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TECO
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March 31, 2026
Question

Ghost file on the Adobe.com/home website

  • March 31, 2026
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I've been having a problem with my Adobe account for over a month. I apologize if my English isn't the best, but I'm using a translator because Adobe support in Portugal is terrible and they don't have any Portuguese-speaking staff, which is a shame!

When I access your website www.adobe.com/home and log into my account, a file appears on the right side named 5d2262b8-f1d7-4e74-b6b5-63b1ecd12379 that is not on my computer. It's a file that's stuck in my hosting account, but it's a phantom file.

My account when I open your page www.adobe.com/home and log into my account, a file appears on the right side named 5d2262b8-f1d7-4e74-b6b5-63b1ecd12379 that is not on my computer. It's a file that's stuck in my hosting account, but it's a ghost file.

I've tried contacting support in every way possible here in Portugal, but all the agents who answer me are not Portuguese, they use translators as I am currently using them, and they all offer the same solutions.

They tell me to use Creative Cloud Cleaner, which I downloaded and ran, but it didn't solve the problem. Then two other agents connected to my computer and couldn't solve the problem either; they also used Creative Cloud Cleaner, without success.

They didn't solve the problem. The agents forward the case internally, and then via email they tell me again to use Creative Cloud Cleaner, which will solve the problem, but it doesn't solve the problem.

I've already formatted my computer, reinstalled everything, and it still doesn't solve my problem because the problem is on their end.

This is not a local installation issue. All my cloud storage is completely empty. This is an orphaned metadata record in your backend database that has been stuck for one month. The Creative Cloud Cleaner tool is irrelevant. I need this escalated to your cloud infrastructure or backend team to have the record manually purged from my account.

Please resolve this issue or I will cancel my plan, because it's a disgrace that Adobe support leaves a customer abandoned without any solution and repeatedly responds to the customer via email to use tools that won't solve my problem.

I can't open the file 5d2262b8-f1d7-4e74-b6b5-63b1ecd12379, I can't share it, I can't delete it, and the file doesn't exist in my computer's folders because, as I said, I formatted my computer.

I'm waiting for them to resolve my problem internally, because I'm TIRED OF THIS!

    1 reply

    kglad
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 31, 2026

    to clear or check all files stored on adobe's servers, use a web browser to navigate to the following locations. at each location there are several folders to check.:

     

    https://assets.adobe.com

    https://lightroom.adobe.com

    https://documentcloud.adobe.com

    https://spark.adobe.com

     

    if you delete anything from any of these locations, check for a deleted folder where your file(s) was (were) moved. if you want to clear space you must delete files in the deleted folder.

    TECO
    TECOAuthor
    Participant
    March 31, 2026

    I'm sorry, but I think you read what I said. The two agents connected to my computer twice, checked all the pasts, and couldn't solve my problem. But I'll write again, my hosting is completely empty.

     

    None of these pages contain any files.

     

    I don't have that file anywhere!

    IT'S A GHOST FILE!

     

    There's no file anywhere on my cloud storage. even my library is empty. I've visited and revisited those links more than once. Every time I contact the Portuguese support they tell me to do/they do the exact same thing. I think this is an orphaned metadata file (due to some broken upload/save/whatever), although my knowledge is limited. Whenever I access my account, the file is there with only two options: Open and Share. If I try to open it, it stays loading indefinitely. if I try to share, no share link is generated and no UI error is shown.