Contact your admin if in the Creative Cloud desktop app:
- The Apps tab is missing
- The Apps tab displays the message: "You don't have access to manage apps."
See how to contact your organization's admin.
If required, share this article with the admin for steps on how to enable the Apps tab for you.
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Go to the following location on your computer and delete the ServiceConfig.xml file:
- macOS: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/Configs/
- Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\OOBE\Configs\
Opomba:
You'll need administrative privileges on the computer, to delete the ServiceConfig.xml file.
- macOS: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/Configs/
If the issue persists, try the troubleshooting steps in Activation and deactivation troubleshooting.
- Assign the impacted users to a (new or existing) product profile.
See how to assign users to product profiles. - Apply the User Managed self-service policy to that profile.
See how to apply self-service policies to product profiles.

Opomba:
A policy will be applied for users within 24 hours of the admin assigning the policy to the product profile.
To apply a policy immediately, ask your users to do one of the following:
- Sign out and sign back into their Adobe account.
- Quit and relaunch Creative Cloud desktop app.
- Click Check for updates in Creative Cloud desktop app.
Use this option if:
- You're an Adobe teams customer.
- You choose not to use self-service policies (described above)
- You inadvertantly selected the Enable self-service install option (that disables the apps tab) when creating a package.
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Create a managed package on the Admin Console.
See how to create managed packages.
Deploy this package to the impacted user machines.
Read details on how to deploy packages.