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A way to uninstall Comet from your PC

This page contains complete information on how to uninstall Comet for Windows. The Windows release was created by The Comet Authors. Go over here where you can get more info on The Comet Authors. Comet is normally installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application folder, depending on the user's decision. The full command line for removing Comet is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Installer\setup.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for admin rights. The application's main executable file occupies 3.00 MB (3146616 bytes) on disk and is called comet.exe.

Comet contains of the executables below. They occupy 17.88 MB (18750072 bytes) on disk.




  • chrome_proxy.exe (1.41 MB)
  • comet.exe (3.00 MB)
  • chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.70 MB)
  • elevated_tracing_service.exe (3.36 MB)
  • elevation_service.exe (2.15 MB)
  • notification_helper.exe (1.61 MB)
  • setup.exe (4.64 MB)
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The information on this page is only about version 138.1.7204.12531 of Comet. You can find below info on other versions of Comet:


After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Comet from your computer:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\com.example\comet_installer

Generally, the following files are left on disk:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\138.1.7204.12531.manifest
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\chrome.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\chrome_elf.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\chrome_wer.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\comet.exe.sig
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\default_apps\agents.crx
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\default_apps\external_extensions.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\default_apps\perplexity.crx
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\dxcompiler.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\dxil.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\elevated_tracing_service.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\elevation_service.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\eventlog_provider.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Extensions\external_extensions.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Installer\chrome.7z
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Installer\setup.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\IwaKeyDistribution\iwa-key-distribution.pb
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\IwaKeyDistribution\manifest.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\de.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\el.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\es.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\id.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\it.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\te.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\Locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\MEIPreload\manifest.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\notification_helper.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\PrivacySandboxAttestationsPreloaded\manifest.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\PrivacySandboxAttestationsPreloaded\privacy-sandbox-attestations.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\resources.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\v8_context_snapshot.bin
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\VisualElements\Logo.png
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\VisualElements\SmallLogo.png
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\vk_swiftshader.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\vk_swiftshader_icd.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\138.1.7204.12531\vulkan-1.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\chrome.VisualElementsManifest.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\chrome_proxy.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\comet.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AmountExtractionHeuristicRegexes\3\_metadata\verified_contents.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AmountExtractionHeuristicRegexes\3\heuristic_regexes.binarypb
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AmountExtractionHeuristicRegexes\3\manifest.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\_metadata\verified_contents.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\AD
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\AE
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\AF
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\AG
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\AL
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\AM
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\AO
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\AR
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\AS
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\AT
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\AU
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\AX
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\AZ
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\BA
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\BB
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\BD
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\BE
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\BF
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\BG
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\BH
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\BI
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\BJ
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\BM
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\BN
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\BO
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\User Data\AutofillStates\2025.6.13.84507\BQ

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Comet.UGA66P3IFAT7PATUZYTSISK3CM
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Comet
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Perplexity Comet
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Perplexity\Comet
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\comet.exe

Open regedit.exe to delete the values below from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\CometInstaller\comet_installer.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\CometInstaller\comet_installer.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3867092090-3829938871-4038589988-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Perplexity\Comet\Application\comet.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3867092090-3829938871-4038589988-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\CometInstaller\comet_installer.exe


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

Comet is an application by The Comet Authors. Frequently, people decide to uninstall it. This can be hard because removing this manually takes some experience regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY procedure to uninstall Comet 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 good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your system.

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  • visit Download Link
  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


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


5. All the programs existing on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Comet or simply click the Search field and type in "Comet". If it is installed on your PC the Comet application will be found very quickly. When you click Comet in the list of programs, the following information regarding the application is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Comet, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Comet.
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8. After uninstalling Comet, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Comet that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Comet with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Comet by The Comet Authors from your PC, nor are we saying that Comet by The Comet Authors is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove Comet supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2025-08-07 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2025-08-06 23:05:51.947