How can I uninstall Document Cloud

[Michael Linder]

I'm overwhelmed by clouds. Every app seems to be spawning them, darkening clear skies with privacy concerns.. Is there a way to disable or delete the Document Cloud feature in Acrobat DC? 

[Test Screen Name · Accepted solution]

No. But you don't have to use it. What specific thing do you see and don't want?

[Michael Linder]

First, I'm not a fan of being nagged about document tracking in Microsoft Office 365. Remove Document Cloud from Office Add-ins and it reinstalls with every update which requires constant disabling, Second, all of the PDFs I've created in recent months have, without noticem been posted to Adobe's cloud. I predfer to limit my documents' exposure to my own PC. That should be my decision, not Adobe's. 

[Test Screen Name]

How do you create your PDFs? Which apps, menus, buttons and/or options?  (In the early days Acrobat DC would do this without warning, but my experience is it now does this either if you select it or use an online service. Some online services, like Mac Word add-ins, are secretly online services).

[Michael Linder]

I create PDFs in whatever application I'm using, most frequently Outlook emails, web pages or Microsoft Word documents but never use external services. I greatly appreciate print-to-Acrobat capability, but draw the line at automatically posting my PDFs to Document Cloud where they may be subject to the shifting winds of incomprehensible privacy policies or possible data-scraping. 

Microsoft allows uninstallation of its OneDrive cloud feature without impacting Office or Windows itself. Adobe, in the name of networking, apparently insists on capturing my Acrobat content and uploading it to its servers. I consider this an unnecessary security risk and invasion of privacy.