How To Manually Remove Adobe Creative Suite 2 (CS2) / 2.3 (CS2.3) Standard and Premium
Article ID = 24Article Title = How To Manually Remove Adobe Creative Suite 2 (CS2) / 2.3 (CS2.3) Standard and Premium
Article Author(s) = Graham Needham (BH)
Article Created On = 8th July 2011
Article Last Updated = 10th September 2014
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Instructions for removing Adobe Creative Suite 2 (CS2) / 2.3 (CS2.3) Standard and Premium
How to Manually Remove Adobe Creative Suite 2 (CS2) / 2.3 (CS2.3) Standard and Premium
Some important points to note before proceeding:- Although the Adobe supplied "Uninstaller" applications may work they do not fully remove Adobe Creative Suite.
- These instructions will help you manually remove all the Adobe Creative Suite software (including Acrobat 7 and 8, Bridge, GoLive, Version Cue), system items and preferences.
- If your Adobe software is "Activated" as opposed to a multi-user licence edition you should make sure you have deactivated the software before your being to remove it. This is usually done by opening an Adobe application and going to the Help menu > Activation/Activate/Deactivate/Transfer Activation.
- Due to the sheer number of files and folders to be deleted we recommend you print this document first and tick off each line as you follow it.
- The instructions below include emptying the Trash so make sure you check the Trash for anything you may not want to actually delete.
- These instructions will remove items for Acrobat 8. Acrobat 8 was available separately as well as in Creative Suite CS2.3 and also in Creative Suite CS3, it is still being updated and it is actually a Universal application, thus it will work on Intel Macs so if you wish to keep Acrobat 8 specific items not to be removed will be noted in ochre.
- These instructions will remove items for a specific version of Creative Suite. However, some items are the same across different versions of Creative Suite so if you are removing an older version but have a newer version installed that you wish to keep specific items not to be removed will be noted in red or ochre (including Acrobat 8 or later).
- If necessary, your Acrobat (Distiller) PDF settings / .jopoptions files should be saved/backed up before proceeding with these instructions. Their locations can be found in this article.
Manual Removal
NOTE: Depending on what Creative Suite software you have installed and/or used some or all of the following items may be present on your hard disk. If a listed item isn't on your hard disk, don't worry, ignore it and skip to the next step.- Restart your computer (and login using an adminstrator account).
- Quit any running applications.
- Go to Apple Menu > System preferences > System > Accounts > your account name (on the left) > Login Items tab (on the right) and remove any Adobe items.
- Go to Macintosh HD > Applications and delete the following items:
- "Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional" folder
- "Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Standard" folder
- "Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional" folder
- "Adobe Bridge" folder
- "Adobe Creative Suite 2" folder
- "Adobe GoLive CS2" folder
- Adobe Help Center
- Adobe Help Viewer 1.0
- "Adobe Illustrator CS2" folder
- "Adobe InDesign CS2" folder
- "Adobe Photoshop CS2" folder
- Adobe Stock Photos
- "Adobe Version Cue CS2" folder
- "Macromedia Dreamweaver 8" folder
- "Macromedia Extension Manager" folder
- Go to Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities and delete the following items:
- Adobe Updater
- "Adobe Utilities" folder
- Go to Macintosh HD > Library > Application Support and delete the following items:
- "Adobe PDF" folder
- "Adobe Systems" folder
- Go to Macintosh HD > Library > Application Support > Adobe and delete the following items:
- "Acrobat" folder
- "Adobe PCD" folder
- "Adobe PDF" folder
- Adobe Registration Database
- AdobeDefaultLanguage.txt
- "AdobeHelpData" folder
- "AGL" folder
- "AMC" folder
- "Color" folder
- "Fonts" folder
- "Help" folder
- "Installer" folder (folder name not plural i.e. without an 's')
- "Launch" folder
- "Licenses" folder
- "Linguistics" folder
- "Obsolete" folder
- "PDFL" folder
- "Plug-Ins" folder
- "SING" folder
- "StartupScripts" folder
- "SVG Viewer 3.0" folder
- "Templates" folder
- "TypeSpt" folder
- "Updater" folder
- "Updater5" folder
- "XMP" folder
- Go to Macintosh HD > Library > CFMSupport and delete the "edb1drv" file.
- Go to Macintosh HD > Library > Internet Plug-Ins and delete the following items:
- AdobePDFViewer.plugin
- NPSVG3.zip
- NPSVG3Carbon
- NPSVG3ReadMe.html
- Go to Macintosh HD > Library > Logs and delete the "Adobe" folder.
- Go to Macintosh HD > Library > PreferencePanes and delete the "Version Cue CS2.prefPane" file.
- Go to Macintosh HD > Library > Preferences and delete the following items:
- "Adobe Systems" folder
- com.adobe.acrobat.pdfviewer.plist
- com.Adobe.AdobePDFSettings.plist
- com.Adobe.PDFAdminSettings.plist
- com.adobe.versioncueCS2.plist
- Go to Macintosh HD > Library > Printers and delete the "PPD Plugins" folder.
- Go to Macintosh HD > Library > ScriptingAdditions and delete the "Adobe Unit Types" file.
- Go to Macintosh HD > Library > StartupItems and delete the "AdobeVersionCueCS2" folder.
- Go to Macintosh HD > Users > ~your home directory > Documents and delete the "AdobeStockPhotos" folder.
- Go to Macintosh HD > Users > ~your home directory > Library and delete the "Acrobat User Data" folders.
- Go to Macintosh HD > Users > ~your home directory > Library > Application Support and delete the "Macromedia" folder.
- Go to Macintosh HD > Users > ~your home directory > Library > Application Support > Adobe and delete the following folders:
- Acrobat
- Adobe Illustrator CS2
- Adobe PDF
- Bridge
- CameraRaw
- Color
- ESD
- Fonts
- Linguistics
- Scripts
- ScriptStore
- Stock Photos
- Updater
- Updater5
- XMP
- Go to Macintosh HD > Users > ~your home directory > Library > Caches and delete the following folders:
- Acrobat
- acrobat8pro-en_US (or similarly numbered folder)
- Adobe
- Adobe Camera Raw
- AdobeUpdater
- bridge1
- com.adobe.Acrobat
- com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro
- com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro.ARM
- com.adobe.Adobe Help Viewer
- com.adobe.AdobeUpdateInstaller.InDesign
- com.adobe.ami.installer
- com.adobe.ARM
- golive8-en_US-RET (or similarly numbered folder)
- illustrator12-en_inatl-RET (or similarly numbered folder)
- indesign4-en_GB-NONDEBUG,RET (or similarly numbered folder)
- Opera Cache (if you use the Opera web browser do not delete this folder)
- photoshop9-en_US-RET (or similarly numbered folder)
- versioncue2-en_US-CS (or similarly numbered folder)
- Go to Macintosh HD > Users > ~your home directory > Library > LaunchAgents and delete any items starting with "com.adobe.ARM…".
- Go to Macintosh HD > Users > ~your home directory > Library > PreferencePanes and delete the "Opera Preferences" folder (if you use the Opera web browser do not delete this folder).
- Go to Macintosh HD > Users > ~your home directory > Library > Preferences and delete the following items:
- "Acrobat" folder
- Acrobat Distiller Prefs
- "Adobe" folder
- Adobe Camera Raw 3.7 Prefs (and any other 3.x versions)
- "Adobe GoLive 8.0 Prefs" folder
- "Adobe Illustrator CS2 Settings" folder
- "Adobe ImageReady CS2 Settings" folder
- "Adobe Photoshop CS2 Paths" folder
- "Adobe Photoshop CS2 Settings" folder
- Adobe Save for Web AI 9.0 Prefs
- "Adobe UM" folder
- com.adobe.Acrobat.80.sh.plist
- com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro.plist
- com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro_ppc_8.0.plist
- com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro_x86_8.0.plist
- com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro7.0.plist
- com.adobe.Acrobat.sh.plist
- com.adobe.Acrobat7.0.plist
- com.adobe.Adobe Help Viewer.plist
- com.adobe.alm.adobelmbundle.plist
- com.adobe.ARM.plist
- com.adobe.aumclient.plist
- com.adobe.bridge.plist
- com.adobe.distiller7.plist
- com.adobe.distiller8.plist
- com.adobe.Photoshop.plist
- com.adobe.UpdateInstaller.plist
- com.macromedia.ExtensionManager.plist
- Dreamweaver 8 Prefs
- "Macromedia" folder
- "Opera 6 Preferences" folder (if you use the Opera web browser do not delete this folder)
- "Opera Preferences" folder (if you use the Opera web browser do not delete this folder)
- Go to Macintosh HD > Users > ~your home directory > Library > Preferences > Adobe InDesign and delete the "Version 4.0" folder.
- Go to Macintosh HD > Users > ~your home directory > Library > Receipts and delete the following items:
- com.adobe.Acrobat
- com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro
- com.adobe.distiller
- If you are running Mac OS X 10.6 or later:
- In the Finder go to the Go menu > Go to Folder…
- Enter "/private/var/db/receipts/"
- Delete all items starting with "com.adobe.pkg…"
- Restart your computer.
- Empty the Trash.
- Remove the relevant Adobe Creative Suite related icons from the Dock e.g. Acrobat, Distiller, GoLive, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, ImageReady, Bridge, Dreamweaver, Stock Photos (just drag the icon off of the dock to remove it).
Fonts Installed by Adobe Creative Suite 2 Reference List
NOTE: Most of these fonts are installed by later versions of Adobe Creative Suite including CS3 but they may be installed to a different location.The following fonts are installed to Macintosh HD > Library > Application Support > Adobe > Fonts:
- ACaslonPro-Bold.otf
- ACaslonPro-BoldItalic.otf
- ACaslonPro-Italic.otf
- ACaslonPro-Regular.otf
- ACaslonPro-Semibold.otf
- ACaslonPro-SemiboldItalic.otf
- AdobeMingStd-Light.otf
- AdobeMyungjoStd-Medium.otf
- AdobeSongStd-Light.otf
- AGaramondPro-Bold.otf
- AGaramondPro-BoldItalic.otf
- AGaramondPro-Italic.otf
- AGaramondPro-Regular.otf
- AGaramondPro-Semibold.otf
- AGaramondPro-SemiboldItalic.otf
- AJensonPro-Bold.otf
- AJensonPro-BoldIt.otf
- AJensonPro-It.otf
- AJensonPro-Lt.otf
- AJensonPro-LtIt.otf
- AJensonPro-Regular.otf
- AJensonPro-Semibold.otf
- AJensonPro-SemiboldIt.otf
- BernhardModernStd-Bold.otf
- BernhardModernStd-BoldIt.otf
- BernhardModernStd-Italic.otf
- BernhardModernStd-Roman.otf
- BickhamScriptPro-Bold.otf
- BickhamScriptPro-Regular.otf
- BickhamScriptPro-Semibold.otf
- BirchStd.otf
- BrushScriptStd.otf
- CaflischScriptPro-Regular.otf
- CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold.otf
- CenturyOldStyleStd-Italic.otf
- CenturyOldStyleStd-Regular.otf
- ChaparralPro-Bold.otf
- ChaparralPro-BoldIt.otf
- ChaparralPro-Italic.otf
- ChaparralPro-Light.otf
- ChaparralPro-LightIt.otf
- ChaparralPro-Regular.otf
- ChaparralPro-Semibold.otf
- ChaparralPro-SemiboldIt.otf
- CharlemagneStd-Bold.otf
- CharlemagneStd-Regular.otf
- CourierStd-Bold.otf
- CourierStd-BoldOblique.otf
- CourierStd-Oblique.otf
- CourierStd.otf
- GiddyupStd.otf
- KozGoPro-Bold.otf
- KozGoPro-ExtraLight.otf
- KozGoPro-Heavy.otf
- KozGoPro-Light.otf
- KozGoPro-Medium.otf
- KozGoPro-Regular.otf
- KozGoStd-Bold.otf
- KozGoStd-ExtraLight.otf
- KozGoStd-Heavy.otf
- KozGoStd-Light.otf
- KozGoStd-Medium.otf
- KozGoStd-Regular.otf
- KozMinPro-Bold.otf
- KozMinPro-ExtraLight.otf
- KozMinPro-Heavy.otf
- KozMinPro-Light.otf
- KozMinPro-Medium.otf
- KozMinPro-Regular.otf
- KozMinStd-Bold.otf
- KozMinStd-ExtraLight.otf
- KozMinStd-Heavy.otf
- KozMinStd-Light.otf
- KozMinStd-Medium.otf
- KozMinStd-Regular.otf
- LetterGothicStd-Bold.otf
- LetterGothicStd-BoldSlanted.otf
- LetterGothicStd-Slanted.otf
- LetterGothicStd.otf
- LithosPro-Black.otf
- LithosPro-Bold.otf
- LithosPro-ExtraLight.otf
- LithosPro-Light.otf
- LithosPro-Regular.otf
- MesquiteStd.otf
- MinionPro-Bold.otf
- MinionPro-BoldIt.otf
- MinionPro-It.otf
- MinionPro-Regular.otf
- MinionPro-Semibold.otf
- MinionPro-SemiboldIt.otf
- MinionStd-Black.otf
- MyriadPro-Black.otf
- MyriadPro-BlackCond.otf
- MyriadPro-BlackCondIt.otf
- MyriadPro-BlackIt.otf
- MyriadPro-Bold.otf
- MyriadPro-BoldCond.otf
- MyriadPro-BoldCondIt.otf
- MyriadPro-BoldIt.otf
- MyriadPro-Cond.otf
- MyriadPro-CondIt.otf
- MyriadPro-It.otf
- MyriadPro-Light.otf
- MyriadPro-LightCond.otf
- MyriadPro-LightCondIt.otf
- MyriadPro-LightIt.otf
- MyriadPro-Regular.otf
- MyriadPro-Semibold.otf
- MyriadPro-SemiboldCond.otf
- MyriadPro-SemiboldCondIt.otf
- MyriadPro-SemiboldIt.otf
- MyriadStd-Sketch.otf
- MyriadStd-Tilt.otf
- NewsGothicStd-Bold.otf
- NewsGothicStd-BoldOblique.otf
- NewsGothicStd-Oblique.otf
- NewsGothicStd.otf
- NuevaStd-Bold.otf
- NuevaStd-BoldItalic.otf
- NuevaStd-Italic.otf
- NuevaStd-Light.otf
- NuevaStd-LightItalic.otf
- NuevaStd-Regular.otf
- OCRAStd.otf
- PoplarStd.otf
- PrestigeEliteStd-Bd.otf
- PrestigeEliteStd-BdSlanted.otf
- PrestigeEliteStd-Slanted.otf
- PrestigeEliteStd.otf
- RosewoodStd-Fill.otf
- RosewoodStd-Regular.otf
- RyoDispStd-Bold.otf
- RyoDispStd-ExtraBold.otf
- RyoDispStd-Heavy.otf
- RyoDispStd-Medium.otf
- RyoDispStd-SemiBold.otf
- RyoTextStd-ExtraLight.otf
- RyoTextStd-Light.otf
- RyoTextStd-Medium.otf
- RyoTextStd-Regular.otf
- StencilStd.otf
- TrajanPro-Bold.otf
- TrajanPro-Regular.otf
- VivaStd-Bold.otf
- VivaStd-Light.otf
- VivaStd-Regular.otf
- WarnockPro-Bold.otf
- WarnockPro-BoldCapt.otf
- WarnockPro-BoldDisp.otf
- WarnockPro-BoldIt.otf
- WarnockPro-BoldItCapt.otf
- WarnockPro-BoldItDisp.otf
- WarnockPro-BoldItSubh.otf
- WarnockPro-BoldSubh.otf
- WarnockPro-Capt.otf
- WarnockPro-Disp.otf
- WarnockPro-It.otf
- WarnockPro-ItCapt.otf
- WarnockPro-ItDisp.otf
- WarnockPro-ItSubh.otf
- WarnockPro-Light.otf
- WarnockPro-LightCapt.otf
- WarnockPro-LightDisp.otf
- WarnockPro-LightIt.otf
- WarnockPro-LightItCapt.otf
- WarnockPro-LightItDisp.otf
- WarnockPro-LightItSubh.otf
- WarnockPro-LightSubh.otf
- WarnockPro-Regular.otf
- WarnockPro-Semibold.otf
- WarnockPro-SemiboldCapt.otf
- WarnockPro-SemiboldDisp.otf
- WarnockPro-SemiboldIt.otf
- WarnockPro-SemiboldItCapt.otf
- WarnockPro-SemiboldItDisp.otf
- WarnockPro-SemiboldItSubh.otf
- WarnockPro-SemiboldSubh.otf
- WarnockPro-Subh.otf
- WoodtypeOrnamentsStd.otf
The following fonts are installed to Macintosh HD > Library > Application Support > Adobe > Fonts > Reqrd > Base:
NOTE: Most of these fonts are installed by later versions of Adobe Creative Suite including CS3 but they may be installed to a different location.- MyriaBol
- MyriaBolIta
- Myriad
- MyriaIta
- MyriaRom
The following fonts are found on the "CS2 Std Content" CD-ROM disc in Goodies > InDesign CS2 > Adobe Fonts:
-
AdobeCaslonPro
- ACaslonPro-Bold.otf
- ACaslonPro-BoldItalic.otf
- ACaslonPro-Italic.otf
- ACaslonPro-Regular.otf
- ACaslonPro-Semibold.otf
- ACaslonPro-SemiboldItalic.otf
- AGaramondPro-Italic.otf
- AGaramondPro-Regular.otf
- AGaramondPro-Semibold.otf
- AGaramondPro-SemiboldItalic.otf
- AJensonPro-Bold.otf
- AJensonPro-BoldIt.otf
- AJensonPro-It.otf
- AJensonPro-Lt.otf
- AJensonPro-LtIt.otf
- AJensonPro-Regular.otf
- AJensonPro-Semibold.otf
- AJensonPro-SemiboldIt.otf
- AdobeMingStd-Light.otf
- AdobeMyungjoStd-Medium.otf
- AdobeSongStd-Light.otf
- CaflischScriptPro-Regular.otf
- KozGoPro-Bold.otf
- KozGoPro-ExtraLight.otf
- KozGoPro-Heavy.otf
- KozGoPro-Light.otf
- KozGoPro-Medium.otf
- KozGoPro-Regular.otf
- KozGoStd-Bold.otf
- KozGoStd-ExtraLight.otf
- KozGoStd-Heavy.otf
- KozGoStd-Light.otf
- KozGoStd-Medium.otf
- KozGoStd-Regular.otf
- KozMinPro-Bold.otf
- KozMinPro-ExtraLight.otf
- KozMinPro-Heavy.otf
- KozMinPro-Light.otf
- KozMinPro-Medium.otf
- KozMinPro-Regular.otf
- KozMinStd-Bold.otf
- KozMinStd-ExtraLight.otf
- KozMinStd-Heavy.otf
- KozMinStd-Light.otf
- KozMinStd-Medium.otf
- KozMinStd-Regular.otf
- LetterGothicStd-Bold.otf
- LetterGothicStd-BoldSlanted.otf
- LetterGothicStd-Slanted.otf
- LetterGothicStd.otf
- LithosPro-Black.otf
- LithosPro-Bold.otf
- LithosPro-ExtraLight.otf
- LithosPro-Light.otf
- LithosPro-Regular.otf
- MyriadPro-Black.otf
- MyriadPro-BlackCond.otf
- MyriadPro-BlackCondIt.otf
- MyriadPro-BlackIt.otf
- MyriadPro-Bold.otf
- MyriadPro-BoldCond.otf
- MyriadPro-BoldCondIt.otf
- MyriadPro-BoldIt.otf
- MyriadPro-Cond.otf
- MyriadPro-CondIt.otf
- MyriadPro-It.otf
- MyriadPro-Light.otf
- MyriadPro-LightCond.otf
- MyriadPro-LightCondIt.otf
- MyriadPro-LightIt.otf
- MyriadPro-Regular.otf
- MyriadPro-Semibold.otf
- MyriadPro-SemiboldCond.otf
- MyriadPro-SemiboldCondIt.otf
- MyriadPro-SemiboldIt.otf
- PoplarStd.otf
- RyoDispStd-Bold.otf
- RyoDispStd-ExtraBold.otf
- RyoDispStd-Heavy.otf
- RyoDispStd-Medium.otf
- RyoDispStd-SemiBold.otf
- RyoTextStd-ExtraLight.otf
- RyoTextStd-Light.otf
- RyoTextStd-Medium.otf
- RyoTextStd-Regular.otf
- TrajanPro-Bold.otf
- TrajanPro-Regular.otf
The following fonts are not included with CS3 and later:
- AGaramondPro-Semibold.otf
- AGaramondPro-SemiboldItalic.otf
- AJensonPro-Bold.otf
- AJensonPro-BoldIt.otf
- AJensonPro-It.otf
- AJensonPro-Lt.otf
- AJensonPro-LtIt.otf
- AJensonPro-Regular.otf
- AJensonPro-Semibold.otf
- AJensonPro-SemiboldIt.otf
- CenturyOldStyleStd-Bold.otf
- CenturyOldStyleStd-Italic.otf
- CenturyOldStyleStd-Regular.otf
- CourierStd-Bold.otf
- CourierStd-BoldOblique.otf
- CourierStd-Oblique.otf
- CourierStd.otf
- LithosPro-Bold.otf
- LithosPro-ExtraLight.otf
- LithosPro-Light.otf
- MyriadPro-LightCond.otf
- MyriadPro-LightCondIt.otf
- PrestigeEliteStd-BdSlanted.otf
- PrestigeEliteStd-Slanted.otf
- PrestigeEliteStd.otf
- VivaStd-Bold.otf
- VivaStd-Light.otf
- VivaStd-Regular.otf
- WarnockPro-Bold.otf
- WarnockPro-BoldCapt.otf
- WarnockPro-BoldDisp.otf
- WarnockPro-BoldIt.otf
- WarnockPro-BoldItCapt.otf
- WarnockPro-BoldItDisp.otf
- WarnockPro-BoldItSubh.otf
- WarnockPro-BoldSubh.otf
- WarnockPro-Capt.otf
- WarnockPro-Disp.otf
- WarnockPro-It.otf
- WarnockPro-ItCapt.otf
- WarnockPro-ItDisp.otf
- WarnockPro-ItSubh.otf
- WarnockPro-Light.otf
- WarnockPro-LightCapt.otf
- WarnockPro-LightDisp.otf
- WarnockPro-LightIt.otf
- WarnockPro-LightItCapt.otf
- WarnockPro-LightItDisp.otf
- WarnockPro-LightItSubh.otf
- WarnockPro-LightSubh.otf
- WarnockPro-Regular.otf
- WarnockPro-Semibold.otf
- WarnockPro-SemiboldCapt.otf
- WarnockPro-SemiboldDisp.otf
- WarnockPro-SemiboldIt.otf
- WarnockPro-SemiboldItCapt.otf
- WarnockPro-SemiboldItDisp.otf
- WarnockPro-SemiboldItSubh.otf
- WarnockPro-SemiboldSubh.otf
- WarnockPro-Subh.otf
- WoodtypeOrnamentsStd.otf
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