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How to uninstall GNU Privacy Guard from your PC

This web page is about GNU Privacy Guard for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows version was created by The GnuPG Project. More information on The GnuPG Project can be found here. You can see more info related to GNU Privacy Guard at . GNU Privacy Guard is normally installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuPG directory, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's option while installing the program. You can remove GNU Privacy Guard by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuPG\gnupg-uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for admin rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 118.04 KB (120874 bytes) on disk and is labeled gnupg-uninstall.exe.

GNU Privacy Guard installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 3.90 MB (4087338 bytes) on disk.

  • gnupg-uninstall.exe (118.04 KB)
  • dirmngr.exe (499.50 KB)
  • gpg-agent.exe (374.50 KB)
  • gpg-connect-agent.exe (162.00 KB)
  • gpg-preset-passphrase.exe (74.00 KB)
  • gpg.exe (1.01 MB)
  • gpgconf.exe (138.50 KB)
  • gpgme-w32spawn.exe (16.50 KB)
  • gpgsm.exe (470.00 KB)
  • gpgtar.exe (154.00 KB)
  • gpgv.exe (494.50 KB)
  • pinentry-basic.exe (64.50 KB)
  • scdaemon.exe (389.00 KB)
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This web page is about GNU Privacy Guard version 2.1.17 alone. Click on the links below for other GNU Privacy Guard versions:

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How to remove GNU Privacy Guard from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GNU Privacy Guard is a program by the software company The GnuPG Project. Some computer users choose to uninstall it. This is difficult because removing this by hand takes some skill related to Windows internal functioning. The best EASY approach to uninstall GNU Privacy Guard 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 Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows computer.

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  • navigate 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 get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

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


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find GNU Privacy Guard or simply click the Search feature and type in "GNU Privacy Guard". The GNU Privacy Guard app will be found automatically. Notice that when you click GNU Privacy Guard in the list of apps, some information regarding the program is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding GNU Privacy Guard, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for GNU Privacy Guard:





  • The web site of the program is: https://gnupg.org
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuPG\gnupg-uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove GNU Privacy Guard.
Uninstall GNU Privacy Guard


8. After uninstalling GNU Privacy Guard, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of GNU Privacy Guard which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling GNU Privacy Guard using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove GNU Privacy Guard by The GnuPG Project from your PC, nor are we saying that GNU Privacy Guard by The GnuPG Project is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove GNU Privacy Guard in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2017-04-06 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-04-06 16:22:00.473