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How to uninstall CCleaner from your PC

This page contains thorough information on how to remove CCleaner for Windows. It was created for Windows by Piriform. Check out here where you can find out more on Piriform. Usually the CCleaner program is to be found in the C:\Program Files\CCleaner directory, depending on the user's option during install. 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 get a notification for administrator rights. CCleaner64.exe is the CCleaner's primary executable file and it takes circa 32.21 MB (33770112 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed alongside CCleaner. They take about 61.00 MB (63964536 bytes) on disk.

  • CCleaner.exe (26.85 MB)
  • CCleaner64.exe (32.21 MB)
  • CCUpdate.exe (668.92 KB)
  • uninst.exe (1.29 MB)


This info is about CCleaner version 5.80 alone. Click on the links below for other CCleaner versions:

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Quite a few files, folders and registry data will not be uninstalled when you want to remove CCleaner from your computer.

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Software\Piriform\CCleaner
  • HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\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


How to erase CCleaner with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CCleaner is a program released by Piriform. Sometimes, people decide to remove it. This can be difficult because deleting this manually requires some knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY practice to remove 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to clean your PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will appear

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


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding CCleaner, 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 clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove CCleaner.
Uninstall CCleaner


8. After removing CCleaner, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong CCleaner that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing CCleaner using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove CCleaner by Piriform from your computer, we are not saying that CCleaner by Piriform is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove CCleaner supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2021-05-25 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2021-05-25 12:54:22.330