Methods to disable Adobe Document Cloud functions

[EH48128208]

We've known that we can disable Adobe Document Cloud functions by registry setting.

Is there any function that a plug-in can use to disable the related functions of Adobe Document Cloud?

Because the registry must be set before Acrobat launches.We want to control those functions during Acrobat is running.

[Adorobat · Accepted solution]

Hi EH,

Sorry for the delay in response.  

As per the issue description mentioned above, you want to disable Document Cloud functions in Acrobat, is that correct?

You can use the Adobe Customization Wizard DC on Acrobat to disable cloud services.

Please visit the following forum threads discussing the similar issue:

Disable online services/features in Acrobat Reader DC?

How do I disable Document Cloud in Acrobat Reader DC and Pro DC?

Let us know if you have a further query.

Shivam

[steve USA]

How is a regular guy supposed to use this wizard? I just want an option in DC to turn this OFF. I've made changes to a starred file and discovered that my changes are not reflected in the document on my computer, only in the cloud version, so now I have a more complicated life to use a "FREE" version of Acrobat Reader. I don't want your cloud. I want my own files on my own machine and I don't want to mess around with registry keys to fix this.

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[Jahnu_AU]

So he did let you know he had a further enquiry a month ago, and it has just been ignored. I have the same issue and would be interested in an updated answer to this problem. Adobe aree in effect stealing documents from our hard drives and placing them on its servers. I also would like to find a way of stopping this that a layperson can use. I don't have a degree in programming or computer science, I should not be made to rummage around in the registry or made to install yet another piece of Adobe software (you're already starting to bloat our systems), and then try and decipher how to use it when it is obviously aimed at IT specialists. As many of your customers are saying, this can actually be a legal issue in many countries and you are forcing your clients to break the law without any east way fix the behaviour. In my mind that makes you as culpable as they would be considered to be under the law.

[~BarbaraT]

This link above goes to a main app page, not the solution. Would really like to know how to turn this "feature" off. Is a legal hazard.

[default5y42cbrng2ft]

I believe that this cloud storage function can be a privacy issue for government, coroprate, and personal financial and health information.

The user must be able to disable all cloud storage if they need to.

Therefore, file a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission:

https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/

I'm sick and tired of these tech companies forcing me to use their cloud for storage. They mine my data and sell it. And it makes my data more of a security risk.  Report Adobe, Amazon, Google, Microsoft ... any company that forces (or defaults) me to store my files in their cloud.

It's our choice if and when we want to save a file to any cloud.

Just say NO to their nasty clouds.