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A way to uninstall Foxit Reader from your computer

Foxit Reader is a Windows application. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. It is developed by Foxit Corporation. More information on Foxit Corporation can be seen here. More information about Foxit Reader can be seen at . The program is usually placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove Foxit Reader by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\unins000.exe. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for admin rights. The application's main executable file has a size of 35.40 MB (37121088 bytes) on disk and is called Foxit Reader.exe.

The following executables are installed beside Foxit Reader. They occupy about 52.08 MB (54611520 bytes) on disk.

  • Foxit Reader.exe (35.40 MB)
  • Foxit Updater.exe (9.32 MB)
  • SendCrashReport.exe (1.99 MB)
  • unins000.exe (1.81 MB)
  • UninstallPrint.exe (2.32 MB)
  • FCUpdateService.exe (236.06 KB)
  • unins000.exe (881.56 KB)
  • FXC_ProxyProcess.exe (59.06 KB)
  • FoxitPrevhost.exe (94.06 KB)
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This data is about Foxit Reader version 6.2.0.429 alone. You can find below a few links to other Foxit Reader releases:

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

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Foxit Reader:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader

The files below are left behind on your disk by Foxit Reader when you uninstall it:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Foxit Cloud\db\cloudreading.db
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Foxit Cloud\foxitcloud.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Scans\ScanOpeData.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Stamps\Dynamic Stamps\stamplib.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Stamps\Sign Here\stamplib.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Stamps\Standard Stamps\stamplib.xml

Frequently the following registry data will not be cleaned:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Foxit_ConvertToPDF_Reader
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader 6.0
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit Update\Foxit Reader
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Foxit Reader Updater_RASAPI32
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Foxit Reader Updater_RASMANCS
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Foxit Reader_RASAPI32
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Foxit Reader_RASMANCS
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Foxit Reader_is1
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MozillaPlugins\@foxitsoftware.com/Foxit Reader Plugin,version=1.0,application/pdf
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MozillaPlugins\@foxitsoftware.com/Foxit Reader Plugin,version=1.0,application/vnd.fdf

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FoxitCloudUpdateService\ImagePath


A way to erase Foxit Reader from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Foxit Reader is an application marketed by Foxit Corporation. Sometimes, computer users decide to remove it. Sometimes this is hard because performing this manually takes some know-how related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK manner to remove Foxit Reader is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your PC.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program'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 tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Foxit Reader or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Foxit Reader". The Foxit Reader application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Foxit Reader in the list of applications, some data regarding the application is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Foxit Reader, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for Foxit Reader:





  • The web site of the application is: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/?Language=en
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\unins000.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Foxit Reader.
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8. After uninstalling Foxit Reader, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Foxit Reader which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Foxit Reader using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.



Geographical user distribution

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

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Foxit Reader by Foxit Corporation from your computer, nor are we saying that Foxit Reader by Foxit Corporation is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Foxit Reader supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-06-19 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-19 02:19:50.170