If you use the Creative Cloud application to install applications and updates, it can be confusing and tedious to have to scroll through applications you don’t use to find the ones that you do – for example, Lightroom Classic users will also see the cloud-based Lightroom CC application even if it’s not installed, and it’s easy to choose the wrong one. The solution is to use the Installed Apps view:
When you do this you may find, as I did, that you have applications installed that you don’t use. Click on the dropdown next to Open or Update and choose Uninstall.
Doesn’t it feel good to do some housekeeping?
Thanks, Laura. Unfortunately Adobe still refuse to fix the very annoying bug that recognises a standalone Adobe Acrobat X installation, but then keeps notifying the user about an ‘update’ being available, for Acrobat DC. Of course that update is no such thing, instead it’s trying to get you to install the time-limited trial. Unfortunately rather than putting it into the free trial category of all the other apps (that as you say can then be hidden), it keeps pretending it’s an update for a currently installed app. Really annoying and means one has to be careful not to hit ‘update all’. I’ve contacted tech support multiple times but they just ignore the issue.
And it would be really nice if Creative Cloud would default to your last view when it starts up instead of the Stock tab. And it would be really really nice if you could disable the tabs you never intend to use such as Stock & Behance.
I’ve been using that “installed apps” only selection for a while, and find it helpful up to a point. Like the previous commenter says, Adobe is still pushing Acrobat DC “try” in the “installed” list. Plus, I turn my computer off at the end of the day. After start up the next day, I find that the CC drop down for Apps has reverted to the “all Apps” once again. Annoying! In addition… although I mostly use Photoshop CC, I still have Photoshop CS6 installed and want to keep it for now. Unfortunately, Adobe keeps telling me I need to update and when I try to, it doesn’t work. Been that way for a long while. Thankfully I have you and these blog posts to help me realize I am not alone with these problems.
Thanks Laura, such a simple thing to get rid of a real annoyance.
You’re welcome, Christine!
Thank you! I never noticed that before and is so helpful. I’m always afraid I’ll accidentally install Lightroom CC. I’ll just set my mind to clicking on the “installed apps” tab each time I open it.
You’re welcome, Barbara!