Claude

A way to uninstall Claude from your system

Claude is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by Anthropic PBC. Check out here for more details on Anthropic PBC. Claude is typically set up in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude directory, however this location can differ a lot depending on the user's option when installing the application. You can remove Claude by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\Update.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for admin rights. claude.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 354.60 KB (363112 bytes) on disk.

Claude contains of the executables below. They take 366.27 MB (384058480 bytes) on disk.

• claude.exe (354.60 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.91 MB)
• claude.exe (180.09 MB)
• squirrel.exe (1.91 MB)
• claude.exe (180.09 MB)

The current web page applies to Claude version 0.7.9 only. You can find below a few links to other Claude releases:

• 0.5.0
• 0.9.4
• 0.9.2
• 0.7.1
• 0.6.0
• 0.9.1
• 0.8.1
• 0.7.7
• 0.10.14
• 0.9.3
• 0.8.0
• 0.4.9
• 0.9.0
• 0.4.8
• 0.7.8
• 0.7.5
• 0.6.2
• 0.10.38

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Many files, folders and registry data can not be uninstalled when you want to remove Claude from your computer.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Claude from your computer:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_claude.site_0.indexeddb.leveldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_M\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\manifests\a\Anthropic\Claude
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\cache\V2_PVD\Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\packages\Anthropic.Claude

The files below are left behind on your disk by Claude's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.7\squirrel.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.7\v8_context_snapshot.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\claude.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\af.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\th.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\ur.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\resources\app.asar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\resources\TrayIconTemplate.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\resources\TrayIconTemplate@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\resources\TrayIconTemplate@3x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\resources\TrayIconTemplate-Dark.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\resources\TrayIconTemplate-Dark@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\resources\TrayIconTemplate-Dark@3x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\resources\Tray-Win32.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\resources\Tray-Win32-Dark.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\snapshot_blob.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\squirrel.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\Squirrel-UpdateSelf.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\v8_context_snapshot.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\vk_swiftshader.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\vk_swiftshader_icd.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.8\vulkan-1.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.9\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.9\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.9\claude.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.9\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.9\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.9\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.9\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.9\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.9\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.9\locales\af.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.9\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.9\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.9\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.9\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.9\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.9\locales\cs.pak

Usually the following registry data will not be removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\claude
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\claude.exe

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.1\claude.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.1\claude.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.7\claude.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.7\claude.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\claude.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\claude.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1273509505-3506997709-3672297235-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume10\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\app-0.7.9\claude.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\GoogleChromeElevationService\ImagePath

A way to erase Claude from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Claude is an application by the software company Anthropic PBC. Some computer users choose to remove this program. Sometimes this is hard because uninstalling this manually requires some knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK action to remove Claude 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 PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications installed on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Claude or simply activate the Search field and type in "Claude". If it exists on your system the Claude application will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Claude in the list of programs, some data about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Claude, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Claude.


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

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Claude by Anthropic PBC from your computer, nor are we saying that Claude by Anthropic PBC is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Claude in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.