Remove-Adobe-Shit (Windows) — Report → Confirm → Remove

A safety-first PowerShell cleanup script for Windows that helps you find and remove Adobe/Creative Cloud remnants with a novice-friendly menu and a report-first workflow.

It was built to avoid the classic “oops, I deleted something important” outcome by:

• Generating a full report first
• Asking for explicit confirmation before any removal
• Creating verified registry exports before deleting registry keys
• Supporting a safer Quarantine mode for file/folder removals (rollback-friendly)

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Features

• ✅ Novice-friendly menu (no parameters required)
• ✅ Report-only mode (no changes)
• ✅ Safe cleanup mode
  • Quarantines matched files/folders instead of deleting
  • Disables matched services
  • Removes matched scheduled tasks and startup entries
  • Deletes matched registry keys only after verified export
• ✅ Deeper/Nuclear options
  • Delete files instead of quarantine
  • Optionally delete services using sc.exe delete
• ✅ Stops likely Adobe processes first (reduces locked file failures)
• ✅ Strong safety checks
  • Registry export verification: checks exit code + file existence + file size
  • Quarantine filename collision protection: milliseconds + counter
• ✅ Logging
  • Writes a readable log file for every run

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Where does it save the report?

The script saves output into a timestamped folder on your actual Windows Desktop path, even if your Desktop is OneDrive-redirected.

Example output folder:

• Desktop\AdobeCleanup_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS\

Inside you’ll find:

• InstalledApps.txt
• Services.txt
• ScheduledTasks.txt
• StartupRegistry.txt
• StartupFolders.txt
• FoldersFound.txt
• RegistryKeysFound.txt
• AdobeCleanup.log
• RegistryBackups\ (verified .reg exports)
• Quarantine\ (if using quarantine mode)

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Requirements

• Windows 10/11
• PowerShell 5.1+ (Windows built-in) or PowerShell 7+
• Must run as Administrator

Tip: Right-click Start → Windows Terminal (Admin)

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Usage

1) Download / Clone

Place AdobeCleanup.ps1 on your machine.

2) Run as Administrator

Open Windows Terminal (Admin) or PowerShell (Admin), then:

cd "C:\path\to\script"
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\Remove-Adobe-Shit.ps1