The DWORD we need to modify to remove Creative Cloud Files from the File Explorer sidebar is System.IsPinnedToNameSpaceTree.
If you receive a different result, keep pressing F3 on your keyboard to search through other entries until you arrive at one that looks like the example screenshot. Your first result will likely be an entry that looks like the screenshot above. Type Creative Cloud Files into the “Find what” box, and then uncheck the “Keys” and “Values” boxes. With the Registry Editor selected, press Control + F on your keyboard to open the Find window. The fastest way to find the correct location is to search for it with the Find command. We now need to find the correct registry key, which will vary based on your specific Windows configuration, but will be located somewhere in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTCLSID. Press Enter on your keyboard to launch the utility and authorize any User Account Control prompts. Launch the Registry Editor by pressing Windows Key + R on the desktop and typing regedit into the Run box.
To remove Creative Cloud Files from the File Explorer sidebar, you’ll need to modify a entry in the Windows Registry.
Finally, our screenshots in this article were taken in Windows 10, but the steps apply equally to Windows 8.1 as well. These steps also don’t disable the actual Creative Cloud Files storage or syncing features to do that, you’ll need to launch the Creative Cloud desktop app, click the gear icon, and navigate to Preferences > Creative Cloud > Files, where you can set “Sync” to Off. You can still manually access that folder, which by default is located at C:UsersCreative Cloud Files.
For those who don’t like File Explorer to be needlessly cluttered with useless entries, here’s how to remove Creative Cloud Files from the File Explorer sidebar.įirst, it’s important to note that following the steps here to remove Creative Cloud Files from the File Explorer sidebar doesn’t actually remove the Creative Cloud Files folder itself. Even worse, there’s currently no way to remove that sidebar entry via File Explorer or the Creative Cloud settings.
Unfortunately, Adobe’s Creative Cloud installer places a Creative Cloud Files entry in the Windows File Explorer sidebar when you install any Creative Cloud app, regardless of whether you plan to actually use the file storage feature. While many users find this feature useful - like a Dropbox exclusively for Photoshop and other Creative Cloud assets - others don’t use this service and prefer to store and sync their files via another method. For example, CS6 still launches on my computer (but it seems a bit nervous).One feature of an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription is online storage and syncing of a user’s Creative Cloud documents and settings. But at this point, it does not appear that they are being automatically deleted from users machines.
What About CS6?ĬS6 apps are no longer available through a Creative Cloud membership. If you put on your version number decoder ring, that translates to CC 2019 and CC 2018.
Only versions 14 and 13 are now available.
It states that “Creative Cloud customers will only have direct download access (from the Creative Cloud Desktop app and ) to the two most recent major versions of Creative Cloud desktop applications.” With the one exception being Adobe Acrobat, for which only the most recent version is available for download.Īnd indeed, you can see the change reflected now if you try to install an older version of InDesign from the CC desktop app. An announcement titled “ Changes to Creative Cloud Download Availability” was posted on the Adobe Blog on Wednesday. In a move that took users by surprise, Adobe has removed most older versions of Creative Cloud applications from the CC desktop app.