GNU Privacy Guard
A way to uninstall GNU Privacy Guard from your system
GNU Privacy Guard is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by
The GnuPG Project. Take a look
here for more info on The GnuPG Project. More information about the app GNU Privacy Guard can be seen at
https://gnupg.org. GNU Privacy Guard is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files\GnuPG directory, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the application. The complete uninstall command line for GNU Privacy Guard is C:\Program Files\GnuPG\gnupg-uninstall.exe. gnupg-uninstall.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 144.38 KB (147846 bytes) on disk.
GNU Privacy Guard is comprised of the following executables which take 6.36 MB (
6671750 bytes) on disk:
- gnupg-uninstall.exe (144.38 KB)
- dirmngr.exe (677.72 KB)
- dirmngr_ldap.exe (144.22 KB)
- gpg-agent.exe (462.22 KB)
- gpg-card.exe (325.72 KB)
- gpg-check-pattern.exe (151.22 KB)
- gpg-connect-agent.exe (173.22 KB)
- gpg-preset-passphrase.exe (115.72 KB)
- gpg-wks-client.exe (249.22 KB)
- gpg.exe (1.29 MB)
- gpgconf.exe (197.22 KB)
- gpgsm.exe (651.22 KB)
- gpgtar.exe (173.22 KB)
- gpgv.exe (668.72 KB)
- keyboxd.exe (326.22 KB)
- pinentry-basic.exe (112.22 KB)
- scdaemon.exe (622.22 KB)
...click to view all...The current web page applies to GNU Privacy Guard version
2.5.5 only. You can find here a few links to other GNU Privacy Guard releases:
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How to erase GNU Privacy Guard from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO
GNU Privacy Guard is an application by the software company The GnuPG Project. Sometimes, users want to uninstall this application. This can be hard because uninstalling this manually requires some knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK way 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 already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows PC.
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- download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
- set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.
3. Click on the General Tools category

4. Press the Uninstall Programs button

5. All the programs existing on your computer will be made available to you
6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate GNU Privacy Guard or simply click the Search field and type in "GNU Privacy Guard". If it exists on your system the GNU Privacy Guard application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click GNU Privacy Guard in the list of apps, some information about the application is available to you:
- Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about GNU Privacy Guard, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
- Details about the program you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for GNU Privacy Guard:
- The web site of the application is: https://gnupg.org
- The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\GnuPG\gnupg-uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall GNU Privacy Guard.

8. After removing GNU Privacy Guard, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of GNU Privacy Guard which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing GNU Privacy Guard using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.
Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.
Disclaimer
This page is not a recommendation to uninstall 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 software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall GNU Privacy Guard supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.
Last update on: 2025-04-04 19:19:02.827