CCleaner

A guide to uninstall CCleaner from your computer

CCleaner is a computer program. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was created for Windows by Piriform Ltd. Further information on Piriform Ltd can be seen here. More info about the program CCleaner can be seen at https://www.piriform.com. CCleaner is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\CCleaner directory, regulated by the user's choice. The full command line for removing CCleaner is C:\Program Files\CCleaner\unins000.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for administrator rights. CCleaner.exe is the CCleaner's primary executable file and it occupies close to 8.93 MB (9363672 bytes) on disk.

CCleaner installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 18.47 MB (19363945 bytes) on disk.

• CCleaner.exe (8.93 MB)
• CCleaner64.exe (8.68 MB)
• unins000.exe (717.16 KB)
• uninst.exe (157.02 KB)

This data is about CCleaner version 5.27.5976 alone. Click on the links below for other CCleaner versions:

• 1.0
• 3.04.1389
• 5.29.6033
• 3.13.1600.0
• 5.04.5151
• 5.02.5101
• 5.25.5902
• 5.59.0.7230
• 5.17.5590
• 5.69.0.7865
• 5.57.7182
• 5.37.6309
• 5.24.5841
• 5.40.6411
• 2.1.8
• 5.23.5808
• 5.15.5513
• 5.36.6278
• 5.10.5373
• 5.21.5700
• 5.13.5460
• 3.01.1327
• 5.32.6129
• 2.12.660
• 5.03.5128
• 2.10.618
• 3.26.1888
• 5.11.5408
• 5.39.108.6399
• 6.2.0.9938
• 5.0.2
• 5.06.5219
• 5.31.6105
• 5.26.5937

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you uninstall CCleaner.

The files below are left behind on your disk by CCleaner when you uninstall it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_CCleaner_CCleaner64_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\http___www_ccleaner_com_

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\ccleaner.com
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\LowRegistry\DOMStorage\www.ccleaner.com

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\CCleaner\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-74859033-2876313846-3727720665-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner64.exe

How to uninstall CCleaner from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CCleaner is an application released by the software company Piriform Ltd. Frequently, computer users try to erase this application. Sometimes this can be troublesome because doing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK solution to erase CCleaner 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to clean your PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate CCleaner or simply activate the Search feature and type in "CCleaner". If it exists on your system the CCleaner program will be found very quickly. After you click CCleaner in the list of programs, some information regarding the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding CCleaner, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for CCleaner:

• The publisher is: https://www.piriform.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\CCleaner\unins000.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall CCleaner.


8. After removing CCleaner, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of CCleaner which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling CCleaner with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall CCleaner by Piriform Ltd from your PC, nor are we saying that CCleaner by Piriform Ltd is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall CCleaner in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.