Slack

A guide to uninstall Slack from your computer

You can find below detailed information on how to remove Slack for Windows. The Windows version was developed by Slack Technologies. Go over here where you can find out more on Slack Technologies. Slack is typically installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\slack directory, but this location may vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the program. You can uninstall Slack by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\slack\Update.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is titled slack.exe and occupies 670.97 KB (687072 bytes).

The following executables are installed beside Slack. They take about 162.02 MB (169887552 bytes) on disk.

• slack.exe (670.97 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.89 MB)
• slack.exe (77.83 MB)
• squirrel.exe (1.89 MB)
• slack.exe (77.87 MB)

This info is about Slack version 2.6.3 alone. You can find below info on other releases of Slack:

• 2.0.2
• 1.1.1
• 2.1.2
• 3.1.0214
• 1.1.4
• 4.0.02
• 3.3.0184889
• 1.2.1
• 3.3.0
• 1.2.7
• 2.1.0
• 3.0.3
• 2.5.0
• 2.6.263901
• 1.1.5
• 3.1.0
• 3.3.7
• 2.1.1
• 2.5.2
• 2.6.0
• 3.0.0
• 1.1.0
• 4.0.0
• 1.2.6
• 3.4.01881
• 3.2.025750
• 3.0.2
• 2.3.4
• 1.0.0
• 4.1.0
• 2.6.32622578
• 3.0.05208518
• 2.0.1
• 3.1.01299420
• 3.3.8
• 2.7.0
• 3.0.04552368
• 3.4.1
• 2.6.5
• 2.0.5
• 4.0.1
• 1.0.3
• 1.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 3.3.414346
• 3.3.43190
• 2.6.2
• 3.3.3
• 1.0.6
• 2.5.1
• 2.0.0
• 3.0.5
• 3.0.4
• 4.0.03
• 1.1.3
• 3.3.6
• 4.1.06
• 2.8.0
• 1.2.2
• 3.4.3
• 2.7.05328770
• 1.0.5
• 1.2.5
• 2.6.0189985592
• 2.7.1
• 3.3.1
• 3.3.429651
• 2.3.2
• 1.1.8
• 2.8.2
• 2.0.6
• 1.0.4
• 3.4.2
• 2.3.3
• 1.1.7
• 3.4.0
• 4.0.2
• 3.0.032161032
• 3.2.0
• 2.0.3
• 3.1.1
• 3.3.8190710
• 4.1.1
• 3.4.1317919
• 4.1.03
• 2.8.1
• 3.0.026389
• 2.4.1
• 2.4.0
• 2.9.0

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you remove Slack.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Slack:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Slack Technologies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove Slack:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Storage\https_get.slack.help_0.localstorage
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Local Storage\https_slack.com_0.localstorage
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\SquirrelSetup.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\Update.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\slack.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000002
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000003
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000004
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000005
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000006
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000007
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000008
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000009
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00000c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00000e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000014
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000016
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000017
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000018
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000019
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00001a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00001c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00001d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00001f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000023
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000025
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000027
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000028
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00002b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000030
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000031
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000036
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000038
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00003a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00003c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00003e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000040
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000042
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000043
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000045
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000046
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000048
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000049
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00004a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00004b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00004c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00004d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00004e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00004f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000050
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000052
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000053
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000056
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000057
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000059
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00005d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00005e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000060
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000061
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000063
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000064
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000067
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000069
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00006d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00006f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000071
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000073
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000076
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000078
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00007a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00007b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00007d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00007f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000081
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000083
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000084
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000085
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000087
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00008b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00008c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00008e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00008f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000091
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000094
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000095
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000096
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000098
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_000099
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_00009e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_0000a0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_0000a4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_0000ac
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_0000ad
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\f_0000ae
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack\Cookies

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\slack
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\slack

A way to uninstall Slack with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Slack is a program marketed by Slack Technologies. Sometimes, people want to erase this application. This can be difficult because uninstalling this by hand requires some knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK procedure to erase Slack is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on 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 general tool to take care of your computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Slack or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Slack". If it is installed on your PC the Slack app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Slack in the list of apps, some information about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Slack, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Slack.


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

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Slack by Slack Technologies from your PC, we are not saying that Slack by Slack Technologies is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Slack in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.