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A guide to uninstall CCleaner from your PC

This web page is about CCleaner for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was created for Windows by Piriform Ltd.. Go over here for more details on Piriform Ltd.. The application is usually placed in the C:\Program Files\CCleaner directory. Keep in mind that this path can differ being determined by the user's choice. C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall CCleaner. The program's main executable file occupies 17.73 MB (18594760 bytes) on disk and is called CCleaner64.exe.

The executable files below are part of CCleaner. They take about 33.09 MB (34693941 bytes) on disk.

  • CCEnhancer.exe (834.00 KB)
  • CCleaner.exe (13.13 MB)
  • CCleaner64.exe (17.73 MB)
  • CCUpdate.exe (526.32 KB)
  • uninst.exe (752.34 KB)
  • Uninstall.exe (162.33 KB)
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The current web page applies to CCleaner version 5.47 only. You can find here a few links to other CCleaner versions:

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

Folders found on disk after you uninstall CCleaner from your PC:
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove CCleaner:
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\branding.dll
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\cc_config.ini
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCEnhancer.exe
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner.dat
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner64.exe
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Brazilian.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Bulgarian.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Chinese.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Chinese_Simplified.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Croatian.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Czech.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Danish.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Dutch.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Estonian.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Finnish.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.French.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Georgian.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.German.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Greek.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Hebrew.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Hungarian.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Indonesian.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Italian.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Japanese.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Korean.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Polski.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Portuguese.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Russian.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Slovak.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Spanish.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Swedish.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Turkish.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\locales\lang.Ukrainian.locale
  • C:\Program Files\CCleaner\Uninstall.exe

Many times 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


A way to erase CCleaner from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CCleaner is an application released by Piriform Ltd.. Sometimes, users decide to remove this program. This can be hard because deleting this manually takes some know-how related to Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY solution 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 on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to clean your Windows computer.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

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


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will be shown to you

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


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding CCleaner, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove CCleaner.
Uninstall CCleaner


8. After removing CCleaner, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of CCleaner which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling CCleaner with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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



Disclaimer

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

2018-09-24 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-09-24 17:29:14.883