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A way to uninstall CCleaner from your system

You can find below details on how to uninstall CCleaner for Windows. It is written by Piriform. Check out here for more details on Piriform. The program is usually placed in the C:\Program Files\CCleaner directory (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall CCleaner by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\CCleaner\uninst.exe. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. CCleaner64.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 9.77 MB (10249048 bytes) on disk.

The following executable files are contained in CCleaner. They take 18.18 MB (19066400 bytes) on disk.

  • CCleaner.exe (7.60 MB)
  • CCleaner64.exe (9.77 MB)
  • CCUpdate.exe (486.80 KB)
  • uninst.exe (338.23 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 5.38 of CCleaner. For other CCleaner versions please click below:

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

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • 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 registry values that you should delete:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1277728260-167215942-2284314889-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner64.exe


A way to remove CCleaner from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CCleaner is an application marketed by the software company Piriform. Frequently, people try to remove it. Sometimes this is troublesome because uninstalling this by hand requires some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY 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 Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows system.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system utility.

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


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate CCleaner or simply activate the Search feature and type in "CCleaner". If it is installed on your PC the CCleaner app will be found automatically. After you click CCleaner in the list of applications, the following information regarding the program is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding CCleaner, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the app you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall CCleaner.
Uninstall CCleaner


8. After uninstalling CCleaner, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead 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 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.



Geographical user distribution

  • 10.0
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • Windows XP (5.1)
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows Vista (6.0)
  • Windows 8 (6.2)
  • Windows Server 2003 (5.2)
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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 simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove CCleaner in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2017-12-12 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-12-12 12:57:07.317