GNS3

How to uninstall GNS3 from your computer

This web page is about GNS3 for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by GNS3 Technology Inc.. More information about GNS3 Technology Inc. can be read here. Further information about GNS3 can be seen at http://www.gns3.com. GNS3 is usually set up in the C:\Program Files\GNS3 folder, regulated by the user's decision. You can uninstall GNS3 by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\GNS3\Uninstall.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for admin rights. gns3.exe is the GNS3's main executable file and it occupies close to 379.00 KB (388096 bytes) on disk.

The following executable files are incorporated in GNS3. They occupy 59.00 MB (61869796 bytes) on disk.

• devcon.exe (81.00 KB)
• gns3.exe (379.00 KB)
• gns3server.exe (379.00 KB)
• gns3vmnet.exe (379.00 KB)
• putty_standalone.exe (1.58 MB)
• tail.exe (60.02 KB)
• tvnviewer.exe (1.02 MB)
• Uninstall.exe (724.55 KB)
• cpulimit.exe (81.88 KB)
• dynamips.exe (1.30 MB)
• nvram_export.exe (72.30 KB)
• qemu-img.exe (249.00 KB)
• qemu-io.exe (259.00 KB)
• qemu.exe (2.04 MB)
• qemu-edid.exe (84.96 KB)
• qemu-ga.exe (391.46 KB)
• qemu-img.exe (1.40 MB)
• qemu-io.exe (1.35 MB)
• qemu-system-i386.exe (9.19 MB)
• qemu-system-i386w.exe (10.21 MB)
• qemu-system-x86_64.exe (9.21 MB)
• qemu-system-x86_64w.exe (10.24 MB)
• qemu-uninstall.exe (83.06 KB)
• TraceNG.exe (651.50 KB)
• 2013_vcredist_x86.exe (6.20 MB)
• npcap-1.73-oem.exe (1.10 MB)
• ubridge.exe (253.50 KB)
• vpcs.exe (132.00 KB)

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The current web page applies to GNS3 version 2.2.53 only. You can find below info on other application versions of GNS3:

• 2.2.3
• 2.2.0
• 2.2.34
• 2.2.24
• 2.2.11
• 2.1.7
• 3.0.01
• 2.1.8
• 2.2.23
• 2.1.5
• 2.1.10
• 2.2.14
• 2.2.2
• 2.2.40.1
• 3.0.1
• 2.1.18
• 2.2.20
• 2.2.12
• 2.2.20191107
• 2.1.2
• 2.1.9
• 2.2.40
• 2.1.6
• 2.2.30
• 2.2.05
• 2.2.48
• 2.2.44.1
• 2.1.12
• 2.1.1
• 2.2.35.1
• 2.2.41
• 2.2.18
• 3.0.3
• 2.2.19
• 2.1.16
• 2.2.52
• 2.2.20190711
• 2.2.49
• 2.2.31
• 2.2.25
• 2.1.17
• 2.2.5
• 3.0.0
• 2.2.02
• 2.2.26
• 2.2.48.1
• 2.2.47
• 2.2.16
• 2.1.11
• 2.2.36
• 2.2.35
• 2.2.51
• 2.2.46
• 2.2.01
• 2.2.03
• 2.2.8
• 2.1.3
• 3.0.2
• 2.1.15
• 2.2.21
• 3.0.03
• 2.2.50
• 2.1.4
• 2.2.45
• 2.2.04
• 2.2.27
• 2.2.33.1
• 2.2.7
• 2.2.44
• 2.2.32
• 2.2.54
• 2.2.37
• 3.0.4
• 2.2.29
• 2.1.19
• 2.2.6
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.17
• 2.2.10
• 2.1.20
• 2.2.43
• 2.1.21
• 2.2.39
• 2.2.15
• 2.1.14
• 2.2.28
• 2.2.38
• 2.2.13
• 3.0.5
• 2.2.9
• 2.2.4
• 2.2.22
• 2.2.42

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A considerable amount of files, folders and Windows registry entries can not be removed when you remove GNS3 from your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall GNS3 from your computer:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_gns3.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_www.gns3.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb12296.47564.rartemp\GNS3.v2.2.52
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp8no2g677-gns3

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\gns3.exe.19812.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\gns3.exe.2816.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_gns3.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000005.ldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_gns3.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000007.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_gns3.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000008.ldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_gns3.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_gns3.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_gns3.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_gns3.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_www.gns3.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000005.ldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_www.gns3.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000007.ldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_www.gns3.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000008.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_www.gns3.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000010.ldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_www.gns3.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_www.gns3.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_www.gns3.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_www.gns3.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_GNS3_dynamips-start_cmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_GNS3_gns3_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_GNS3_GNS3_url
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_GNS3_loopback-manager_cmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_GNS3_network-device-list_cmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_GNS3_TraceNG_TraceNG_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_GNS3_Uninstall_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_GNS3_vmnet-manager_cmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_GNS3_vpcs-start_cmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\E__Program Files_GNS3_dynamips-start_cmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\E__Program Files_GNS3_gns3_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\E__Program Files_GNS3_GNS3_url
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\E__Program Files_GNS3_loopback-manager_cmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\E__Program Files_GNS3_network-device-list_cmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\E__Program Files_GNS3_Uninstall_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\E__Program Files_GNS3_vmnet-manager_cmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\E__Program Files_GNS3_vpcs-start_cmd
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb12296.47564.rartemp\GNS3.v2.2.52\GNS3-2.2.52-all-in-one.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb12296.47564.rartemp\GNS3.v2.2.52\Soft98.iR.url
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\2.2\gns3_controller.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\2.2\gns3_gui.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\2.2\gns3_gui.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\2.2\gns3_gui.pid
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\2.2\gns3_server.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\2.2\gns3_server.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\6wind-turbo-router.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\a10-vthunder.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\aaa.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\alcatel-7750.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\almalinux.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\alpine-linux.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\alpine-linux-virt.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\arista-ceos.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\arista-veos.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\aruba-arubaoscx.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\aruba-vgw.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\aruba-vmc.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\asterfusion-vAsterNOS.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\asterisk.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\bigswitch-bigcloud-fabric.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\bird.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\bird2.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\brocade-vadx.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\brocade-vrouter.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\brocade-vtm.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\bsdrp.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\centos7.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\centos-cloud.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\checkpoint-gaia.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\chromium.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-1700.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-2600.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-2691.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-3620.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-3640.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-3660.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-3725.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-3745.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-7200.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-asa.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-asav.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-c8000v.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-cat9k.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-csr1000v.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-dcnm.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-fcnf.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-fmcv.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-fsve.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-ftdv.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-iosv.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-iosvl2.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-iosxrv.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-iosxrv9k.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-iou-l2.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-iou-l3.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-ise.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-ngipsv.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-nxosv.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-nxosv9k.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-pyats.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-smc.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-vWLC.gns3a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\GNS3\GNS3\appliances\cisco-wsav.gns3a

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gns3
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GNS3

Additional registry values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-992022117-3485803592-9768510-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Program Files\GNS3\gns3.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-992022117-3485803592-9768510-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Program Files\GNS3\TraceNG\TraceNG.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-992022117-3485803592-9768510-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb12296.47564.rartemp\GNS3.v2.2.52\GNS3-2.2.52-all-in-one.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-992022117-3485803592-9768510-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Users\UserName\Downloads\Programs\GNS3-2.2.53-all-in-one-regular.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-992022117-3485803592-9768510-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume9\Program Files\GNS3\gns3.exe

How to erase GNS3 with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GNS3 is an application by GNS3 Technology Inc.. Sometimes, people decide to uninstall this program. This can be efortful because removing this by hand takes some know-how related to PCs. The best EASY approach to uninstall GNS3 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find GNS3 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "GNS3". The GNS3 app will be found automatically. Notice that when you select GNS3 in the list of apps, the following data about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have about GNS3, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for GNS3:

• The software company is: http://www.gns3.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\GNS3\Uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall GNS3.


8. After uninstalling GNS3, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of GNS3 that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing GNS3 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove GNS3 by GNS3 Technology Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that GNS3 by GNS3 Technology Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove GNS3 in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.