I want to get rid of AAM because I'm not a subscriber to the Creative Cloud and never will be. According to the following, the AAM is for the Creative Cloud now when before it used to be for the Creative Suite applications.
"Adobe Application Manager is required on your computer, as long as you have other Creative Cloud applications. Adobe Application Manager performs multiple functions within all of the Creative Cloud products. Adobe Application Manager is automatically removed when you uninstall all Adobe Creative Cloud products. Upon removal of the last product, the Adobe Application Manager is uninstalled."
Obviously I can't remove the AAM if I'm not a Cloud subscriber. The AAM does not list all of my applications, shows apps are up to date when they aren't, and one shows as a trial even though I recently upgraded it. Obviously with Adobe's rush decision to change everything, the AAM is not functioning properly and I have no need to use it anymore. By the way, when I clicked Help with the AAM, it took me to the following link assuming I'm a Cloud user. Nice try Adobe, but I won't subscribe.