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A way to uninstall CCleaner from your computer

This web page is about CCleaner for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by Piriform Ltd. Further information on Piriform Ltd can be seen here. You can see more info related to CCleaner at . The program is usually found in the C:\Program Files\CCleaner folder (same installation drive as Windows). The complete uninstall command line for CCleaner is C:\Program Files\CCleaner\unins000.exe. The application's main executable file has a size of 8.48 MB (8894680 bytes) on disk and is named CCleaner.exe.

CCleaner installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 9.18 MB (9629049 bytes) on disk.

  • CCleaner.exe (8.48 MB)
  • unins000.exe (717.16 KB)


This info is about CCleaner version 5.21.5700 alone. You can find below a few links to other CCleaner versions:

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Some of these are shown below.

Files remaining:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\CCleaner.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\Ccleaner.lnk

Additional registry values that are not removed:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files (x86)\CCleaner\
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\CCleaner\


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

CCleaner is a program by the software company Piriform Ltd. Sometimes, users try to erase this application. Sometimes this is difficult because performing this by hand requires some know-how regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE solution to erase CCleaner is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is 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 a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows system.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs existing on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find CCleaner or simply click the Search field and type in "CCleaner". If it is installed on your PC the CCleaner program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click CCleaner in the list of applications, some data about the program is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about CCleaner, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for CCleaner:





  • The web site of the application is: https://www.piriform.com
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\CCleaner\unins000.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall CCleaner.
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8. After uninstalling CCleaner, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of CCleaner that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling CCleaner with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall CCleaner by Piriform Ltd from your computer, nor are we saying that CCleaner by Piriform Ltd is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall CCleaner supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-09-18 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-09-18 05:41:36.880