Is CS6 Upgrade supposed to install over CS5?

The other night I installed an upgrade of CS6 on my mac. Being an upgrade, I assumed it would install over my version of CS5, but it did not. So now I have CS5 and CS6 upgrade on my mac. Do I simply uninstall the old CS5? Or do I reinstall the CS6 again hoping it will install over the CS5? Also, I installed Lightroom 4 on my mac - it did install over Lightroom 3.

Thank you so much for your quick response. I'll not drag to the trash!
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