BleachBit

How to uninstall BleachBit from your PC

BleachBit is a software application. This page holds details on how to remove it from your computer. It is made by BleachBit. You can find out more on BleachBit or check for application updates here. More data about the program BleachBit can be seen at http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/. The application is usually found in the C:\Program Files\BleachBit folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove BleachBit by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\BleachBit\uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. bleachbit.exe is the BleachBit's main executable file and it occupies close to 40.60 KB (41576 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of BleachBit. They take an average of 169.96 KB (174040 bytes) on disk.

• bleachbit.exe (40.60 KB)
• bleachbit_console.exe (40.10 KB)
• uninstall.exe (85.76 KB)
• w9xpopen.exe (3.50 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 1.7.3 of BleachBit. You can find here a few links to other BleachBit versions:

• 1.9.4
• 1.11.3
• 1.7.6
• 1.7.5
• 2.0
• 1.8
• 4.6.1.2566
• 1.5.2
• 1.10
• 1.6
• 1.11.4
• 1.15
• 4.6.0.2537
• 1.11.2
• 4.6.1.2575
• 1.17
• 4.6.1.2567
• 1.9.1
• 1.7.7
• 1.12
• 4.5.0.2499
• 1.19
• Unknown
• 1.9.3
• 1.11
• 1.7.1
• 1.7.4
• 1.13
• 1.7
• 4.5.1.2523
• 1.9.2

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If you're planning to uninstall BleachBit you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\BleachBit
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\BleachBit

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\_ctypes.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\_hashlib.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\_socket.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\_sqlite3.pyd

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shell\shred.bleachbit
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\BleachBit
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\BleachBit

Additional registry values that you should clean:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shell\shred.bleachbit\command\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\BleachBit\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\BleachBit\HelpLink
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\BleachBit\Publisher

How to remove BleachBit with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

BleachBit is a program offered by the software company BleachBit. Some computer users want to remove this application. This can be efortful because performing this manually takes some experience regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY manner to remove BleachBit is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate BleachBit or simply click the Search field and type in "BleachBit". If it is installed on your PC the BleachBit program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select BleachBit in the list of programs, the following information about the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about BleachBit, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for BleachBit:

• The web site of the application is: http://bleachbit.sourceforge.net/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\BleachBit\uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove BleachBit.


8. After uninstalling BleachBit, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong BleachBit which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling BleachBit with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove BleachBit by BleachBit from your computer, nor are we saying that BleachBit by BleachBit is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove BleachBit in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.