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A guide to uninstall GNS3 from your computer

GNS3 is a Windows application. Read below about how to uninstall it from your computer. It was created for Windows by GNS3 Technology Inc.. Further information on GNS3 Technology Inc. can be seen here. Please follow if you want to read more on GNS3 on GNS3 Technology Inc.'s page. GNS3 is usually set up in the C:\Program Files\GNS3 directory, but this location can differ a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the application. GNS3's complete uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\GNS3\Uninstall.exe. gns3.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 381.00 KB (390144 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed along with GNS3. They occupy about 20.48 MB (21476194 bytes) on disk.

  • cat.exe (36.01 KB)
  • devcon.exe (81.00 KB)
  • gawk.exe (156.50 KB)
  • gns3.exe (381.00 KB)
  • gns3server.exe (381.50 KB)
  • gns3vmnet.exe (381.50 KB)
  • putty.exe (536.00 KB)
  • putty_standalone.exe (540.00 KB)
  • strings.exe (687.53 KB)
  • tail.exe (40.51 KB)
  • tvnviewer.exe (1.13 MB)
  • ubridge.exe (138.96 KB)
  • Uninstall.exe (483.33 KB)
  • cpulimit.exe (81.88 KB)
  • dynamips.exe (1.30 MB)
  • nvram_export.exe (72.30 KB)
  • QtWebEngineProcess.exe (16.00 KB)
  • qemu-img.exe (249.00 KB)
  • qemu-io.exe (259.00 KB)
  • qemu.exe (2.04 MB)
  • qemu-img.exe (898.46 KB)
  • qemu-io.exe (877.46 KB)
  • qemu-system-i386w.exe (4.77 MB)
  • qemu-system-x86_64w.exe (4.82 MB)
  • ubridge.exe (138.58 KB)
  • vpcs.exe (136.00 KB)
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This info is about GNS3 version 2.1.8 only. You can find below a few links to other GNS3 versions:

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you remove GNS3.

Folders left behind when you uninstall GNS3:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3

The files below were left behind on your disk by GNS3's application uninstaller when you removed it:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\gns3_gui.ini
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\gns3_gui.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\gns3_gui.pid
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\gns3_server.ini

Registry that is not cleaned:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gns3
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GNS3


How to delete GNS3 from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GNS3 is a program released by GNS3 Technology Inc.. Frequently, people choose to remove this application. Sometimes this is hard because removing this manually takes some skill regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE solution to remove GNS3 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 already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows system.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • 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 wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate GNS3 or simply activate the Search field and type in "GNS3". The GNS3 program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click GNS3 in the list of applications, the following data regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding GNS3, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for GNS3:





  • The web site of the program is: http://www.gns3.com
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\GNS3\Uninstall.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall GNS3.
Uninstall GNS3


8. After uninstalling GNS3, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of GNS3 that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling GNS3 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove GNS3 by GNS3 Technology Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that GNS3 by GNS3 Technology Inc. is not a good application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove GNS3 in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2018-06-20 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-06-20 09:30:31.817