CCleaner

A guide to uninstall CCleaner from your PC

You can find below details on how to uninstall CCleaner for Windows. The Windows version was created by Piriform. More information on Piriform can be found here. CCleaner is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\CCleaner folder, regulated by the user's choice. The full uninstall command line for CCleaner is C:\Program Files\CCleaner\uninst.exe. CCleaner64.exe is the CCleaner's primary executable file and it occupies around 43.28 MB (45380000 bytes) on disk.

CCleaner is composed of the following executables which occupy 96.54 MB (101224640 bytes) on disk:

• CCleaner.exe (37.31 MB)
• CCleaner64.exe (43.28 MB)
• CCleanerBugReport.exe (4.84 MB)
• CCleanerPerformanceOptimizerService.exe (1.04 MB)
• CCleanerReactivator.exe (188.41 KB)
• CCUpdate.exe (697.52 KB)
• uninst.exe (4.37 MB)
• wa_3rd_party_host_32.exe (2.14 MB)
• wa_3rd_party_host_64.exe (2.69 MB)

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This page is about CCleaner version 6.23 alone. You can find below a few links to other CCleaner versions:

• 5.40
• 5.84
• 3.18
• 2.28
• 5.38
• 5.36
• 3.28
• 3.00
• 6.14
• 2.26
• 5.08
• 5.58
• 5.57.7182
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 3.06
• 5.27
• 6.17
• 5.67
• 5.83.9050

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If you are manually uninstalling CCleaner we advise you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall CCleaner:

• C:\Program Files\CCleaner
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\2c5n3o7u.default-release\storage\default\https+++www.ccleaner.com

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.exe
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\ccleaner_update_helper.exe
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner64.exe
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleanerBugReport.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\ccupdate621_free.exe
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\ccupdate623_free.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 2024-04-28 17-17-07-327.dat
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\DATA\StateHistory\DUState 23-05-19 17-08-39.dat
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\DATA\StateHistory\DUState 24-03-08 14-26-23.dat
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\DATA\StateHistory\InitialDUState V23_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\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\BugReport.log
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\LOG\BugReport.status
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\LOG\burger_client\8866F8A9-70C9-43A2-BFBE-EE00AA2DC417\44ED97C8-2D40-4A50-913D-673F6858B9AF
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\LOG\CCleanerUpdateHelper.log
• 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\Setup\config.def
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\uninst.exe
• C:\Program Files\CCleaner\wa_3rd_party_host_32.exe

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• 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

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleanerBugReport.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleanerBugReport.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2119827252-3359456556-4040955764-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\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 remove CCleaner from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CCleaner is a program offered by Piriform. Sometimes, computer users decide to remove this program. This can be troublesome because deleting this manually requires some experience regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK practice to remove CCleaner is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to optimize your PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW 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 design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find CCleaner or simply activate the Search field and type in "CCleaner". If it exists on your system the CCleaner program will be found very quickly. After you select CCleaner in the list of apps, 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, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove CCleaner.


8. After uninstalling 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 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling CCleaner using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall CCleaner by Piriform from your PC, we are not saying that CCleaner by Piriform is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall CCleaner in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.