Cannot remove Adobe updater

I rage deleted every possible Adobe related file on my Mac and still cannot get rid of this Adobe Updater on my desktop file bar or tool bar whatever it's called. I also tried to reinstall the Adobe Manager to get rid of it and now that won't install because of an unknown error.
PLEASE HELP!

Hi Adam, kindly let us know the OS version that you are using so that we can assist you appropriately.Meanwhile, here is what you can try.
Run Activity Monitor.
End AAM updates notifier
Please let us know if you are still that notifier there.
-Atul Saini

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