WhatsApp

A guide to uninstall WhatsApp from your computer

You can find on this page details on how to remove WhatsApp for Windows. It is developed by WhatsApp. You can find out more on WhatsApp or check for application updates here. WhatsApp is usually installed in the C:\Users\w_\AppData\Local\WhatsApp directory, but this location may differ a lot depending on the user's option while installing the program. The entire uninstall command line for WhatsApp is C:\Users\w_\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe. WhatsApp.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 648.27 KB (663824 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of WhatsApp. They occupy about 162.62 MB (170522720 bytes) on disk.

• squirrel.exe (2.10 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (648.27 KB)
• WhatsApp.exe (77.85 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (77.85 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 0.2.8505 of WhatsApp. You can find below info on other releases of WhatsApp:

• 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
• 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
• 2.2212.1

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Many files, folders and Windows registry entries can be left behind when you want to remove WhatsApp from your computer.

Folders that were left behind:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp Crashes
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall WhatsApp:

• 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-0.2.8505\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\content_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\content_shell.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\fake-bidi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\th.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\node.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\pdf_viewer_resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\resources\app.asar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\resources\electron.asar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\snapshot_blob.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\squirrel.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\SquirrelSetup.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\ui_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\views_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.8505\WhatsApp.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\packages\RELEASES
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\packages\WhatsApp-0.2.8505-full.nupkg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\packages\WhatsApp-0.3.2848-full.nupkg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\SquirrelSetup.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\WhatsApp.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\15
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\4f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\50
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\51
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\52
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\53
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\54
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\55
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\56
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\57
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\58
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\59
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\5a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\5b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\5c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\5d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark\profile\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\5e

Registry that is not removed:

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

A way to uninstall WhatsApp with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WhatsApp is a program by WhatsApp. Sometimes, computer users choose to erase this program. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because doing this by hand takes some skill related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE solution to erase WhatsApp is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to clean your PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs installed on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate WhatsApp or simply click the Search feature and type in "WhatsApp". The WhatsApp application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click WhatsApp in the list of applications, the following information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding WhatsApp, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall WhatsApp.


8. After removing WhatsApp, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong WhatsApp that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing WhatsApp using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall WhatsApp by WhatsApp from your computer, we are not saying that WhatsApp by WhatsApp is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall WhatsApp 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.