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How to uninstall Defraggler from your PC

You can find on this page detailed information on how to uninstall Defraggler for Windows. It was coded for Windows by Piriform. Further information on Piriform can be seen here. Usually the Defraggler program is to be found in the C:\Program Files\Defraggler folder, depending on the user's option during install. You can uninstall Defraggler by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Defraggler\uninst.exe. Note that you might get a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file is named Defraggler64.exe and its approximative size is 4.21 MB (4419352 bytes).

The following executable files are contained in Defraggler. They occupy 10.42 MB (10926544 bytes) on disk.

  • Defraggler.exe (3.34 MB)
  • Defraggler64.exe (4.21 MB)
  • df.exe (1.22 MB)
  • df64.exe (1.48 MB)
  • uninst.exe (168.86 KB)


The information on this page is only about version 2.18 of Defraggler. For other Defraggler versions please click below:

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Quite a few files, folders and registry data can not be uninstalled when you are trying to remove Defraggler from your PC.

Usually the following registry data will not be uninstalled:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Software\Piriform\Defraggler
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Piriform\Defraggler
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Defraggler
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Piriform\Defraggler
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\defraggler218_RASAPI32
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\defraggler218_RASMANCS
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\defraggler.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\Defraggler\Defraggler64.exe
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\F:\progs\Reg Editors\DEFRAGGLER.exe


A way to remove Defraggler from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Defraggler is a program marketed by the software company Piriform. Some users choose to erase this program. This can be efortful because deleting this manually takes some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK practice to erase Defraggler 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to clean your computer.

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  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Defraggler or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Defraggler". If it is installed on your PC the Defraggler application will be found very quickly. When you select Defraggler in the list of programs, some information regarding the program is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Defraggler, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the app you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Defraggler.
Uninstall Defraggler


8. After uninstalling Defraggler, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Defraggler that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Defraggler with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • 10.0
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows Vista (6.0)
  • Windows 8 (6.2)
  • Windows XP (5.1)
  • Windows Server 2003 (5.2)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Defraggler by Piriform from your computer, nor are we saying that Defraggler by Piriform is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Defraggler in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-06-19 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-18 22:32:16.537