Bitwarden

A guide to uninstall Bitwarden from your system

Bitwarden is a software application. This page holds details on how to remove it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by Bitwarden Inc.. You can find out more on Bitwarden Inc. or check for application updates here. The application is usually located in the C:\Program Files\Bitwarden folder. Keep in mind that this path can differ depending on the user's preference. The full command line for uninstalling Bitwarden is C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\Uninstall Bitwarden.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for administrator rights. Bitwarden.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 192.78 MB (202145136 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are incorporated in Bitwarden. They take 194.06 MB (203483216 bytes) on disk.

• Bitwarden.exe (192.78 MB)
• desktop_proxy.exe (997.86 KB)
• Uninstall Bitwarden.exe (192.00 KB)
• elevate.exe (116.86 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 2025.7.0 of Bitwarden. You can find below a few links to other Bitwarden releases:

• 1.23.0
• 1.33.0
• 2023.3.2
• 2023.8.2
• 2024.4.1
• 2024.10.2
• 2024.11.2
• 2024.11.0
• 2023.8.4
• 2022.5.0
• 1.22.1
• 1.28.1
• 2024.4.0
• 2023.1.1
• 2024.1.0
• 1.26.0
• 2025.1.1
• 1.21.0
• 2022.6.0
• 2025.5.0
• 1.24.4
• 1.26.3
• 1.18.0
• 2024.3.0
• 1.31.3
• 1.31.2
• 2022.10.0
• 1.29.1
• 1.24.1
• 2023.12.1
• 1.20.1
• 1.27.0
• 2024.2.1
• 2023.7.0
• 2024.2.0
• 2023.1.0
• 2022.6.1
• 1.25.1
• 2024.4.3
• 2024.10.1
• 2022.9.0
• 1.26.5
• 1.31.0
• 2023.9.3
• 2023.5.1
• 2025.2.0
• 1.20.0
• 2023.4.0
• 1.28.0
• 2024.12.1
• 2024.8.1
• 2025.1.3
• 2024.11.1
• 2024.6.3
• 2024.8.2
• 1.25.0
• 1.22.2
• 2024.5.0
• 2022.5.1
• 1.30.0
• 2023.9.0
• 2023.7.1
• 2022.8.1
• 2024.8.0
• 2023.3.1
• 1.27.1
• 2025.5.1
• 2023.3.0
• 2024.6.0
• 1.26.4
• 1.24.6
• 2025.1.2
• 2024.7.0
• 1.29.0
• 1.32.0
• 2023.5.0
• 2022.12.0
• 1.17.2
• 2024.9.0
• 1.31.1
• 2023.10.0
• 2023.9.2
• 2022.10.1
• 2025.1.0
• 1.28.2
• 2023.2.0
• 2024.6.2
• 1.19.0
• 2025.4.2
• 1.23.1
• 1.32.1
• 2022.9.1
• 1.17.1
• 2023.10.1
• 2024.3.2
• 1.28.3
• 2025.3.0
• 2025.2.1
• 2024.12.0
• 2024.6.1

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Some files, folders and registry data will not be deleted when you remove Bitwarden from your PC.

Directories that were found:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\bitwarden-updater
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_M\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\manifests\b\Bitwarden
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_PVD\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\packages\Bitwarden.Bitwarden

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove Bitwarden:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\bitwarden-updater\package.7z
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\66LBV8QV\bitwarden-2025.7.0-x64.nsis[1].7z
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\Bitwarden.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\desktop_proxy.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\LICENSE.electron.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\LICENSES.chromium.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\af.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\th.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\ur.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\resources\app.asar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\resources\app-update.yml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\resources\elevate.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\snapshot_blob.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\Uninstall Bitwarden.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\v8_context_snapshot.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\vk_swiftshader.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\vk_swiftshader_icd.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\vulkan-1.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_M\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\manifests\b\Bitwarden\Bitwarden\2025.6.1\b588
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_M\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\manifests\b\Bitwarden\Bitwarden\2025.7.0\b0a4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_PVD\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\packages\Bitwarden.Bitwarden\b5c3054f\versionData.mszyml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_PVD\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\packages\Bitwarden.Bitwarden\b6f38838\versionData.mszyml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\UniGetUI\CachedMedia\Winget\Bitwarden.Bitwarden\icon.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\UniGetUI\CachedMedia\Winget\Bitwarden.Bitwarden\icon.mime
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\UniGetUI\CachedMedia\Winget\bitwarden\icon.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\UniGetUI\CachedMedia\Winget\bitwarden\icon.mime
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Bitwarden.lnk

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\173a9bac-6f0d-50c4-8202-4744c69d091a

Open regedit.exe to remove the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\Bitwarden.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Bitwarden\Bitwarden.exe.FriendlyAppName

How to erase Bitwarden from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Bitwarden is an application by the software company Bitwarden Inc.. Some computer users choose to erase it. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because performing this manually requires some experience regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK practice to erase Bitwarden is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to take care of your computer.

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2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Bitwarden or simply click the Search feature and type in "Bitwarden". The Bitwarden application will be found automatically. When you click Bitwarden in the list of applications, the following information about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Bitwarden, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Bitwarden.


8. After uninstalling Bitwarden, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Bitwarden which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Bitwarden using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Bitwarden by Bitwarden Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that Bitwarden by Bitwarden Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Bitwarden in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.