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A guide to uninstall BleachBit from your PC

BleachBit is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by BleachBit. More information about BleachBit can be seen here. You can see more info about BleachBit at . The application is frequently found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit directory (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall BleachBit by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\uninstall.exe. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. BleachBit's primary file takes about 59.19 KB (60608 bytes) and its name is bleachbit.exe.

The following executables are contained in BleachBit. They take 337.35 KB (345442 bytes) on disk.

  • bleachbit.exe (59.19 KB)
  • bleachbit_console.exe (59.68 KB)
  • fc-cache.exe (20.00 KB)
  • gspawn-win32-helper-console.exe (14.00 KB)
  • gspawn-win32-helper.exe (14.00 KB)
  • uninstall.exe (170.48 KB)
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The information on this page is only about version 4.6.0.2537 of BleachBit. You can find below info on other versions of BleachBit:

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall BleachBit from your computer:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\BleachBit

The files below were left behind on your disk by BleachBit's application uninstaller when you removed it:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\_bz2.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\_ctypes.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\_decimal.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\_elementtree.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\_hashlib.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\_lzma.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\_scandir.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\_socket.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\_sqlite3.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\_ssl.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\bleachbit.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\bleachbit_console.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\cacert.pem
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\COPYING
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\data\app-menu.ui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\dbus-1\system.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\10-base-rendering.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\10-scale-bitmap-fonts.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\20-unhint-small-dejavu-sans-mono.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\20-unhint-small-dejavu-serif.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\20-unhint-small-vera.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\28-user.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\29-local.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\30-metric-aliases.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\30-urw-aliases.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\31-cantarell.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\35-repl-custom.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\37-repl-webfonts.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\38-repl-webfonts-custom.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\40-nonlatin.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\40-non-latin-microsoft.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\40-non-latin-misc.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\45-latin.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\45-latin-microsoft.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\45-latin-misc.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\49-sansserif.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\50-user.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\51-local.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\57-dejavu-sans.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\57-dejavu-sans-mono.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\57-dejavu-serif.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\60-latin.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\65-fonts-persian.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\65-nonlatin.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\67-override-aliases.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\68-override.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\69-unifont.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\80-delicious.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\82-no-embedded-bitmaps.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\82-no-force-autohint.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\82-no-ttf-as-bitmap.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\83-yes-bitmaps.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\83-yes-postscript.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\88-forced-synthetic.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\90-non-tt-fonts.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\90-synthetic.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\90-tt-fonts-microsoft.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\90-tt-fonts-misc.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\92-selective-rendering-microsoft.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\92-selective-rendering-misc.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\93-final-rendering.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\94-no-synthetic.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\95-reject.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\97-selective-rendering-custom.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\conf.d\README
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\fonts\fonts.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\gtk-3.0\im-multipress.conf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\gtk-3.0\settings.ini
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\pango\pango.aliases
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\etc\pango\pango.modules
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\fc-cache.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\gi._gi.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\gi._gi_cairo.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\gi.overrides._gi_gst.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\gspawn-win32-helper.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\gspawn-win32-helper-console.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\Atk-1.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\cairo-1.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\DBus-1.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\DBusGLib-1.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\fontconfig-2.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\freetype2-2.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\GDesktopEnums-3.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\Gdk-3.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\GdkPixbuf-2.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\GdkWin32-3.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\GdkX11-3.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\Gio-2.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\GIRepository-2.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\GL-1.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\GLib-2.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\GModule-2.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\GObject-2.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\Gtk-3.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\HarfBuzz-0.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\libxml2-2.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\Pango-1.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\PangoCairo-1.0.typelib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\lib\girepository-1.0\PangoFT2-1.0.typelib

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shell\shred.bleachbit
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\BleachBit


How to delete BleachBit with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

BleachBit is a program by the software company BleachBit. Sometimes, computer users decide to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is difficult because removing this manually takes some knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK procedure to uninstall BleachBit 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your PC.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs installed on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find BleachBit or simply click the Search feature and type in "BleachBit". If it exists on your system the BleachBit application will be found automatically. Notice that when you click BleachBit in the list , some information regarding the program is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding BleachBit, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the app you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for BleachBit:





  • The web site of the application is: https://www.bleachbit.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\BleachBit\uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove BleachBit.
Uninstall BleachBit


8. After removing BleachBit, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of BleachBit which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling BleachBit using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove BleachBit by BleachBit from your computer, we are not saying that BleachBit by BleachBit is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove BleachBit in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2023-11-06 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2023-11-06 09:06:49.530