WinRAR archiver

A guide to uninstall WinRAR archiver from your PC

This web page is about WinRAR archiver for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is developed by win.rar GmbH. Further information on win.rar GmbH can be seen here. WinRAR archiver is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRAR directory, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's option when installing the application. The full command line for uninstalling WinRAR archiver is C:\Program Files (x86)\WinRAR\uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for admin rights. WinRAR.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 816.00 KB (835584 bytes) on disk.

WinRAR archiver installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 3.00 MB (3149574 bytes) on disk.

• Rar.exe (286.50 KB)
• Uninstall.exe (94.00 KB)
• UnRAR.exe (187.00 KB)
• WinRAR.exe (816.00 KB)
• archpr.exe (411.00 KB)
• azr.exe (466.50 KB)
• CABPACK.EXE (283.50 KB)
• EXTRAC32.EXE (99.00 KB)
• EXTRACT.EXE (51.76 KB)
• rpc.exe (142.50 KB)
• UHARC GUI.exe (238.00 KB)

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This page is about WinRAR archiver version 5.60.0 only. Click on the links below for other WinRAR archiver versions:

• 5.00.1
• 5.00.7
• 5.90.3
• 4.10.1
• 4.00.6
• 5.20.0
• 5.01.1
• 5.50.5
• 5.60.2
• 5.60.3
• 4.01
• 5.61.0
• 5.21.1
• 6.01.1
• 4.20.0
• 6.24.0
• 5.20.1
• 5.61.1
• 5.20.2
• 5.80.0
• 5.00.6
• 5.50.0
• 6.02.0
• 5.70.1
• 5.20.3
• 5.70.2
• 6.23.0
• 6.01.0
• 5.10.1
• 4.00.5
• 4.20.3
• 5.00.3
• 5.91.0
• 5.50.1
• 5.10.0
• 5.50.4
• 5.90.0
• 5.00.5
• 4.10.3
• 4.10.5
• 6.00.1
• 5.11.1
• 4.20.1
• 4.00.2
• 4.10.2
• 7.00.0
• 5.30.1
• 5.01.0
• 5.00.4
• 5.50.6
• 4.00.3
• 6.00.0
• 5.00.2
• 4.10.0
• 5.30.6
• 5.30.3
• 5.80.2
• 5.31.1
• 5.31.0
• 5.71.0
• 4.11.0
• 6.10.3
• 5.0.8.0
• 5.20.4
• 5.80.3
• 5.30.4
• 5.40.2
• 6.00.2
• 4.01.1
• 4.20.2
• 4.10.4
• 6.11.0
• 6.21.0
• 5.60.5
• 6.11.1
• 4.01.0
• 5.40.1
• 5.11.0
• 5.10.2
• 4.0.0
• 5.00.0
• 4.00.1
• 5.50.2
• 5.40.0
• 5.10.3
• 4.00.4
• 6.20.2
• 5.40.3
• 5.60.1
• 5.21.2
• 6.22.0
• 5.21.0
• 6.10.0
• 5.10.4
• 5.70.0
• 4.00.7
• 5.80.1
• 5.30.0
• 5.40.4
• 5.0.1.0

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When you're planning to uninstall WinRAR archiver you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\WinRAR
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\WinRAR
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WinRAR
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WinRAR

The files below are left behind on your disk by WinRAR archiver's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\WinRAR\7zxa.dll
• C:\Program Files\WinRAR\Formats\UNACEV2.DLL
• C:\Program Files\WinRAR\Order.htm
• C:\Program Files\WinRAR\Rar.exe
• C:\Program Files\WinRAR\RarExt.dll
• C:\Program Files\WinRAR\RarExt64.dll
• C:\Program Files\WinRAR\UNACEV2.DLL
• C:\Program Files\WinRAR\Uninstall.exe
• C:\Program Files\WinRAR\UnRAR.exe
• C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.chm
• C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.cnt
• C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe
• C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.hlp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\WinRAR\Order.htm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\WinRAR\readme.eml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\_Getintopc.com_winRAR.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\_Getintopc.com_WinRAR_5.31.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\WinRAR.v5.60.x86.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WinRAR\Console RAR manual.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WinRAR\What is new in the latest version.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WinRAR\WinRAR help.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WinRAR\WinRAR.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WinRAR\version.dat

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WinRAR
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WinRAR
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\DragDropHandlers\WinRAR
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\DragDropHandlers\WinRAR
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\WinRAR
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ShellEx\DragDropHandlers\WinRAR
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WinRAR
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\WinRAR_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\WinRAR_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WinRAR archiver
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\WinRAR

How to erase WinRAR archiver from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WinRAR archiver is a program released by win.rar GmbH. Some computer users decide to erase it. This is difficult because doing this manually requires some knowledge related to PCs. The best SIMPLE approach to erase WinRAR archiver 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 PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on your PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find WinRAR archiver or simply click the Search field and type in "WinRAR archiver". If it is installed on your PC the WinRAR archiver app will be found very quickly. When you select WinRAR archiver in the list of applications, the following information regarding the program is made available to you:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall WinRAR archiver.


8. After removing WinRAR archiver, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of WinRAR archiver which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling WinRAR archiver using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall WinRAR archiver by win.rar GmbH from your PC, nor are we saying that WinRAR archiver by win.rar GmbH is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall WinRAR archiver supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.