Too many sub-applications from Adobe! All that clutter is annoying.

[PatrickG]

OK... so this has been annoying me since I have been using Adobe Software decades ago. But it's only getting worse. Or at least still hasn't been completely dealt with... and since CC we get even more of it.

Why can't Adobe figure out a way to group their Apps together, simplify the overall structure and App Experience of the whole process. It's a world class mess.

 In the Application folder, there*s already two additional CC apps which from a user POV should be only 1 single app...

Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Extension Manager CC

and then again in the Utilities Folder there's 5! folders instead of just 1, even taking up a complete row in my utility folder chooser, which is annoying as you know what. These 5 folders account for 426.146.113 bytes (433,1 MB on disk) for 1.079 items!

Adobe Application Manager
Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Creative Cloud Experience
Adobe Installers
Adobe Sync

... and I already de-installed the Adobe Genuine... whatever. Which will probably reinstall itself soon anyway.

At least the folder chaos in my library/ application support folder got a little bit better, by keeping almost all the junk in one Adobe folder, which wasn't like that for ages... but looky here, XD is somewhere else again. Each Adobe Team just seems to be creating their installers willy nilly... This truly and deeply annoys me every - single - time. And I am sure, I am not the only one.

This such a tiny fix – by changing some paths in the apps to at least keep all the existing clutter in a single box  – that I can't believe I am experiencing this from such a long standing major player. But still the whole thousand apps and files clutter just shouldn't exist for users to experience...

** RANT OFF **

@Jeffrey_A_Wright I saw you posting on similar posts before... maybe there is a way to slowly move that info up the ladder!?

Thanx a ton

Patrick

Application Manager & Installer - Why isn't that 1 thing? Same as twice! the "Adobe Creative Cloud" app and folder, PLUS the "Adobe Creative Cloud Experience" 

[PatrickG]

addendum:

did I mention that the whole -transfer / keep settings and plugins experience is all islands solutions and should be easier to deal with from the user pov?!

[Jeffrey_A_Wright]

Greenergrass, thanks for your questions. First, I recommend you follow the steps listed in https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/uninstall-remove-app.html to remove all Adobe applications currently installed on the computer.  Of the items in your screenshot, the only thing still listed in my Applications folder is the Adobe Creative Cloud folder.  The rest of the items in your screenshot are not part of a current Creative Cloud installation.

Once all Adobe applications have been removed, you can then implement the steps listed in https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/download-install-app.html to reinstall any needed applications and the Creative Cloud desktop app.

[PatrickG]

Ok, that was unexpected 😉 

Thank you for the quick reply. Doing it right away and will see where this takes me 😉 

[PatrickG]

I don't know if the "Sync" folder will pop up at a later point in time, but in my Applications/ Utilities Folder there is still – after a complete fresh install:

Adobe Application Manager
Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Creative Cloud Experience
Adobe Installers

So still filling up the folder space... 🤷

[PatrickG]

... aaand there's Adobe Sync. All 5 folders back

[Jeffrey_A_Wright]

I see, Greenergrass. Your concern is the number of folders that are placed in the Utility folder.  Thanks for the feedback. Recent versions of our applications have been reducing the number of installed components by consolidating their functions.

I would recommend bookmarking https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/release-note/cc-release-notes.html so that you can be kept up to date regarding updates to the Creative Cloud desktop app.

[PatrickG]

That would be very good to see at one point in time. All the Utilities could (and from my view should) go into the Applications / Adobe Creative Cloud / Adobe Utilities ... and then there's still the whole 5-6 folder situation with only 1 or two apps in there that make sense for the enduser... 😉

Thank you for listening. Here's to hope! 😉 

[PatrickG]

[Lumigraphics]

Modern software design is to have numerous small applications for specific tasks, and not huge monolithic apps with everything crammed in them. Both Microsoft and Apple run hundreds of processes as part of the operating system. Just leave it alone, its not hurting anything.

[PatrickG]

I don't have a problem with smaller apps for specific tasks. I just don't care about them being all over the place and especially just folders which don't do anything, cluttering up my folders and creating a mess. 

If you like to compare, Canon has 1 folder in which it keeps all the sub apps. Not 6 or 7...

[Hyperion29583772fthr]

100% agree with original post.