GNU Privacy Guard

How to uninstall GNU Privacy Guard from your PC

This page contains complete information on how to remove GNU Privacy Guard for Windows. It is developed by The GnuPG Project. Go over here where you can find out more on The GnuPG Project. More information about the app GNU Privacy Guard can be found at https://gnupg.org. The program is usually located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Gpg4win\..\GnuPG directory. Take into account that this location can differ being determined by the user's decision. C:\Program Files (x86)\Gpg4win\..\GnuPG\gnupg-uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall GNU Privacy Guard. The application's main executable file has a size of 120.73 KB (123623 bytes) on disk and is labeled gnupg-uninstall.exe.

The executable files below are part of GNU Privacy Guard. They occupy an average of 4.44 MB (4650727 bytes) on disk.

• gnupg-uninstall.exe (120.73 KB)
• dirmngr.exe (609.50 KB)
• dirmngr_ldap.exe (85.00 KB)
• gpg-agent.exe (398.00 KB)
• gpg-connect-agent.exe (166.00 KB)
• gpg-preset-passphrase.exe (78.50 KB)
• gpg-wks-client.exe (208.50 KB)
• gpg.exe (1.07 MB)
• gpgconf.exe (147.00 KB)
• gpgme-w32spawn.exe (16.50 KB)
• gpgsm.exe (494.00 KB)
• gpgtar.exe (158.50 KB)
• gpgv.exe (509.00 KB)
• pinentry-basic.exe (65.50 KB)
• scdaemon.exe (388.50 KB)

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The current web page applies to GNU Privacy Guard version 2.2.11 alone. You can find here a few links to other GNU Privacy Guard versions:

• 2.2.0
• 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
• 2.2.15
• 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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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Registry keys:

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

Additional registry values that are not removed:

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

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

GNU Privacy Guard is a program released by the software company The GnuPG Project. Some users decide to uninstall it. This is hard because uninstalling this by hand takes some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY manner 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 an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Navigate 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 application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click GNU Privacy Guard in the list of applications, some information regarding the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding GNU Privacy Guard, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance 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 (x86)\Gpg4win\..\GnuPG\gnupg-uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the removal by clicking 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 proceed with the cleanup. All the items of 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 Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall GNU Privacy Guard by The GnuPG Project from your computer, we are not saying that GNU Privacy Guard by The GnuPG Project is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall GNU Privacy Guard supposing 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.