WinRAR archiver

How to uninstall WinRAR archiver from your system

WinRAR archiver is a Windows program. Read below about how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by win.rar GmbH. Check out here for more info on win.rar GmbH. Usually the WinRAR archiver application is found in the C:\Program Files\WinRAR directory, depending on the user's option during setup. The full command line for uninstalling WinRAR archiver is C:\Program Files\WinRAR\uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for admin rights. WinRAR.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 915.00 KB (936960 bytes) on disk.

WinRAR archiver contains of the executables below. They occupy 1.53 MB (1602560 bytes) on disk.

• Rar.exe (310.50 KB)
• RarExtLoader.exe (43.00 KB)
• Uninstall.exe (97.50 KB)
• UnRAR.exe (199.00 KB)
• WinRAR.exe (915.00 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 5.01.0 of WinRAR archiver. 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
• 5.00.4
• 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
• 5.60.0
• 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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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you uninstall WinRAR archiver.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_WinRAR.exe_4f0236391d3195b19c16159f91c2d7949f5e380_a64466fe_7551ede2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WinRAR
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WinRAR

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_WinRAR.exe_4f0236391d3195b19c16159f91c2d7949f5e380_a64466fe_7551ede2\Report.wer
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\HTML Help\winrar.chw
• 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

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• 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\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WinRAR
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WinRAR
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WinRAR archiver
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\WinRAR

A way to erase WinRAR archiver using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WinRAR archiver is an application released by win.rar GmbH. Sometimes, computer users choose to remove it. This is difficult because removing this by hand takes some knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK practice to remove 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate WinRAR archiver or simply click the Search field and type in "WinRAR archiver". If it exists on your system the WinRAR archiver app will be found automatically. After you click WinRAR archiver in the list , some information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding WinRAR archiver, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove WinRAR archiver.


8. After uninstalling WinRAR archiver, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of WinRAR archiver that 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 entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall WinRAR archiver by win.rar GmbH from your computer, nor are we saying that WinRAR archiver by win.rar GmbH is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall WinRAR archiver supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.