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A guide to uninstall Defraggler from your PC

Defraggler is a computer program. This page holds details on how to remove it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by Piriform. More information on Piriform can be found here. Usually the Defraggler application is found in the C:\Program Files\Defraggler folder, depending on the user's option during setup. You can uninstall Defraggler by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Defraggler\uninst.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 2.33 MB (2447168 bytes) on disk and is labeled Defraggler.exe.

Defraggler installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 3.31 MB (3466656 bytes) on disk.

  • Defraggler.exe (2.33 MB)
  • df.exe (845.81 KB)
  • uninst.exe (149.78 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 2.08 of Defraggler. You can find below info on other versions of Defraggler:

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are shown below.

Folders remaining:
  • C:\Program Files\Defraggler

Usually, the following files remain on disk:
  • C:\Program Files\Defraggler\Defraggler.exe
  • C:\Program Files\Defraggler\Defraggler64.exe
  • C:\Program Files\Defraggler\df.exe
  • C:\Program Files\Defraggler\df64.exe

Registry keys:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Defraggler

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following values:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Defraggler\DisplayIcon
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Defraggler\DisplayName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Defraggler\InstallLocation
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Defraggler\UninstallString


A way to uninstall Defraggler using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Defraggler is a program released by Piriform. Sometimes, users try to remove it. Sometimes this can be hard because removing this by hand requires some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK approach to remove Defraggler is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your PC.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs installed on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Defraggler or simply activate the Search field and type in "Defraggler". If it exists on your system the Defraggler program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Defraggler in the list of apps, some information about the application is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Defraggler, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the program you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Defraggler.
Uninstall Defraggler


8. After uninstalling Defraggler, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Defraggler that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Defraggler with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows XP (5.1)
  • 10.0
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • Windows 8 (6.2)
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows Vista (6.0)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Defraggler by Piriform from your computer, nor are we saying that Defraggler by Piriform is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Defraggler supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-06-21 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-21 05:26:28.927