How To Uninstall Adobe Illustrator on Mac

Author Tasnia Salinas By Tasnia Salinas, on January 18, 2021, in Mac Uninstaller

What Is Adobe Illustrator? Originally designed for macOS, Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Adobe Inc. Along with Creative Cloud (Learn How To Uninstall Adobe Creative Cloud Mac), Illustrator CC was released. The latest version, Illustrator CC 2020, was released in October 2019 and is the 23rd generation in the product line. Adobe Illustrator was reviewed as one of the best vector graphics editing program.

Why uninstalling Adobe Illustrator on Mac? Originally released on 1985, many ancient versions of Adobe Illustrator are still in use (Uninstall PhotoShop Mac). If you have updated your Mac to macOS Mojave or Catalina, these 32-bit apps would be purged out and that's why you need to consider uninstalling outdated Illustrator on Mac. This quick Adobe Illustrator Uninstaller guide will show how to remove Adobe Illustrator on macOS Catalina.

How To Uninstall Adobe Illustrator on Mac

Table of Content:

Part 1: How To Uninstall Adobe Illustrator on Mac Manually

As part of Adobe Creative Cloud, it requires no extra Adobe Illustrator remover program for removal. However, even with official Illustrator Uninstaller, you may still have tons of orphaned Illustrator junk on your Mac. So follow steps below to learn how to uninstall Adobe Illustrator on macOS Catalina manually (How To Uninstall GIMP Photo Editor on Mac).

  • Method 1: Open Adobe Creative Cloud >  Installed Apps > Illustrator CC > Manage > Uninstall:
  • How To Uninstall Adobe Illustrator on Mac
  • Method 1: Use Adobe Illustrator Uninstaller > Open Finder > Applications > Adobe Illustrator >  Double click Uninstall Adobe Illustrator to continue:
  • How To Uninstall Adobe Illustrator on Mac
  • Step 2: Once you finish removing Adobe Illustrator, now move on to clean up Adobe Illustrator presets, user preferences and other third-party tools, open Finder > Go > Go To Folder > Enter ~/Library/Application/Support/Adobe Illustrator/
  • How To Uninstall Adobe Illustrator on Mac
  • Step 3: Manually find all Adobe Illustrator related application junk in these subfolders: Application Support | Caches | Containers | Frameworks | Logs | Preferences | Saved | Application State | WebKit
  • How To Uninstall Adobe Illustrator on Mac
  • Step 4: Clean up the files associated with Adobe Illustrator to Trash > Empty Trash and restart your Mac to finish the removal of Adobe Illustrator on your Mac.
  • How To Uninstall Adobe Illustrator on Mac Manually

Part 2: How To Clean Uninstall Adobe Illustrator on Mac [Time-Saving Method]

Cannot affort paying hours to find these Adobe Illustrator leftover junk files manually? Fortunately, you can use Omni Remover, an expert Adobe Illustrator Uninstaller software that can uninstall Adobe Illustrator on 1-Click basis. Here are the detailed steps about how to uninstall Adobe Illustrator with Omni Remover. Free Download


  1. 1
    Step 1:

    Click here to download Omni Remover > Install and Open Omni Remover on your Mac.

    How To Completely Uninstall Adobe Illustrator on Mac Step 1
  2. 2
    Step 2:

    In Omni Remover > App Uninstall > Choose Adobe Illustrator icon > Clean Uninstall.

    How To Completely Uninstall Adobe Illustrator on Mac Step 2
  3. 3
    Step 3:

    Then Omni Remover will start scanning all Adobe Illustrator data/files > After it finished scanning, click Clean Uninstall to start removing Adobe Illustrator Client from your Mac (How To Uninstall Programs on Mac).

    How To Completely Uninstall Adobe Illustrator on Mac Step 3

The Bottom Line

Now can you get rid of Adobe Illustrator on macOS Catalina with our suggestions above? Omni Remover is just an reliable Mac App Uninstaller software that makes it easy to removing Adobe Illustrator and other stubborn applications on macOS. It's also capable of freeing up storage space on macOS hard disk so as to keep your Mac clean. Give it a try here: Free Download Now


Home / Mac Uninstaller / Omni Remover / How To Uninstall Adobe Illustrator on Mac

Omni Remover

Requirements: OS X 10.8+ , 13.1Mb free space
Version 3.3.5 (January 18, 2021) / Support macOS
Category: Mac Uninstaller

More iPhone/Mac Related Tips

Tags: Uninstall iTunes Mac   Uninstall Office 2011 Mac   Uninstall Firefox   Uninstall Kaspersky Mac Uninstall MacKeeper   Uninstall Google Earth Mac   Uninstall Steam Mac   Uninstall Adobe Flash Mac Uninstall Citrix Receiver Mac   Uninstall Spotify Mac   Uninstall Dropbox Mac   Uninstall Skype Mac Uninstall Teamviewer Mac   Uninstall uTorrent Mac   Uninstall Sophos Antivirus Mac   Uninstall Norton Mac   Uninstall Soundflower Mac   Uninstall WinZip Mac