How to Reinstall Adobe Acrobat

There are times when Acrobat either has errors or simply will not open at all. In these cases, the best course of action is to uninstall and reinstall it.

  1. Click on the start menu and start typing “creative”
    • It should find Adobe Creative Cloud
    • Click on it
  2. Click the three dots to the right of Adobe Acrobat DC and choose Uninstall
  3. Close all other apps that are open
    • Installation will fail if apps like Outlook are open
  4. Adobe Acrobat DC should now appear in a box
    • Press the Install button
  5. Close Adobe Creative Cloud
  6. Open Adobe Acrobat DC from the start menu
    • Confirm you are signed in
  7. Confirm Adobe Acrobat DC opens with PDF files

You might want to check out this article on how to sign into Adobe too.

Please notify support@in-con.com if you have to reinstall more than once within a month to get Acrobat working again.

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