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fiona323
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October 23, 2012
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I desperately need to UNINSTALL adobe reader XI from my Mac OSX, does anyone know how?

  • October 23, 2012
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I have installed Adobe Reader XI and I have found it will force other (main) programs to crash. I desperately need to uninstall it from my Mac osx. Does anyone know how to do this? It does not have an uninstall function and adobe customer help don't know what I can do.

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    Correct answer Karan Malik

    Hi,

    There is no uninstaller for Reader XI in Mac. You can directly delete the application from Applications folder, that is just trash /Applications/Adobe Reader.app. Also this may cause a break in Safari functionality to read PDF files using Adobe Reader plugin. To resolve this, go to /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/  and remove AdobePDFViewer.plugin and AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin

    Thanks,

    Karan

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    sandyp4ever
    sandyp4ever
    Participant
    April 8, 2015

    AppCleaner is your best bet to uninstall (technically Delete) any app on your Mac that was not installed from App Store.

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    Anonymous
    March 12, 2013

    hello

    i have exactely the same problem than Photoguru76

    i have removed the 2 plugin AdobePDFViewer.plugin and AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin

    but i have a black page when i want to open a pdf from internet


    what can i do to really uninsatll AR

    thank you for your help

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    Adobe Employee
    Karan MalikCorrect answer
    Adobe Employee
    October 23, 2012

    Hi,

    There is no uninstaller for Reader XI in Mac. You can directly delete the application from Applications folder, that is just trash /Applications/Adobe Reader.app. Also this may cause a break in Safari functionality to read PDF files using Adobe Reader plugin. To resolve this, go to /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/  and remove AdobePDFViewer.plugin and AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin

    Thanks,

    Karan

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    fiona323Author
    Participant
    October 24, 2012

    Good Morning Karan,

    Thank you so very much for your help. It worked and my medical software is no longer threatening to crash on me.

    Have a fabulous day.

    Warmest RegardsFiona

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