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ronanxyz
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June 3, 2017
Question

Is it safe to uninstall PSE14 after upgrade to PSE15...?

  • June 3, 2017
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I recently upgrade to Elements 15 from 14 and I am nervous and curious about uninstalling PSE14 now that I have PSE15 up and running..! It indicates that it is taking up 2.13 gigabytes of space on my drive, a fare chunk of my laptop drive. I have a fear of it causing some kind of major problem. Probably unfounded but I thought I would check here just to make sure. Much help for any advice on this subject.

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    MichelBParis
    MichelBParis
    Legend
    June 4, 2017

    I would uninstall it, but before uninstalling I would deactivate version 14 (menu Help >> Sign out). If you don't, you still can reinstall version 14 on the same laptop but the license will not be available if you want to reinstall version 14 on another computer.

    Jeff Arola
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    Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 4, 2017

    Sometimes removing older versions of pse after a newer version is installed can cause problems like lost file associations, blank file icons, etc.

    The best approach to avoid any such issues is to uninstall both pse 15 and pse 14, then reinstall photoshop elements 15.

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