WhatsApp

A guide to uninstall WhatsApp from your PC

WhatsApp is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by WhatsApp. Take a look here for more details on WhatsApp. Usually the WhatsApp application is to be found in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp directory, depending on the user's option during setup. C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe --uninstall is the full command line if you want to remove WhatsApp. WhatsApp's main file takes about 1.85 MB (1942800 bytes) and is called squirrel.exe.

WhatsApp contains of the executables below. They take 171.47 MB (179796816 bytes) on disk.

• squirrel.exe (1.85 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (82.15 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (83.76 MB)

This data is about WhatsApp version 0.2.2243 alone. You can find below info on other versions 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
• 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 you are manually uninstalling WhatsApp we suggest you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders remaining:

• 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

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp Crashes\operation_log.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\content_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\content_shell.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\fake-bidi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\th.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\node.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\resources\app.asar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\resources\electron.asar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\snapshot_blob.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\squirrel.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\SquirrelSetup.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\ui_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\views_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\WhatsApp.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.2243\xinput1_3.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\packages\RELEASES
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\packages\WhatsApp-0.2.2243-full.nupkg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\packages\WhatsApp-0.2.8082-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\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\f_000003
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\f_000004
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\f_000005
• 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

Registry that is not cleaned:

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

How to erase WhatsApp using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WhatsApp is a program offered by WhatsApp. Sometimes, people decide to remove it. This can be troublesome because deleting this by hand requires some skill regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE practice to remove 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your system.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find WhatsApp or simply activate the Search field and type in "WhatsApp". If it is installed on your PC the WhatsApp program will be found very quickly. When you select WhatsApp in the list of applications, the following data about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about WhatsApp, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove WhatsApp.


8. After uninstalling WhatsApp, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong WhatsApp that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling WhatsApp with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall WhatsApp by WhatsApp from your PC, we are not saying that WhatsApp by WhatsApp is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall WhatsApp in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.