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what is ai robin

Community Beginner ,
Jun 10, 2022 Jun 10, 2022

When you turn on Adobe Illustrator. At the same time another software called ai Robin was launched in the background.how to delete it?It takes the place of my Ram.Thanks!!

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Adobe Employee , Jan 24, 2025 Jan 24, 2025

Hi @schroef,

I understand that AIRobin can be a bit overwhelming, especially with its impact on system resources. In the earlier years, Illustrator’s model wasn’t enabled for multi-thread access, so we were limited in what could be handled in the background. To overcome this, we created AIRobin, which helps by moving some tasks out of Illustrator, allowing for smoother performance while the app is running.

 

AIRobin operates as a full Illustrator process running in the background, enabling other

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LEGEND ,
Jun 11, 2022 Jun 11, 2022

You can't get rid of it. It's a utility library required to run the application.

 

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Community Beginner ,
Jun 11, 2022 Jun 11, 2022

But it wasn't an older version of Adobe Illustrator.

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Community Beginner ,
Jun 11, 2022 Jun 11, 2022

Removing it from the tax manager releases a lot of my RAM.

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Community Expert ,
Jun 11, 2022 Jun 11, 2022

it's the plugin that manages Background Saving, you might try disabling it in the Preferences window to see if it helps

 

check this thread for more info

https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/what-is-airobin-exe/m-p/10794162#M157925

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Community Expert ,
May 03, 2023 May 03, 2023

@CarlosCanto Do you know if any or all of these AIRobin folders be deleted without harm? Are they necessary to keep in case a user rolls back to an earlier version of an app? Thanks!

 

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Community Expert ,
May 04, 2023 May 04, 2023

I guess that these files get recreated if they're missing. Try renaming or moving the folder that matches your current illustrator version, then restart Illustrator and see what happens. If the a new folder gets recreated, compare the contents to the renamed original folder to decide whether it's safe to delete.

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Advisor ,
Jan 24, 2025 Jan 24, 2025

Turning OFF "Background Saving", doesnt fix the "issue". Robin is still in the woods 😞

What also weird, when i turn off background saving, i dont see any saving dialog. Which is also an issue

PS before turning it OFF, i saw it was about 350Gb RAM, now with "Background Saving" OFF, its 550Gb RAM 

MOre RAM when bG save is off, then when ONMOre RAM when bG save is off, then when ON

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Adobe Employee ,
Jan 24, 2025 Jan 24, 2025

Hi @schroef,

I understand that AIRobin can be a bit overwhelming, especially with its impact on system resources. In the earlier years, Illustrator’s model wasn’t enabled for multi-thread access, so we were limited in what could be handled in the background. To overcome this, we created AIRobin, which helps by moving some tasks out of Illustrator, allowing for smoother performance while the app is running.

 

AIRobin operates as a full Illustrator process running in the background, enabling other functions and plugins to automate tasks on your machine. These processes are in place to help Illustrator work more efficiently, but I understand how frustrating it can be when it uses a lot of RAM. The goal is to improve Illustrator’s performance by offloading some tasks, but it requires a certain amount of resources.

 

I hope this clarifies!

Best,

Anshul Saini

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New Here ,
Feb 03, 2025 Feb 03, 2025
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Can Illustrator please let us actually turn it off until you have it working? It has been years and it does not work. It is sinking my productivity. 

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