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Colgate2004
Participant
November 19, 2024

P: Annoying Expand your toolkit with Creative Cloud All Apps- How to stop?

  • November 19, 2024
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For the last week or two Adobe has been popping up ads to "upgrade my plan" in Photoshop. (Seriously guys? I already pay for this software, there are cheaper and/or free alternatives coming out every day, and you're spamming us to suck more money? You think this is a good idea?) There is a "stop for seven days" check box (hidden, that you have to scroll down to see), but no option for "[removed by moderator]" How do I stop these? Or, rather, I should say, is there a way to stop these other than dumping my Adobe subscription altogether, which is what it seems Adobe is trying to get me to do?

 

{Title updated to address current messaging}

31 replies

Colgate2004
Participant
November 26, 2024

Not only does Adobe not allow us to tell it not to come back, but the "don't show for seven days" button is fraudulent: I just clicked it this morning, and less than an hour later the popup was back.

 

This will be my last year of Adobe subscription. The Affinity platform applications are every bit as good, in many cases better (as a photographer, Adobe's RAW conversion engine has been notoriously bad at color conversion and saturation for years, and it shows), and it is a one-time purchase, far less expensive than Adobe, the company continually upgrades and updates it, and they don't spam you.

 

Goodbye, Adobe.

Participant
November 26, 2024

No matter what I do I cannot get rid of this unsolicited spam and it is really annoying me. Every day I open up Photoshop (beta), their Black Friday advert pops up.

 

It's reaching the stage where I won't re-subscribe to them and find an alternative.

 

Participant
November 26, 2024

Did anyone find a solution to this? I've just spent an hour trying to find one, and still no luck. This is nothing more than unsolicited spam and I hate it.

Participant
November 23, 2024

I'm on my first month subscription and this endless black friday spam IN THE APP is already driving me to not wanna continue the subscription. The settings in creative cloud do nothing to disable this, and the "don't show for 7 days" prompt maybe works for 24 hours, but definitely not seven days.

 

When I open Photoshop, I'm opening it to *do work* not to get advertised at. This is the kind of thing that drives people to piracy.

 

Participant
November 21, 2024

What make sthis even more annoying is that the "don't show for 7 days" checkbox doesn't function. Even after repeatedly checking this box, the ad still pops up every time I open Photoshop. Please make this go away or risk losing paying customers!

Participant
November 21, 2024

Getting the same here, on any other platform it would be denounced for what it is, spam

Known Participant
November 21, 2024

photoshop has started showing pop up adverts for photo shop super users and communities .

 

it's a work tool and i pay for it.

 

stop it, they're not welcome

Ged_Traynor
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 21, 2024

@davisdont try disabling this option in the Creative Cloud app preferences

Participating Frequently
November 23, 2024

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, I had almost given up hope

Participant
November 21, 2024

Hello,

 

I get this bug where each time I launch photoshop I get a nag screen which can not be closed permanently. It only says "Don't show again for 7 days".

 

Please fix this BUG asap. It should work: "Don't show EVER again".

 

Also please fix another BUG: the screen displays in the first place. It should NEVER be even displayed at all. This happens on newest version of Photoshop on Windows 11.


Thanks.

 

Participant
November 25, 2024

Another fix that i have found if you dont have write permissions on your adobe install location it can make the Popup reoccuring - ensure you have write permissions on your install location in both programfiles and programs X86 if on windows - if on mac i am unsure 

Known Participant
November 21, 2024

Sérieusement ! STOPPEZ ce harcèlement d'offres avec cette pop-up intrusive qui s'ouvre à chaque lancement de Photoshop !

creative explorer
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 21, 2024

@Haler30508253ovcg can you please take a picture of this pop-up window? 

I am guessing here, that maybe you downloaded the trial version of Photoshop? And now it's asking you to buy the paid version? Or is it something else, because I am not sure what offer it's asking?

m
Known Participant
November 25, 2024

November 20, 2024

This is a dark pattern because it limits control by lacking a permanent dismissal option, hides the temporary stop checkbox, and aggressively targets paying customers with ads, undermining their user experience.