Adobe Cloud Storage: Migrate Your Data to Another Storage Solution

Adobe Cloud Storage does not meet the University's security policy requirements and should not be used to store University data. This article contains instructions on how to migrate your data to an alternative storage solution and delete the files from Adobe Cloud Storage.

Note: The alternative storage option users choose depends on their connection to the Health Care Component (HCC) at the University.

There are three steps in the data migration process:

  1. Downloading Your Data
  2. Uploading Your Data to an Alternative Storage Option
  3. Deleting Your Data from Adobe Cloud

Downloading Your Data

Downloading Adobe Acrobat Cloud Data

  1. Sign in to Acrobat Cloud.
    1. Select Sign in.
    2. Enter your University of Minnesota email address.
    3. Select Continue.
    4. Select Company or School account type.
    5. Sign in with your University of Minnesota internet ID and password.
    6. Select the profile REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, if requested
  2. Open the Documents tab.
  3. If any files are shared, you need to Unshare them before you can download them.
    1. Select the three dot (ellipses) button ellipses icon of three dots in horizontal line.
    2. Select Unshare file from the dropdown menu.
      Documents tab. Select unshare file from dropdown menu.
  4. Select the files you want to download by clicking the box in the far left column.
  5. Click the download icon Download icon showing downward pointing arrow into an open horizontal bracket to download the files to a folder on your local drive.
    • To avoid overwriting copies of the files that are already synced to your local drive, create a new folder on your local drive for the files you download.
    • If you select multiple files to download, they will be downloaded as a single .zip file.
      Your documents with example files selected using the checkboxes.
  6. Now that your data is downloaded, you can upload it to an approved storage option.
    1. Users from the Health Care Component (HCC) may use Box as a storage option. You can follow the steps to upload your data to Box (on this page).
    2. Users from outside the Health Care Component (non-HCC) can use the Digital Storage Options selection tool to find appropriate storage options.
  7. Finally, delete the Adobe Acrobat Cloud Data files following the steps below.

Downloading Adobe Creative Cloud Data

  1. Sign in to Creative Cloud documents.
    1. Select Sign in.
    2. Enter the email address connected to your Creative Cloud account. In most cases, this will be your University of Minnesota email account.
    3. Select Personal Account type, unless you know that your Creative Cloud account uses a different sign in.
    4. Sign in with the unique password you set when your Adobe account was created.
    5. Select the profile University of Minnesota Office of Information Technology Master VIP Agreement if requested
  2. Open the Files tab.
  3. Select Your files from the navigation menu.
  4. Select Cloud documents.
  5. Select the files you want to download by clicking the box in the far left column.
  6. Click the download icon Download icon with downward arrow pointing into open horizontal bracket to download the files to a folder on your local drive.
    • If you select multiple files to download, they will be downloaded as a single .zip file.
  7.  Now that your data is downloaded, you can upload it to an approved storage option.
    1. Users from the Health Care Component (HCC) may use Box as a storage option. You can follow the steps to upload your data to Box (on this page).
    2. Users from outside the Health Care Component (non-HCC) can use the Digital Storage Options selection tool to find appropriate storage options.
  8. Finally, delete the Adobe Creative Cloud Data files following the steps below.

Uploading Your Data to an Alternative Storage Option

Uploading Data to Alternative Storage Option (non-HCC users)

  1. Use the Digital Storage Options selection tool to find alternative storage options.
  2. Upload data to that alternative storage option.
  3. Proceed to Deleting Your Data from Adobe Cloud.

Uploading Data to Box (HCC users)

 Note: Acrobat's Sync to Box option is not currently approved to use to migrate University data. Instead, use the method below to move University data from Acrobat to Box Secure Storage.

  1. Sign in to University of Minnesota Box Secure Storage.
    • If you do not have a Box account:
      1. Select Enroll.
      2. Follow the prompts to learn more about keeping your data secure and to finish the enrollment process.  
  2. Create a Folder in Box. 
    • Create a folder before uploading your files, otherwise, collaborating abilities for those files will not be available.
  3. Upload your Adobe Cloud data to the newly created Box folder by following the instructions in this article: Upload Files and Folders to Box. 

Note: For additional information on Box, refer to Box Secure Storage and the Box Self-Help Guide. 

Deleting Your Data from Adobe Cloud

Deleting Data in Acrobat Cloud

  1. Sign in to the Acrobat Cloud website.
  2. Open the Documents tab.
  3. Select the files you want to delete by clicking the box in the far left column.
  4. Click the delete icon Trashcan icon for delete command.
  5. A window appears asking if you are sure you want to permanently delete the file. Select Permanently Delete.

Deleting Data in Creative Cloud

  1. Sign in to the Creative Cloud website.
  2. Open the Files tab.
  3. Select Your files from the navigation menu.
  4. Select Cloud documents.
  5. Select the files you want to delete by clicking the box in the far left column.
  6. Click the delete icon Trashcan icon for delete command.

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