Electrum

A guide to uninstall Electrum from your computer

This web page is about Electrum for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by Electrum Technologies GmbH. You can read more on Electrum Technologies GmbH or check for application updates here. More details about Electrum can be seen at https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum. Electrum is normally installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Electrum directory, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the application. The full command line for uninstalling Electrum is C:\Program Files (x86)\Electrum\Uninstall.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for admin rights. electrum-4.5.5.exe is the Electrum's primary executable file and it takes close to 6.22 MB (6525526 bytes) on disk.

Electrum installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 12.58 MB (13189023 bytes) on disk.

• electrum-4.5.5-debug.exe (6.22 MB)
• electrum-4.5.5.exe (6.22 MB)
• Uninstall.exe (140.74 KB)

The current page applies to Electrum version 4.5.5 alone. You can find below info on other releases of Electrum:

• 3.1.0
• 4.4.2
• 2.9.336406482
• 4.1.0
• 2.7.10
• 2.7.2
• 2.8.2
• 2.7.7
• 2.9.2
• 3.0.2
• 4.4.6
• 4.3.0
• 4.2.2
• 4.1.52
• 4.1.1
• 2.8.0
• 3.3.7
• 4.3.1
• 3.1.3
• 2.6.4
• 4.3.4
• 2.7.12
• 3.0.4
• 4.1.3
• 4.0.5
• 2.7.11
• 3.0.6
• 3.3.8
• 3.3.3
• 2.8.3
• 4.1.4
• 4.5.4
• 4.4.4
• 4.2.0
• 3.2.2133119
• 3.3.5
• 4.0.1
• 2.9.0
• 3.1.1
• 4.5.3
• 4.0.3
• 3.2.2
• 2.9.3
• 3.0.264815
• 4.3.3
• 2.7.9
• 4.3.2
• 3.0.5
• 3.3.6
• 4.5.6
• 2.7.6
• 3.0.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.0.6
• 4.0.9
• 4.5.0
• 4.0.2
• 4.5.7
• 3.2.3
• 4.2.1
• 4.4.5
• 2.7.17
• 3.0.0
• 3.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.5.8
• 3.1.2
• 3.3.1
• 3.3.2
• 4.4.3
• 4.5.2
• 2.6.3
• 2.8.1
• 2.7.18
• 4.1.5
• 3.3.4
• 2.7.8
• 2.7.0
• 2.7.5
• 4.0.7
• 4.4.1
• 4.4.0
• 3.3.0

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Numerous files, folders and registry data will be left behind when you want to remove Electrum from your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Electrum:

• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Electrum
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI108642\electrum

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Electrum:

• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\__pycache__\__init__.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\__pycache__\electrum_v1.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\__pycache__\electrum_v2.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\electrum_v1.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\electrum_v2.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v1\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v1\__pycache__\__init__.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v1\__pycache__\electrum_v1_entropy_generator.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v1\__pycache__\electrum_v1_mnemonic.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v1\__pycache__\electrum_v1_mnemonic_decoder.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v1\__pycache__\electrum_v1_mnemonic_encoder.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v1\__pycache__\electrum_v1_mnemonic_generator.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v1\__pycache__\electrum_v1_mnemonic_utils.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v1\__pycache__\electrum_v1_mnemonic_validator.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v1\__pycache__\electrum_v1_seed_generator.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v1\electrum_v1_entropy_generator.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v1\electrum_v1_mnemonic.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v1\electrum_v1_mnemonic_decoder.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v1\electrum_v1_mnemonic_encoder.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v1\electrum_v1_mnemonic_generator.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v1\electrum_v1_mnemonic_utils.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v1\electrum_v1_mnemonic_validator.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v1\electrum_v1_seed_generator.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v1\wordlist\english.txt
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v2\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v2\__pycache__\__init__.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v2\__pycache__\electrum_v2_entropy_generator.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v2\__pycache__\electrum_v2_mnemonic.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v2\__pycache__\electrum_v2_mnemonic_decoder.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v2\__pycache__\electrum_v2_mnemonic_encoder.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v2\__pycache__\electrum_v2_mnemonic_generator.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v2\__pycache__\electrum_v2_mnemonic_utils.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v2\__pycache__\electrum_v2_mnemonic_validator.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v2\__pycache__\electrum_v2_seed_generator.cpython-313.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v2\electrum_v2_entropy_generator.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v2\electrum_v2_mnemonic.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v2\electrum_v2_mnemonic_decoder.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v2\electrum_v2_mnemonic_encoder.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v2\electrum_v2_mnemonic_generator.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v2\electrum_v2_mnemonic_utils.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v2\electrum_v2_mnemonic_validator.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\bip_utils\electrum\mnemonic_v2\electrum_v2_seed_generator.py
• C:\Program Files\Python313\Lib\site-packages\tests\electrum_keys.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Electrum.zip
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Electrum\default_wallet
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Electrum\wallet_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Electrum\wallet_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Electrum\wallet_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Electrum\wallet_4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Electrum\wallet_5
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Electrum\wallet_6
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Electrum\wallet_7
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Electrum\wallet_8
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Electrum\wallet_9
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\1-hamid\brainwallet.github.io-master\js\electrum.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\distlib\t32.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\distlib\t64.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\distlib\t64-arm.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\distlib\w32.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\distlib\w64.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\distlib\w64-arm.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\bootloader\Windows-64bit-intel\run.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\bootloader\Windows-64bit-intel\run_d.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\bootloader\Windows-64bit-intel\runw.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\bootloader\Windows-64bit-intel\runw_d.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\Pythonwin.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Scripts\normalizer.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Scripts\pip.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Scripts\pip3.13.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Scripts\pip3.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Scripts\pyi-archive_viewer.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Scripts\pyi-bindepend.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Scripts\pyi-grab_version.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Scripts\pyi-makespec.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Scripts\pyinstaller.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Scripts\pyi-set_version.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Scripts\python.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Scripts\pythonw.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Scripts\pywin32_postinstall.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\439\C\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\venv\Scripts\pywin32_testall.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Defichain-Electrum_defichain-electrum-4_1_5-70-gf629e1f87_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Electrum_electrum-4_5_5_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Electrum_Uninstall_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Electrum\blockchain_headers
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Electrum\cache\Cache_Data\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Electrum\cache\Cache_Data\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Electrum\cache\Cache_Data\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Electrum\cache\Cache_Data\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Electrum\cache\Cache_Data\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Electrum\certs\104.198.149.61
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Electrum\certs\104.248.139.211
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Electrum\certs\116.203.86.228
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Electrum\certs\128.0.190.26
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Electrum\certs\128.140.67.192
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Electrum\certs\134.119.221.106
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Electrum\certs\135.181.36.122
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Electrum\certs\137.184.125.23
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Electrum\certs\139.59.232.148
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Electrum\certs\142.93.6.38

Many times the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Defichain-Electrum
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Electrum
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Defichain-Electrum
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Electrum
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\013A8DBECB583E945B75C6A08904EA47
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\electrum-4.4.6-portable.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\electrum-4.5.5.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Electrum-ETH

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\013A8DBECB583E945B75C6A08904EA47\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files (x86)\Electrum-ETH\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Electrum-ETH\certs\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Electrum-ETH\wallets\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1106975456-2841796145-2568396696-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Téléchargements-from-C\electrum-4.4.6-portable.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1106975456-2841796145-2568396696-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\dist\eth-portable-alchemy.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1106975456-2841796145-2568396696-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Users\UserName\Desktop\999\Leila-2026\Electrum-eth-portable\dist\usdt-portable.exe

A way to remove Electrum with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Electrum is a program offered by the software company Electrum Technologies GmbH. Some people want to erase this program. Sometimes this is easier said than done because performing this by hand requires some experience related to PCs. One of the best QUICK way to erase Electrum is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is 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 a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications installed on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Electrum or simply click the Search field and type in "Electrum". If it is installed on your PC the Electrum application will be found automatically. After you select Electrum in the list of applications, 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 users have about Electrum, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Electrum:

• The software company is: https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Electrum\Uninstall.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Electrum.


8. After removing Electrum, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Electrum which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Electrum with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Electrum by Electrum Technologies GmbH from your computer, we are not saying that Electrum by Electrum Technologies GmbH is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Electrum supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.