Claude

How to uninstall Claude from your PC

This web page contains detailed information on how to remove Claude for Windows. It is written by Anthropic PBC. Go over here for more info on Anthropic PBC. Claude is commonly installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude directory, regulated by the user's choice. The full command line for uninstalling Claude is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\AnthropicClaude\Update.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for admin rights. Claude's main file takes around 354.60 KB (363112 bytes) and is called claude.exe.

Claude is composed of the following executables which occupy 361.42 MB (378974320 bytes) on disk:

• claude.exe (354.60 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.91 MB)
• claude.exe (177.66 MB)
• squirrel.exe (1.91 MB)
• claude.exe (177.66 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 0.7.5 of Claude. For other Claude versions please click below:

• 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
• 0.7.9
• 0.6.2
• 0.10.38

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

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Claude:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude

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

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000002
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000003
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000004
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000005
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000006
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000007
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000008
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000009
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000010
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000011
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000012
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000013
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000014
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000015
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000016
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000017
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000018
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000019
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00001a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00001b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00001c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00001e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00001f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000020
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000021
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000022
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000023
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000024
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000025
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000026
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000027
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000028
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000029
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00002a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00002b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00002c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00002d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00002e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00002f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000030
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000031
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000032
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000033
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000034
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000035
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000036
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000037
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000038
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000039
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00003a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00003b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00003c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00003d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00003e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00003f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000040
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000041
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000042
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000043
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000044
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000045
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000046
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000047
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000048
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000049
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00004a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00004b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Cache\Cache_Data\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\04aac69c9f38c7e7_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\0f0b47b6209c96c8_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\106421ea236f327f_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\1285df01eeb6ed11_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\1328d613f242494f_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\13b1ba4bd08af8b3_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\14dfcbb8f39e02ac_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\15337f178c80d2c8_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\1c06a9334da6ef95_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\1d71250aceebd1e2_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\1e0efe7270657cf1_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\245aab904c2c029f_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\27d261a0342386f3_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\29cadc494d4e80b9_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\2ab065e42af2d0b2_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\2f83e398863f689b_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\3199f052a3b31bdd_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\3545a9e694a7a24c_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\38676e3e776bebcf_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\39504bdd8b1c67b2_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Claude\Code Cache\js\3c08678f9cda35c8_0

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\claude
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AnthropicClaude

A way to delete Claude from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Claude is an application offered by the software company Anthropic PBC. Sometimes, users choose to remove it. Sometimes this can be efortful because removing this manually takes some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE approach to remove Claude is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Claude or simply activate the Search field and type in "Claude". The Claude program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Claude in the list of programs, the following information about the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about Claude, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Claude.


8. After uninstalling Claude, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Claude that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Claude with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Claude by Anthropic PBC from your computer, we are not saying that Claude by Anthropic PBC is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions 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.