CCleaner

A guide to uninstall CCleaner from your computer

You can find on this page details on how to uninstall CCleaner for Windows. It was coded for Windows by Piriform. More info about Piriform can be found here. Usually the CCleaner program is found in the C:\Program Files\CCleaner directory, depending on the user's option during setup. The full uninstall command line for CCleaner is C:\Program Files\CCleaner\uninst.exe. The program's main executable file has a size of 37.13 MB (38935376 bytes) on disk and is called CCleaner64.exe.

CCleaner is comprised of the following executables which take 78.29 MB (82091096 bytes) on disk:

• CCleaner.exe (31.11 MB)
• CCleaner64.exe (37.13 MB)
• CCleanerBugReport.exe (4.50 MB)
• CCleanerPerformanceOptimizerService.exe (979.83 KB)
• CCleanerReactivator.exe (181.33 KB)
• CCUpdate.exe (668.92 KB)
• uninst.exe (3.77 MB)

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This web page is about CCleaner version 6.08 alone. Click on the links below for 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
• 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
• 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
• 3.08
• 3.06
• 5.27
• 6.17
• 5.67
• 5.83.9050

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

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\D__CCleaner_CCleaner64_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\http___www_ccleaner_com_ccleaner

Frequently the following registry keys will not be removed:

• 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

How to uninstall CCleaner from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CCleaner is a program marketed by the software company Piriform. Sometimes, computer users try to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is difficult because deleting this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to PCs. The best QUICK solution to uninstall CCleaner is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on 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 all around utility to take care of your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate CCleaner or simply click the Search feature and type in "CCleaner". If it is installed on your PC the CCleaner application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select CCleaner in the list of programs, some data regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding CCleaner, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

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


8. After removing 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 able to delete them. By removing CCleaner using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

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