WhatsApp

How to uninstall WhatsApp from your system

You can find below details on how to uninstall WhatsApp for Windows. The Windows release was developed by WhatsApp. More information about WhatsApp can be found here. WhatsApp is usually set up in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp directory, subject to the user's decision. You can remove WhatsApp by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe --uninstall. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for admin rights. WhatsApp's primary file takes around 1.85 MB (1942800 bytes) and is called squirrel.exe.

WhatsApp is composed of the following executables which occupy 173.65 MB (182090064 bytes) on disk:

• squirrel.exe (1.85 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (83.96 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (84.14 MB)

The current page applies to WhatsApp version 0.2.3120 only. Click on the links below for other WhatsApp versions:

• 2.2126.10
• 2.2126.15
• 1.0.1
• 2.2124.6
• 2.2025.7
• 2.2132.6
• 0.2.1061
• Unknown
• 2.2228.4
• 0.2.6426
• 2.2117.5
• 0.2.9928
• 2.2202.12
• 2.2206.4
• 2.2246.6
• 2.2244.6
• 2.2304.7
• 0.2.5093
• 2.2214.12
• 2.2043.21
• 2.2202.5
• 2.2235.0
• 0.2.7315
• 2.2047.11
• 0.2.8000
• 2.2246.10
• 2.2204.1
• 2.2216.8
• 2.2047.13
• 2.2244.3
• 2.2139.6
• 2.2106.16
• 0.2.2732
• 2.2021.2
• 0.3.953
• 2.2102.9
• 2.2219.1
• 2.2100.7
• 2.2207.0
• 2.2238.2
• 2.2035.14
• 0.4.1307
• 2.2047.7
• 2.2222.2
• 2.2222.3
• 0.3.4375
• 2.2017.6
• 2.2121.7
• 2.2110.12
• 2.2147.10
• 2.2126.1
• 2.2027.10
• 2.2229.2
• 0.2.1454
• 2.2239.1
• 0.3.3330
• 2.2228.8
• 2.2149.4
• 2.2224.4
• 0.2.2244
• 2.2310.1
• 2.2031.4
• 2.2135.1
• 2.2212.8
• 2.2228.14
• 2.2236.10
• 0.2.6968
• 0.2.7314
• 2.2230.6
• 2.2211.2
• 2.2226.1
• 2.2216.7
• 0.3.1242
• 2.2229.0
• 0.2.9229
• 0.2.8505
• 2.2019.6
• 2.2102.8
• 2.2314.3
• 2.2023.2
• 2.2142.5
• 2.2144.11
• 0.2.777
• 2.2037.5
• 0.2.9008
• 2.2130.3
• 2.2138.14
• 2.2138.2
• 0.2.2729
• 2.2210.1
• 2.2245.2
• 0.2.2731
• 2.2237.0
• 2.2114.8
• 2.2213.5
• 0.3.3328
• 2.2128.1
• 2.2232.8
• 2.2029.4
• 0.4.1302

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

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp Crashes
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WhatsApp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp Crashes\operation_log.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.3120\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.3120\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.3120\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.3120\node.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.3120\resources\app.asar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.3120\resources\electron.asar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.3120\snapshot_blob.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.3120\squirrel.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.3120\SquirrelSetup.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.3120\ui_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.3120\views_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.3120\WhatsApp.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.3120\xinput1_3.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\packages\RELEASES
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\packages\WhatsApp-0.2.3120-full.nupkg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\packages\WhatsApp-0.2.8691-full.nupkg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\SquirrelSetup.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\WhatsApp.v0.2.3120.x64_rahim-soft.com.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\WhatsApp.v0.2.5371.x64_RHM_2 (2).lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\WhatsApp.v0.2.5371.x64_RHM_2.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WhatsApp\WhatsApp.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\f_000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\f_000002
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\databases\Databases.db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\000\t\Paths\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\000\t\Paths\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\000\t\Paths\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\000\t\Paths\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\000\t\Paths\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\GPUCache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\GPUCache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\GPUCache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\GPUCache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\GPUCache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\10
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\11
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\12
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\13
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\14
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\15
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\16
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\17
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\18
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\19
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\5
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\6
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\7
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\8
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\9
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Local Storage\file__0.localstorage
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\main-process.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\QuotaManager
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\settings.json

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\whatsapp
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WhatsApp

A way to uninstall WhatsApp using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WhatsApp is an application marketed by the software company WhatsApp. Sometimes, people want to erase this application. Sometimes this can be efortful because uninstalling this by hand takes some skill related to Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK action to erase WhatsApp is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find WhatsApp or simply click the Search feature and type in "WhatsApp". If it exists on your system the WhatsApp app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click WhatsApp in the list of apps, the following data about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about WhatsApp, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall WhatsApp.


8. After removing WhatsApp, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of WhatsApp which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling WhatsApp with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove WhatsApp by WhatsApp from your computer, we are not saying that WhatsApp by WhatsApp is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove WhatsApp supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.