobat from windows registry
  
• After this restart restart your machine once to check.
• If the issue is not resolved then you would have to remove all the Adobe Applications from the system and then do a manual reinstall but this will remove all your plugins, preferences and settings on all your Adobe Applications.

On Apple MAC machines :

Mac: The tool can be used from OS X 10.9 and onward.

• Please download the tool from the following link :
  DOWNLOAD AcroCleaner MAC
  
• Next Please follow the below steps :
  • Backup your prefrences.
  • Verify you have run the product uninstaller. The Cleaner tool is NOT an uninstaller.
  • Double click to mount the AdobeAcroCleanerTool.dmg
  • Double click the file: AcroCleanerTool.app
  • Verify you want to continue, and choose Next.
  • Accept the EULA and choose Next.
  • Choose the product to remove and click Next.
  • Applications found installed are listed separately for both Acrobat and Reader. By default, all the listed applications will be selected for clean-up. Following buttons below the lists can be used to customize the list.
  • Remove button: Select the application you don t want to uninstall and click ‘Remove’ button below that particular list.
  • Refresh button: You can repopulate the full list again using ‘Refresh’ button below that particular list.
  • Click the Clean button to remove the listed applications.
  • Press OK to confirm.
  • Provide an admin password in the admin prompt dialog. Cleanup processing begins.
  • When complete, press OK.
  • Press Quit to quit the app or choose View Log.