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mikedastorytellah
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February 2, 2018
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How to keep Premiere Pro app installed, but remove Creative Cloud desktop app

  • February 2, 2018
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Hi, I have the full Creative Cloud membership and I love all the apps. However I NEVER EVER sync ANYTHING from any computer to any online thing. I don't need any syncing, or connections to the internet, or anything. When I work on Premiere Pro, I disconnect everything from the internet. Also, the WORST thing about Creative Cloud is that it's always running and slowing down the computer. Even if I "quit" Creative Cloud desktop app, it still slows everything down.

Here is what I want:

I want to keep my full Adobe Creative Cloud suite membership. I do not want to change my plan. I have ALL Adobe apps, and want to keep them. My membership is totally fine with me.

I want to install ONLY Adobe Premiere Pro CC on my computer, and DO NOT want to install Creative Cloud, which is stupid and extra crap.

How do I keep the Premiere Pro desktop app, but remove the Creative Cloud desktop app?

I need all the memory and speed I have on my computer and Adobe CC is making it so slow I can't even use Premiere Pro. Please help! CC itself serves NO PURPOSE for me whatsoever.

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Correct answer mikedastorytellah

I figured out how to do it! So happy about this. What I did was download the Creative Cloud desktop app uninstaller tool, and used that instead of my Windows 10 uninstaller.  I installed Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Adobe Media Encoder, and Creative Cloud desktop app (because I was forced to). Once I had my desired apps installed, I used the Adobe uninstaller to remove only the Creative Cloud app and leave my others. This worked, and Premiere Pro is now functioning perfectly! And my computer is fast again! I know some people like CC, but for those that don't need it, here is a solution.

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mikedastorytellahAuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
February 2, 2018

I figured out how to do it! So happy about this. What I did was download the Creative Cloud desktop app uninstaller tool, and used that instead of my Windows 10 uninstaller.  I installed Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Adobe Media Encoder, and Creative Cloud desktop app (because I was forced to). Once I had my desired apps installed, I used the Adobe uninstaller to remove only the Creative Cloud app and leave my others. This worked, and Premiere Pro is now functioning perfectly! And my computer is fast again! I know some people like CC, but for those that don't need it, here is a solution.

thatsmauri
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thatsmauriCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 2, 2018

mikedastorytellah,

 

the 'Creative Cloud Desktop App' is not only for syncing files. It also gives you hints about new software
updates, so that you can update your 'Premiere Pro' to the newest available version without extra hassle.
There's so much more. In my opinion, it's worth having it installed. Either way, it's your decision.

 

(By the way: If you don't want the App to launch on Windows Startup, you can deactivate that in the Settings.)

 

Kind Regards,
Maurice

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    Greg28059761pwh6
    Participant
    January 23, 2023

    Preventing the Creative Cloud Desktop App from launching at startup does NOTHING to help performance on Windows 10.

    It still launches several background processes that are high disk users such as Creative Cloud UI Helper, Creative Cloud Helper, Creative Cloud 32-bit, and some others that I can't list because I just had to uninstall Premiere Pro to get Creative Cloud OFF MY PC.

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      Dave Merchant
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      February 2, 2018

      mikedastorytellah  wrote


      How do I keep the Premiere Pro desktop app, but remove the Creative Cloud desktop app?

      You can't. The CC Desktop App is the visible front-end of the license manager, without it nothing else can be installed or opened.

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