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How to uninstall Foxit Reader from your system

This page contains thorough information on how to uninstall Foxit Reader for Windows. It is developed by Foxit Corporation. You can read more on Foxit Corporation or check for application updates here. You can get more details related to Foxit Reader at . Foxit Reader is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader directory, subject to the user's option. You can uninstall 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. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. Foxit Reader.exe is the Foxit Reader's main executable file and it takes close to 22.79 MB (23893632 bytes) on disk.

Foxit Reader contains of the executables below. They take 27.34 MB (28669120 bytes) on disk.




  • Foxit Reader.exe (22.79 MB)
  • Foxit Updater.exe (3.01 MB)
  • unins000.exe (1.55 MB)


The current web page applies to Foxit Reader version 5.3.1.606 only. You can find below info on other releases of Foxit Reader:

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Many files, folders and registry data can not be uninstalled when you remove Foxit Reader from your PC.

Directories found on disk:
  • C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader

Usually, the following files are left on disk:
  • C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Foxit Reader.exe
  • C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Foxit Updater.exe
  • C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\FXCUSTOM.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\plugins\FoxitReaderBrowserAx.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\plugins\FoxitReaderOCX.ocx
  • C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\plugins\npFoxitReaderPlugin.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Shell Extensions\FoxitPDFInfo.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Start\js\jquery.min.js
  • C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Start\js\jquery.pagination.js
  • C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Start\js\jquery.tabs.js
  • C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Start\js\nor.js
  • C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\unins000.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\foxA51.tmp\Foxit Reader Setup.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\Foxit Cloud\db\cloudreading.db
  • 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
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\IObit\IObit Uninstaller\Log\Foxit Reader.history
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Foxit Reader 5.1.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Foxit Reader.lnk

Registry that is not cleaned:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\Foxit Reader.exe
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader 5.0
  • 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_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


How to remove Foxit Reader from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Foxit Reader is an application by the software company Foxit Corporation. Some computer users try to uninstall it. This is efortful because deleting this manually takes some skill related to Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE manner to uninstall Foxit Reader 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 PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to clean your computer.

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2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button
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4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
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5. All the programs installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Foxit Reader or simply activate the Search field and type in "Foxit Reader". If it is installed on your PC the Foxit Reader program will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Foxit Reader in the list of applications, the following data about the application is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about Foxit Reader, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the program you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Foxit Reader:





  • The software company is: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/?Language=en
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\unins000.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Foxit Reader.
Uninstall Foxit Reader


8. After uninstalling Foxit Reader, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Foxit Reader that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Foxit Reader using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.



Geographical user distribution

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

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Foxit Reader by Foxit Corporation from your PC, we are not saying that Foxit Reader by Foxit Corporation is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Foxit Reader supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-06-20 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-20 01:45:24.753