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Inspiring
June 6, 2026
Question

Will manually deleting the temporary archive for Adobe Creative Cloud updates in the Temp folder on my Windows 11 system affect the system?

  • June 6, 2026
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My laptop is a Windows 11 25H2. I haven't changed any system settings recently, but I noticed a new folder named {F2CC7D04-9BBF-4594-A276-C575E585130B} suddenly appeared in my C:\Windows\Temp drive. This folder contained Adobe Creative Cloud update files. Adobe Creative Cloud was updated on June 4th.

Later, to free up space, I used the command: `del /q /f /s C:\Windows\Temp\*`. This also deleted the temporary files created by Adobe Creative Cloud.

I'd like to ask if this is normal? Will deleting these temporary files affect Adobe Creative Cloud? When will this empty folder automatically disappear after deletion?

Also, why didn't Adobe automatically delete these temporary folders after the update?

Before the folder was cleared, Illustrator and Photoshop could open normally. After the folder was cleared, Illustrator and Photoshop can open normally 100% of the time.

3 replies

Inspiring
June 6, 2026

@kglad When will this empty folder automatically disappear after deletion?

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 6, 2026

it won’t.

Inspiring
June 6, 2026

@kglad why,What should we do then?

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 6, 2026

for further discussion, post this in the cc desktop forum, https://community.adobe.com/creative-cloud-desktop-599

 

p.s. change your title to avoid a duplicate message problem.

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 6, 2026

yes, it’s normal and it won’t hurt to delete files from you temp folder (cc or otherwise).

Inspiring
June 6, 2026

My Adobe Creative Cloud has been updated to version 6.9.1.1.3, but the application details show version 6.9.0.620. The Adobe Creative Cloud folder has a date of 0604 (the update date), while other dates show 0417. I'm certain the update was successful. However, I found a new folder {F2CC7D04-9BBF-4594-A276-C575E585130B} in my C:\Windows\Temp folder, containing Adobe Creative Cloud update-related files. Using the command: `del /q /f /s C:\Windows\Temp\*` also deleted the temporary data created by Adobe Creative Cloud. Did the update fail?