How to Fix Creative Cloud Desktop High CPU Usage [3 Ways]

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Adobe’sCreative Cloud is a proprietary platform off of which you can download, install, manage, launch and uninstall Adobe products. This means everything fromPhotoshoptoLightroom, all from one unique platform.

When you first install it, it will sit idly in the background, performing routine checks to see if the programs you have are of the latest version or not.

However, it would seem that some users are having issues with the Adobe Creative Cloud. They have been reporting onforumsthat the desktop app is sometimes using a lot ofCPUresources, even when it is simply sitting idly.

TheCPUusage is 113% mainly due to creative cloud -> Adobe Service Desktop.exe. This has been so for almost half an hour, but when I stop the service,CPUusage drops immediately. When I restart the computer, nothing changes, highCPUusage again.

As far as users describe the issue, even high-end PCs seem to be having this problem.

That is why we’ve made this step-by-step guide so that you can work on your PC efficiently, without Creative Cloud taking up all of yourCPUresources.

How can I stop Creative Cloud from using too much CPU?

1. Disable font syncing and file syncing

2. Suspend any antivirus program running in the background

Since suspending an antivirus program varies from product to product, please go to the antivirus developer’s website for more information on the matter.

3. Uninstall and reinstall Adobe’s Creative Cloud apps and then Creative Cloud itself

3.1. UninstallAdobe’sCreative Cloud apps

3.2.Uninstall and reinstall Creative Cloud

In order to make sure you don’t have any leftover data left, you will need to use the Adobe Cleaner.

By following these steps you should be able to stop Creative Cloud from using too muchCPU.

Did you find this guide useful? If so, let us know if it helped you in the comment section below.

How to Fix Creative Cloud Desktop High CPU Usage [3 Ways]#

How can I stop Creative Cloud from using too much CPU?#

1. Disable font syncing and file syncing#

2. Suspend any antivirus program running in the background#

3. Uninstall and reinstall Adobe’s Creative Cloud apps and then Creative Cloud itself#

How to Fix Creative Cloud Desktop High CPU Usage [3 Ways]

How can I stop Creative Cloud from using too much CPU?

1. Disable font syncing and file syncing

2. Suspend any antivirus program running in the background

3. Uninstall and reinstall Adobe’s Creative Cloud apps and then Creative Cloud itself