Uninstalling an Application

I would like to remove Adobe Phtoshop CS2 from my iMac (I will be installing Adobe CS2 Premium). Can someone tell me how to do this? In Windows I would use "add/remove programs". What is the Mac equivalent??
I've searched OSX Help and can't find anything.
Thanks,
Kayjh

Hi kayjh
Edit: Whoops, I wrote the instructions for uninstalling the whole of Creative Suite 2. Long-winded or what!
In your Applications/Adobe Creative Suite 2/Uninstallers/How to uninstall.pdf
To uninstall Adobe Creative Suite in Mac OS
1 -- Double-click Activity Monitor.app in Applications/Utilities, select AHCRemind, and click Quit Process.
2 -- If you intend to install the product on a different computer, transfer the activation. (See “To transfer the
product activation” on page1.)
3 -- If you want to uninstall Adobe Acrobat, double-click the uninstaller in Applications/Adobe Acrobat 7.0
Professional, and follow the on-screen instructions.
4 -- If you want to uninstall Version Cue 2, double-click the uninstaller in Applications/Adobe VersionCue CS2,
and follow the on-screen instructions.
Note: If the Version Cue uninstaller fails, see the alternative procecure, “To remove Version Cue manually”
on page4.
5 -- From the Applications folder, drag the following items, if present, to the trash:
Note: After you drag the items to the trash in steps 5-8, you must empty the trash before you can reinstall
Adobe Creative Suite 2 on the same computer.
•Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional
•Adobe VersionCue CS2
•Adobe Bridge
•Adobe GoLive CS2
•Adobe Illustrator CS2
•Adobe InDesign CS2
•Adobe Photoshop CS2
•AdobeHelpCenter.app
6 -- From the Utilities folder, drag the following items, if present, to the trash:
•Adobe Utilities
•Adobe Updater.app
7 -- From the Library folder, drag the following items, if present, to the trash:
•Application Support/Adobe/AdobeHelpData
•Application Support/Adobe/Assistance
•Application Support/Adobe/StartupScripts/Workflow Automation Scripts
•Preferences/Adobe/Workflow
•Preferences/com.adobe.ActivationUtility.plist
•Preferences/com.adobe.GoLive.plist
•Preferences/Adobe Save For Web GL 8.0 Prefs
8 -- From the Users/[user name] folder, drag the following items, if present, to the trash:
•Library/Preferences Panes/Opera Preferences
•Library/Caches/Opera Cache
•Documents/AdobeStockPhotos
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