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Markfishpickart
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January 27, 2016
Question

Why does my Adobe Acrobat take up so much space

  • January 27, 2016
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I was doing some system cleanup and noticed acrobat is over 6 gigs! That seems crazy to me. Anyone else experiencing this?

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    Dave Creamer of IDEAS
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    Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 11, 2025

    Periodically, uninstall and reinstall. I think mine was up to 8 GB at one time and then went down to 2 GB. 

    WARNING: Do do this if you have an old stand-alone version or do not have an installer. You may not get it working again.

     

    David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
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    phani_4621
    Participant
    December 24, 2024

     i know right i am facing this problem to bro it's taking up 9 GB in my computer 

     

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    Tariq AhmadCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    January 17, 2025

    Hi @phani_4621, 

    Sorry for the delayed response and troubled experience. 
    If you are still experiencing this issue, could you please share a screenshot of the application size on the machine? Also, please share the Acrobat version and OS name and version. 

    Please share the details. We will look into this further and try to find a solution to the problem. 


    ~Tariq

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      Edmund34508659xdeb
      Participant
      February 11, 2025

      How come this issue that has been going on for YEARS is still UNRESOLVED?

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      Ibrahim32156158g4f0
      Participant
      February 1, 2024

      Just checked mine, it is a freaking 180GB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How?????????????

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        Daniel332293655wuh
        Participant
        October 28, 2023

        Well I think I am a record holder, mine apparently weighs 286 GB!!!!! I just uninstalled it....

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        Daniel332293655wuh
        Participant
        October 28, 2023

        Cem Gul
        Cem Gul
        Participant
        May 9, 2023

        Correct answer: Do not use Acrobat Reader. Get rid of it. Reader is just an utility. What is that gigabytes for god sake?

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        honey28263099wyfj
        Participant
        February 5, 2023

        Only inquisitive about the Microsoft Windows clients that have detailed the specific issue in this string, Is this occurrence accross various variants of MS Windows or just Windows 7 or fresher?

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        Anonymous
        February 5, 2023

        I just looked and Apps & Features says 60GB?!?!?!?!?!

         

        Seriously.  There is no logical reason for this.  

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          Glen2551178661mt
          Participant
          August 3, 2022

          Check multiple folders, my Adobe Reader folder was ~3.8GB, I had another 8 gigs worth of garbage in various other folders related to Adobe Reader.

            Sarathoos
            Sarathoos
            Participant
            December 11, 2021

            I can't believe my Acrobat has reserved this much space (56GB!)

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              soaring bird
              Participant
              September 22, 2021

              I was running out of disk space on my C drive. I uninstalled Adobe Acrobat Pro and instantly recovered 86 GB of disk space. Yes, 86 GB!!! Can anyone explain that?

                ls_rbls
                Community Expert
                ls_rblsCommunity Expert
                Community Expert
                September 24, 2021

                Did this happened even when you have performed cleaning maintenance in your computer? Like for example, deleting the clutter of trash documents in the recycle bin periodically, deleting the excess of log reporting files, temporary files, temporary cache folders? 

                 

                I normally don't run into these issues, so I am curious if running out of disk could be because of other Adobe programs interacting with Acrobat Pro, like the Creative Cloud Desktop app, for example, or even maybe a cloud service.

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                  soaring bird
                  Participant
                  September 24, 2021

                  Yes, I started by deleting downloaded program files, temporary internet files, emptying the recycle bin and performing all such routine maintenance. All that freed less than 200 MB. That's when I uninstalled Adobe Acrobat Pro and recovered 86 GB. Subsequently, I installed Adobe Reader DC, and it used only a couple GB.

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