Stop adding creative cloud folder to windows explorer

[Dennis26496853jr2w]

All of a sudden Creative cloud keeps adding the creativcloud files folder to windows explorer.  How do I turn this off?

[kglad]

to remove:

mac:

copy any important file to another folder and then delete Creative Cloud Files + <account type> + <profile_name> + <email> + <GUID> (for example: Creative Cloud Files Personal Account email@abc.com ####@AdobeID).

default location, Mac HD/Users/<Username>/Creative Cloud Files

windows:

Open the registry editor (regedit.exe) & naviagate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace You'll probably have two sub-keys. OneDrive's sub-key will be nameed '{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}' Delete the other one, that will be Creative Cloud.

[Dennis26496853jr2w]

This works for me until a restart and then it is back.

[kglad]

@Dennis26496853jr2w 

is this on a windows system?

[Dennis26496853jr2w]

Sorry for not mentioning this.  Yes Windows 11

[Dennis26496853jr2w]

I should also state I turned off CC on start up

[kglad]

has your cc syncing been stopped by adobe?

[Dennis26496853jr2w]

I really only use LRC and that is still syncing.  Ido open CC before I use it.

[kglad]

do you know the location of your local cc sync folder?

(you can use the cc desktop app to locate it.)

[Dennis26496853jr2w]

Sorry I do not know hot to find it

[kglad]

open your cc desktop app

click files tab

at bottom left is a link to your cc sync folder.

[Dennis26496853jr2w]

Thisis all I have.  

[kglad]

are you showing the bottom left corner? 

[Dennis26496853jr2w]

I really admire your patience, but I do not have that icon.  The tree on the bottom is to show I am at bottom and that is my desktop

[kglad]

search for your renamed sync folder: Creative Cloud Files + <account type> + <profile_name> + <email> + <GUID> (for example: Creative Cloud Files Personal Account email@abc.com ####@AdobeID).

copy its important files elsewhere and then delete it.

[Mr_Tronics]

I use Windows 10 Pro and in the past have only ever been able to hide this annoying folder(s) using regedit.exe by scrolling to
Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0E270DAA-1BE6-48F2-AC49-xxxxxxxxxxxx}
then changing the setting "System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree" value from 1 to 0

It only ever returns when Adobe updates any of my apps, I’m personally not one bit interested in any online syncing or storage so hide it to avoid accidentally dragging and dropping, This issue was a hot topic back in 2015 when I first started using Adobe products and looks like nothing has changed in the last 9 years. I don’t know why Adobe can’t respect users choices and make a simple tick box to either enable or disable these folders, the only thing that has changed is the name of this folder from “Creative Cloud Files” to “Creative Cloud Files Personal Account (Your email address)”.