CCleaner

A way to uninstall CCleaner from your PC

CCleaner is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by Piriform. Go over here where you can find out more on Piriform. CCleaner is typically installed in the C:\Program Files\CCleaner directory, but this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the program. You can remove CCleaner by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\CCleaner\uninst.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file occupies 43.60 MB (45715776 bytes) on disk and is called CCleaner64.exe.

The executables below are part of CCleaner. They occupy about 104.50 MB (109576544 bytes) on disk.

• CCleaner.exe (37.73 MB)
• CCleaner64.exe (43.60 MB)
• CCleanerBugReport.exe (5.86 MB)
• CCleanerCrashDump.exe (3.38 MB)
• CCleanerPerformanceOptimizerService.exe (1.03 MB)
• CCleanerReactivator.exe (185.31 KB)
• CCUpdate.exe (3.32 MB)
• uninst.exe (4.46 MB)
• wa_3rd_party_host_32.exe (2.19 MB)
• wa_3rd_party_host_64.exe (2.76 MB)

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This info is about CCleaner version 6.36 alone. You can find here a few links to other CCleaner versions:

• 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
• 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
• 3.08

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When planning to uninstall CCleaner you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\CCleaner
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AVAST Software\Browser\User Data\Default\Extensions\gjcfnponmdkenfdibginkmlmediekpnm\1.34.0.1287_0\img\logos\ccleaner
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AVAST Software\Browser\User Data\Default\Extensions\gjcfnponmdkenfdibginkmlmediekpnm\1.34.0.1287_0\img\whats-new\ccleaner

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall CCleaner:

• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner64.exe
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleanerBugReport.exe
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleanerCrashDump.exe
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleanerDU.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleanerPerformanceOptimizer.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleanerPerformanceOptimizerService.exe
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleanerReactivator.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleanerReactivator.exe
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCUpdate.exe
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Data\burger_client\8866F8A9-70C9-43A2-BFBE-EE00AA2DC417\44ED97C8-2D40-4A50-913D-673F6858B9AF
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Data\DUState.dat
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Data\state_cache.json
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Data\StateHistory\DUState 2025-06-09 14-46-48-548.dat
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Data\StateHistory\InitialDUState V24_4.dat
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Data\usercfg.ini
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1025.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1026.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1027.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1028.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1029.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1030.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1031.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1032.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1034.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1035.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1036.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1037.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1038.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1040.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1041.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1042.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1043.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1044.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1045.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1046.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1048.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1049.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1050.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1051.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1052.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1053.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1054.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1055.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1056.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1057.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1058.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1059.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1060.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1061.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1062.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1063.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1065.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1066.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1067.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1068.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1071.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1079.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1081.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1086.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1087.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1090.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1092.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1093.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1102.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1104.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1109.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1110.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-1155.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-2052.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-2070.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-2074.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-3098.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-5146.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Lang\lang-9999.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\lc.dat
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\libwaapi.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\libwaheap.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\libwalocal.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\libwaresource.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\libwautils.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\libwavmodapi.dll
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\LOG\burger_client\8866F8A9-70C9-43A2-BFBE-EE00AA2DC417\44ED97C8-2D40-4A50-913D-673F6858B9AF
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\LOG\DriverUpdaterLib.log
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\LOG\DriverUpdEng.log
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\LOG\DriverUpdEngTask.log
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\LOG\event_manager.log
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\LOG\pd.log
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\LOG\su_adapter.log
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\LOG\su_controller.log
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\LOG\su_telemetry.log
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\nstall
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Setup\config.def
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\uninst.exe
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\wa_3rd_party_host_32.exe
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\wa_3rd_party_host_64.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AVAST Software\Browser\User Data\Default\Extensions\gjcfnponmdkenfdibginkmlmediekpnm\1.34.0.1287_0\img\logos\ccleaner\icon.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AVAST Software\Browser\User Data\Default\Extensions\gjcfnponmdkenfdibginkmlmediekpnm\1.34.0.1287_0\img\logos\ccleaner\icon.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AVAST Software\Browser\User Data\Default\Extensions\gjcfnponmdkenfdibginkmlmediekpnm\1.34.0.1287_0\img\whats-new\ccleaner\Ccleaner-logo.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\WDZ98AF4\ccleaner-logo-text-v1[1].png

Many times the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Software\Piriform\CCleaner
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Piriform\CCleaner
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CCleaner
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Piriform\CCleaner
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\ccleaner.exe

Additional values that you should delete:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1438266633-188845210-2613815273-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner64.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CCleanerPerformanceOptimizerService\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CCleanerPerformanceOptimizerService\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CCleanerPerformanceOptimizerService\ImagePath

A way to erase CCleaner from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CCleaner is a program offered by the software company Piriform. Sometimes, users choose to erase this program. This is troublesome because doing this manually takes some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE action 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 already installed on your PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on your computer will appear

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 application will be found automatically. When you select CCleaner in the list of apps, some information about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about CCleaner, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews 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. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove CCleaner.


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

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove CCleaner by Piriform from your PC, nor are we saying that CCleaner by Piriform is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove CCleaner in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.