Adobe Updater by Adobe

What is Adobe Updater?

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Overview

How do I clean Adobe Updater?

Adobe Updater 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 Updater
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean Adobe Updater manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are seven locations in the file system where Adobe Updater stores data that can be cleaned.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Adobe Updater and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system locations. 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 Updater that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir /s %ProgramFiles%/Common Files/Adobe/Installers/*
   • On 64-Bit also: Type dir /s %ProgramFiles(x86)%/Common Files/Adobe/Installers/*
2. Type dir /s %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/Adobe/ARM/*
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/Adobe/ARM/*
3. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%/Adobe/AAMUpdater/*.Log
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/Adobe/AAMUpdater/*.Log
4. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/Adobe/Updater*
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/Adobe/Updater*
5. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
   Type dir /s {folder}\*.log where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
6. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/Adobe/Acrobat/*
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/Adobe/Acrobat/*
7. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
   Type dir {folder}\Updater/*.log where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
8. Type dir %APPDATA%/Adobe/LogTransport*
9. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
   Type dir {folder}\Logs/ulog_*.tmp where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.
10. Type dir %APPDATA%/Adobe/Acrobat/*
11. For all the folders that were listed in the previous step:
    Type dir {folder}\Updater/*.log where {folder} is one of the folders listed in the previous step.

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