GNU Privacy Guard

How to uninstall GNU Privacy Guard from your PC

GNU Privacy Guard is a Windows program. Read more about how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was created by The GnuPG Project. Open here for more details on The GnuPG Project. Click on https://gnupg.org to get more information about GNU Privacy Guard on The GnuPG Project's website. Usually the GNU Privacy Guard application is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Gpg4win\..\GnuPG folder, depending on the user's option during install. GNU Privacy Guard's complete uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\Gpg4win\..\GnuPG\gnupg-uninstall.exe. gnupg-uninstall.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 120.99 KB (123891 bytes) on disk.

GNU Privacy Guard installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 4.46 MB (4681203 bytes) on disk.

• gnupg-uninstall.exe (120.99 KB)
• dirmngr.exe (613.00 KB)
• dirmngr_ldap.exe (86.00 KB)
• gpg-agent.exe (402.50 KB)
• gpg-connect-agent.exe (166.50 KB)
• gpg-preset-passphrase.exe (79.50 KB)
• gpg-wks-client.exe (214.50 KB)
• gpg.exe (1.07 MB)
• gpgconf.exe (147.50 KB)
• gpgme-w32spawn.exe (16.50 KB)
• gpgsm.exe (497.50 KB)
• gpgtar.exe (159.00 KB)
• gpgv.exe (509.50 KB)
• pinentry-basic.exe (65.50 KB)
• scdaemon.exe (393.50 KB)

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The current web page applies to GNU Privacy Guard version 2.2.15 alone. Click on the links below for other GNU Privacy Guard versions:

• 2.2.0
• 2.2.11
• 2.4.2
• 2.1.14
• 2.1.16
• 2.1.6
• 2.2.2
• 2.1.13
• 2.2.20
• 2.1.12
• 2.1.8
• 2.2.28
• 2.1.2230
• 2.2.3
• 2.3.4
• 2.2.33
• 2.1.9
• 2.2.17
• 2.3.0
• 2.1.17
• 2.2.8
• 2.2.5
• 2.2.16
• 2.3.1
• 2.2.27
• 2.2.23
• 2.1.1
• 2.2.7
• 2.1.23
• 2.1.19
• 2.2.19
• 2.1.18
• 2.2.6
• 2.2.32
• 2.1.7
• 2.4.3
• 2.1.3
• 2.1.20
• 2.2.1851
• 2.4.0
• 2.3.3
• 2.1.10
• 2.1.15
• 2.2.4
• 2.2.9
• 2.4.5
• 2.2.10
• 2.3.8
• 2.2.25
• 2.2.26
• 2.2.13
• 2.1.21
• 2.3.7
• 2.4.1
• 2.1.11
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.21
• 2.2.24
• 2.3.2
• 2.1.0
• 2.2.12
• 2.3.6
• 2.4.4

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GNU Privacy Guard has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GnuPG

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Gpg4win\MementoSection_SEC_gnupg_w32

How to erase GNU Privacy Guard from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GNU Privacy Guard is an application offered by the software company The GnuPG Project. Frequently, people want to erase this application. This is easier said than done because doing this by hand takes some knowledge regarding PCs. One of the best QUICK procedure to erase GNU Privacy Guard is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to clean your computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications installed on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find GNU Privacy Guard or simply activate the Search field and type in "GNU Privacy Guard". If it exists on your system the GNU Privacy Guard application will be found very quickly. When you select GNU Privacy Guard in the list of apps, some data regarding the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding GNU Privacy Guard, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example 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)\Gpg4win\..\GnuPG\gnupg-uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall GNU Privacy Guard.


8. After uninstalling GNU Privacy Guard, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong 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 directories are left behind on your computer.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove GNU Privacy Guard by The GnuPG Project from your PC, we are not saying that GNU Privacy Guard by The GnuPG Project is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove GNU Privacy Guard in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.