CCleaner

A guide to uninstall CCleaner from your computer

CCleaner is a Windows program. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by Piriform. Further information on Piriform can be seen here. CCleaner is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\CCleaner directory, depending on the user's option. The full command line for removing CCleaner is C:\Program Files\CCleaner\uninst.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may be prompted for administrator rights. CCleaner.exe is the CCleaner's main executable file and it takes close to 2.65 MB (2773824 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of CCleaner. They take an average of 2.77 MB (2905232 bytes) on disk.

• CCleaner.exe (2.65 MB)
• uninst.exe (128.33 KB)

The current page applies to CCleaner version 3.17 alone. You can find below a few links to other CCleaner releases:

• 5.40
• 5.84
• 6.26
• 3.18
• 2.28
• 5.38
• 5.36
• 3.28
• 3.00
• 6.14
• 2.26
• 5.08
• 6.35
• 5.58
• 5.57.7182
• 6.23
• Unknown
• 3.14
• 5.56
• 4.01
• 5.53.7034
• 5.0.0.5050
• 4.11
• 5.66.7716
• 6.37
• 5.8.00.5308
• 4.03.4151
• 5.12
• 5.03
• 6.21
• 5.48.6834
• 4.04
• 3.12
• 6.01
• 5.37
• 3.01
• 5.66
• 4.02
• 4.06
• 3.09
• 3.26
• 6.34
• 5.39
• 6.07
• 4.19
• 3.22
• 5.81
• 2.29
• 5.44.6577
• 5.0
• 3.13
• 5.43.6520
• 5.86
• 6.12
• 5.56.7144
• 6.27
• 5.80
• 5.64
• 4.07
• 5.33
• 5.30
• 2.33
• 5.55
• 5.59
• 5.44.6575
• 5.69
• 3.24
• 4.04.4197
• 5.41
• 5.52.6967
• 5.54
• 3.1
• 5.76.8269
• 2.31
• 5.54.7088
• 5.79
• 6.06
• 5.02
• 5.24
• 5.03.5128
• 5.70
• 4.05.4250
• 5.91
• 5.77.8521
• 5.65.7632
• 5.72
• 5.65
• 6.18
• 5.55.7108
• 5.47.6716
• 5.06.5219
• 5.29
• 5.41.6446
• 4.05
• 3.05
• 5.68
• 2.36
• 5.76
• 5.82.8950
• 6.08

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Quite a few files, folders and Windows registry entries can not be removed when you remove CCleaner from your computer.

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Software\Piriform\CCleaner
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Piriform\CCleaner
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\CCleaner_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\CCleaner_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\CCleaner-5_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\CCleaner-5_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CCleaner
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Piriform\CCleaner

A way to uninstall CCleaner from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CCleaner is an application marketed by Piriform. Sometimes, computer users choose to erase it. This is efortful because uninstalling this manually takes some skill regarding Windows internal functioning. The best EASY procedure to erase CCleaner 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 Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate CCleaner or simply click the Search feature and type in "CCleaner". The CCleaner program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click CCleaner in the list of apps, the following information regarding the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding CCleaner, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall CCleaner.


8. After uninstalling CCleaner, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with 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 registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

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Disclaimer

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