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

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Updated on October 4, 2023

updated on October 4, 2023

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Adobe’s Creative Cloud is a proprietary platform off of which you can download, install, manage, launch and uninstall Adobe products. This means everything from Photoshop to Lightroom, 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 on forums that the desktop app is sometimes using a lot of CPU resources, even when it is simply sitting idly.

The CPU usage 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, CPU usage drops immediately. When I restart the computer, nothing changes, high CPU usage 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 your CPU resources.

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

1. Disable font syncing and file syncing

Open Creative Cloud
Go to the Preferences Panel
Select the Creative Cloud tab
Go to Fonts
Right under TYPEKIT ON/OFF, select Off
Go to the Files tab
Right under SYNCKIT ON/OFF, select Off
Confirm the changes
Restart the PC

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.