
You might also want to re-visit this guide if you install a new Adobe product, since the Adobe installer Once you have followed these steps, you have successfully disabled the Adobe processes! I recommend launching each Addobe application you have installed to ensure thatįollowing the above instructions did not mess with those apps.
It is normal for AdobeIPCBroker to re-launch.
Wait a few seconds to ensure that the processes close and do not re-launch.
Simply select each process individually and press the X button in the toolbar On macOS Mojave (10.14) or earlier, you cannot multi-select.
On macOS Catalina (10.15) or later, shift-select all of the listed processes and press the X button in the toolbar (first from left). Use the menus View > All Processes to show every running process. Open Activity Monitor (Spotlight Search or go to /Applications/Utilities/). To restore the agents and daemons, simply revisit these folders and move the. On my system, ~/Library/LaunchAgents did not exist, so I skipped that path. Repeat these steps for each of the paths listed above. plist file with "Adobe" in the name inside the folder you created. You might have to authenticate with your administrator password. Create a new folder named AdobeDisabled (or any other name, as long as you remember). In the Finder, use the menus Go > Go to Folder (CMD+Shift+G) and enter a path listed above. They are: /Library/LaunchAgents, ~/Library/LaunchAgents/, and /Library/LaunchDaemonsįollow these steps for all three folders: There are at minimum three such folders on macOS. LaunchAgent and LaunchDaemon files instruct the OS to automatically run and re-launch headless background processes. Disable LaunchAgents and LaunchDaemons. To restore CoreSync, simply re-enable the checkbox. Uncheck the box immediately under Core Sync. This includes the Creative Cloud desktop app.Īdobe CoreSync automatically syncs documents with Adobe's servers, enabling seamless transitions between computers.
You can safely disable these processes without affecting your experience using Adobe Software.