Do I need to uninstall old versions of creative suite

i have all my previous versions of creative suite still in my system.  should i uninstall them every time i upgrade?

No need. They can happily co-exist on your hard drive since they all install into their own separate folders.
It's entirely up to you if you want to uninstall them.

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