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A guide to uninstall CCleaner from your system

You can find below detailed information on how to uninstall CCleaner for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Piriform. Further information on Piriform can be found here. Usually the CCleaner application is placed in the C:\Program Files\CCleaner folder, depending on the user's option during install. The full command line for uninstalling CCleaner is C:\Program Files\CCleaner\uninst.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file occupies 27.85 MB (29200512 bytes) on disk and is called CCleaner.exe.

CCleaner contains of the executables below. They occupy 63.28 MB (66353136 bytes) on disk.




  • CCleaner.exe (27.85 MB)
  • CCleaner64.exe (33.49 MB)
  • CCUpdate.exe (668.92 KB)
  • uninst.exe (1.29 MB)


The information on this page is only about version 5.86 of CCleaner. For other CCleaner versions please click below:

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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.

Many times the following registry keys will not be cleaned:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Software\Piriform\CCleaner
  • HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\Piriform\CCleaner
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\2E0CAE4EB08AF974AB54CDAD95C5A939
  • 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 values that are not cleaned:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\2E0CAE4EB08AF974AB54CDAD95C5A939\ProductName


How to erase CCleaner using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CCleaner is a program released by Piriform. Some computer users try to uninstall it. This is difficult because uninstalling this by hand takes some know-how related to Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK procedure to uninstall 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, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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  • 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 functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

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


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


5. All the applications existing on the computer will appear

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


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about CCleaner, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove CCleaner.
Uninstall CCleaner


8. After uninstalling CCleaner, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong 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 registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall CCleaner by Piriform from your computer, we are not saying that CCleaner by Piriform is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall CCleaner supposing you decide this is what you want to do. 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.

2021-10-20 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2021-10-20 11:17:14.037