Clean Master

How to uninstall Clean Master from your system

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove Clean Master for Windows. The Windows version was created by Cheetah Mobile. More information about Cheetah Mobile can be read here. You can see more info on Clean Master at http://www.cmcm.com. Clean Master is typically set up in the C:\program files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master folder, depending on the user's option. The full command line for removing Clean Master is C:\program files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\uni0nst.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is called cmtray.exe and its approximative size is 1.53 MB (1602856 bytes).

Clean Master is comprised of the following executables which take 23.27 MB (24405040 bytes) on disk:

• cmcore.exe (388.61 KB)
• cmlicense.exe (840.28 KB)
• cmlive.exe (916.61 KB)
• cmscrcap.exe (625.87 KB)
• cmtray.exe (1.53 MB)
• cmupdate.exe (545.84 KB)
• feedbackwin.exe (1,008.61 KB)
• kbootopt.exe (322.21 KB)
• kcleaner.exe (1.16 MB)
• kcmpcvip.exe (608.29 KB)
• kdumpfix.exe (77.84 KB)
• kdumprep.exe (233.84 KB)
• kdumprepn.exe (397.84 KB)
• kfiledestroy.exe (649.91 KB)
• kismain.exe (578.34 KB)
• uni0nst.exe (629.87 KB)
• 7z.exe (273.34 KB)
• cmdbpnp.exe (1.55 MB)
• cmdbupdate.exe (597.84 KB)
• cmdriverbooster.exe (1.39 MB)
• drvinst64.exe (600.84 KB)
• nethelper.exe (889.84 KB)
• soundtool.exe (421.84 KB)
• cmlicense.exe (840.29 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 6.5 of Clean Master. You can find here a few links to other Clean Master versions:

• 6.6
• 1.0
• 6.4
• 6.0
• Unknown

Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove Clean Master:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\bootdriver.kid
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\clear.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\cmcore.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\cmlicense.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\cmlive.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\cmlive.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\cmmenu.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\cmmenu64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\cmscrcap.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\cmtray.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\cmupdate.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\actcfg.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\bacccfg.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\bacexcfg.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\bdscancg.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\bksq.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\bootoptcfg.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\bootoptinfo.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\bootoptpopexclude.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\btacc_scnche.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\calendar\kcalendarsetting.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\commoncfg.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\competing_pop_cloud_cfg.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\cornerMark.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\DeepCleanCfg.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\deepignorelist.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\driversinfo.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\driversinfo.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\filedestroysyslist.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\floatwinsetting.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\kaccclear.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\kaccenum.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\kbaccb51.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\kbootfilter.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\kclearak.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\kclearusecfg.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\kmain\img\rcmd.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\knewvip.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\komsadd.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\kprfpd.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\kprpop.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\ksofticondownloader.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\kstartusecfg_1118.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\kstool_banner_configure.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\kstools\img\tool_banner.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\kswitch.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\ksysoffusecfg.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\kxesetting.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\litecommoncfg.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\local_hardware_info.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\netincrease_cfg_cloud.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\newinstallcfg.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\pdfcfg.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\popcfg.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\popdata.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\prcycl_cfg.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\prcypop_cloud_cfg.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\rcmdv2sp01\cfgdefault\krcmddata_default.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\rcmdv2sp01\cfgdefault\krcmdui_default.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\rcmdv2sp01\cfgdefault\krcmdui_eng.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\rcmdv2sp01\cfgdefault\pic\cm_autoclean.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\rcmdv2sp01\cfgdefault\pic\cm_blog.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\rcmdv2sp01\cfgdefault\pic\cm_browser_anti.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\rcmdv2sp01\cfgdefault\pic\cm_clean.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\rcmdv2sp01\cfgdefault\pic\cm_driver_booster.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\rcmdv2sp01\cfgdefault\pic\cm_file_recover.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\rcmdv2sp01\cfgdefault\pic\cm_filedestroy.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\rcmdv2sp01\cfgdefault\pic\cm_password_lock.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\rcmdv2sp01\cfgdefault\pic\cm_privacy.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\rcmdv2sp01\cfgdefault\pic\cm_realtime_monitor.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\rcmdv2sp01\cfgdefault\pic\cm_run.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\rcmdv2sp01\cfgdefault\pic\cm_speedup.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\rcmdv2sp01\push_type_record.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\regoptcfg.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\scan_ext.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\index
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60000073.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60000107.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60000140.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60000207.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60000208.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60000374.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60000494.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60000748.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60000806.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60000840.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60000876.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60000898.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60000905.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60000928.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60000933.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60001227.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60001302.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60001303.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60001385.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60001429.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60001479.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60001699.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\data\softicon\softicon32\60001766.png

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Clean Master

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\cmtray.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\cmtray.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\cmcore\ImagePath

A way to erase Clean Master with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Clean Master is an application by Cheetah Mobile. Some users decide to remove this application. This can be troublesome because uninstalling this manually requires some experience related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY solution to remove Clean Master is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to clean your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Clean Master or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Clean Master". The Clean Master application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Clean Master in the list of applications, some data about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Clean Master, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Clean Master:

• The software company is: http://www.cmcm.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\program files (x86)\cmcm\Clean Master\uni0nst.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Clean Master.


8. After removing Clean Master, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Clean Master which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Clean Master with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders 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 Clean Master by Cheetah Mobile from your PC, nor are we saying that Clean Master by Cheetah Mobile is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Clean Master supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.