What is Adobe Media Encoder?

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by Adobe

Overview

Adobe Media Encoder is published by Adobe. You can find out more about Adobe Media Encoder at its official website or at Adobe's website.


How do I clean Adobe Media Encoder?

Adobe Media Encoder may store excess, temporary data on your computer that can take up valuable space. It may also store private data such as passwords or browsing history in the registry or on the file system. The easiest way to erase this data is by downloading AppCleaner, it is 100% free and about 1MB in size. A portable version is also available.

Clean Adobe Media Encoder
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean Adobe Media Encoder manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There is one location in the file system where Adobe Media Encoder stores data that can be cleaned.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Adobe Media Encoder and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system location. First of all, open a command prompt window:

  • Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
  • Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
  • Type cmd
  • Hit Enter

Now list all the files stored by Adobe Media Encoder that can be cleaned:

  1. Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Documents/Adobe/Adobe Media Encoder/6.0.0/*.log
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\My Documents/Adobe/Adobe Media Encoder/6.0.0/*.log

Once you have identified the files stored by Adobe Media Encoder that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.