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A way to uninstall Recuva from your computer

Recuva is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by Piriform. Further information on Piriform can be found here. The application is usually located in the C:\Program Files\Recuva folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall Recuva by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Recuva\uninst.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. Recuva.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 1.40 MB (1463608 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are installed together with Recuva. They occupy about 1.59 MB (1663912 bytes) on disk.

  • Recuva.exe (1.40 MB)
  • uninst.exe (195.61 KB)


This info is about Recuva version 1.38 only. You can find below info on other application versions of Recuva:

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

Folders remaining:
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall Recuva:
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1025.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1026.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1027.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1028.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1029.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1030.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1031.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1032.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1034.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1035.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1036.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1037.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1038.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1040.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1041.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1043.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1044.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1045.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1046.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1048.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1049.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1050.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1051.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1052.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1053.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1055.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1058.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1061.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1063.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1066.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1067.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-1079.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-2052.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-3098.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Lang\lang-5146.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\Recuva64.exe
  • C:\Program Files\Recuva\uninst.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\U6KDVGGI\recuva_1_53_1087[1].gif

Registry that is not cleaned:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Piriform\Recuva
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\recuva64_RASAPI32
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\recuva64_RASMANCS
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Recuva
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Piriform\Recuva
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\recuva.exe


How to uninstall Recuva from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Recuva is an application marketed by the software company Piriform. Sometimes, users try to erase this application. Sometimes this can be efortful because doing this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY practice to erase Recuva is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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  • download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Recuva or simply click the Search field and type in "Recuva". If it is installed on your PC the Recuva application will be found automatically. When you select Recuva in the list , the following data regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Recuva, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Recuva.
Uninstall Recuva


8. After uninstalling Recuva, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Recuva that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Recuva with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows XP (5.1)
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • 10.0
  • 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 uninstall Recuva by Piriform from your computer, we are not saying that Recuva by Piriform is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Recuva in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-06-21 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-21 15:08:53.247