WhatsApp

How to uninstall WhatsApp from your computer

This web page contains detailed information on how to remove WhatsApp for Windows. It was developed for Windows by WhatsApp. You can read more on WhatsApp or check for application updates here. WhatsApp is typically installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp directory, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the application. The entire uninstall command line for WhatsApp is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe. The program's main executable file occupies 650.60 KB (666216 bytes) on disk and is called WhatsApp.exe.

WhatsApp contains of the executables below. They take 149.44 MB (156698736 bytes) on disk.

• squirrel.exe (2.10 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (650.60 KB)
• squirrel.exe (2.10 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (77.85 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (64.65 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 0.2.9737 of WhatsApp. You can find below a few links to 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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WhatsApp has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall WhatsApp:

• 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\Opera Software\Opera Stable\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Hisuite\userdata\AppIcon\com.whatsapp.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp Crashes\operation_log.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp Crashes\PRI-PC.eml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\content_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\content_shell.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\fake-bidi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\PRI-PC.eml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.9737\locales\sw.pak

Registry keys:

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

A way to delete WhatsApp with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WhatsApp is a program by WhatsApp. Some people try to erase it. This is difficult because removing this manually takes some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE solution 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 on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find WhatsApp or simply activate the Search feature and type in "WhatsApp". If it exists on your system the WhatsApp program will be found very quickly. After you click WhatsApp in the list of programs, the following information regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding WhatsApp, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

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


8. After removing WhatsApp, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong 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 are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall WhatsApp by WhatsApp from your computer, nor are we saying that WhatsApp by WhatsApp is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall WhatsApp 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.