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How to uninstall GNU Privacy Guard from your PC

GNU Privacy Guard is a computer program. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by The GnuPG Project. Further information on The GnuPG Project can be seen here. Further information about GNU Privacy Guard can be seen at . GNU Privacy Guard is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Gpg4win\..\GnuPG directory, subject to the user's option. You can uninstall GNU Privacy Guard by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Gpg4win\..\GnuPG\gnupg-uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. GNU Privacy Guard's primary file takes around 123.88 KB (126852 bytes) and is called gnupg-uninstall.exe.

GNU Privacy Guard contains of the executables below. They occupy 4.34 MB (4548164 bytes) on disk.




  • gnupg-uninstall.exe (123.88 KB)
  • dirmngr.exe (593.16 KB)
  • dirmngr_ldap.exe (85.16 KB)
  • gpg-agent.exe (383.66 KB)
  • gpg-connect-agent.exe (167.16 KB)
  • gpg-preset-passphrase.exe (81.66 KB)
  • gpg-wks-client.exe (211.16 KB)
  • gpg.exe (1.00 MB)
  • gpgconf.exe (146.66 KB)
  • gpgme-w32spawn.exe (23.66 KB)
  • gpgsm.exe (477.66 KB)
  • gpgtar.exe (154.16 KB)
  • gpgv.exe (498.16 KB)
  • pinentry-basic.exe (72.66 KB)
  • scdaemon.exe (394.16 KB)
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The current page applies to GNU Privacy Guard version 2.2.19 only. For other GNU Privacy Guard versions please click below:

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

Many times the following registry keys will not be removed:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\GnuPG

Additional registry values that you should delete:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Gpg4win\MementoSection_SEC_gnupg_w32


How to remove GNU Privacy Guard with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GNU Privacy Guard is an application by the software company The GnuPG Project. Frequently, users decide to erase it. This is hard because performing this by hand takes some experience related to Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY approach 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 Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows system.

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  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


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


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find GNU Privacy Guard or simply click the Search field and type in "GNU Privacy Guard". If it is installed on your PC the GNU Privacy Guard application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click GNU Privacy Guard in the list of programs, the following information about the program is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about GNU Privacy Guard, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the program 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)\Gpg4win\..\GnuPG\gnupg-uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall GNU Privacy Guard.
Uninstall GNU Privacy Guard


8. After removing GNU Privacy Guard, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong GNU Privacy Guard that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing GNU Privacy Guard with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

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

2019-12-19 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2019-12-19 09:35:15.353