How do I uninstall Camera Raw from Creative Cloud in 2026?

Question

I see solutions for prior versions. I’m trying to uninstall the latest Camera Raw (18.2) because it is supposedly a workaround-fix to allow the prior version of Photoshop to open WEBP images like it did just few days ago.

Every solution I have found suggests to click the 3 dots next to Camera Raw in the Creative Cloud desktop app, but those dots do not appear next to Camera Raw. I also could not find the file within the Adobe CC Suite in Finder. I do not have “Bridge” installed either.

I went through the trouble of completely uninstalling Photoshop to try and remove Camera Raw, but no luck.

Appreciate anyone who can provide factual information with clear steps.

Thanks.

Erik Bloodaxe · Answer

Camera Raw cannot be unistalled as a normal programme since it is a plugin.

It can be manually deleted. In Windows you will find it at

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Plug-Ins\CC\File Formats\Camera Raw.8bi.

I don’t know about Mac systems.

You will no doubt find that Adobe updates will reinstall it!

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