GNU Privacy Guard

A guide to uninstall GNU Privacy Guard from your computer

GNU Privacy Guard is a software application. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by The GnuPG Project. You can read more on The GnuPG Project or check for application updates here. You can get more details on GNU Privacy Guard at https://gnupg.org. GNU Privacy Guard is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuPG folder, subject to the user's choice. C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuPG\gnupg-uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove GNU Privacy Guard. gnupg-uninstall.exe is the GNU Privacy Guard's main executable file and it takes circa 121.09 KB (123992 bytes) on disk.

GNU Privacy Guard installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 4.30 MB (4511832 bytes) on disk.

• gnupg-uninstall.exe (121.09 KB)
• dirmngr.exe (603.50 KB)
• gpg-agent.exe (395.50 KB)
• gpg-connect-agent.exe (165.00 KB)
• gpg-preset-passphrase.exe (78.00 KB)
• gpg-wks-client.exe (205.00 KB)
• gpg.exe (1.05 MB)
• gpgconf.exe (143.00 KB)
• gpgme-w32spawn.exe (16.50 KB)
• gpgsm.exe (488.00 KB)
• gpgtar.exe (158.50 KB)
• gpgv.exe (505.50 KB)
• pinentry-basic.exe (64.50 KB)
• scdaemon.exe (386.00 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2.2.2 of GNU Privacy Guard. For other GNU Privacy Guard versions please click below:

• 2.2.0
• 2.2.11
• 2.4.2
• 2.1.14
• 2.1.16
• 2.1.6
• 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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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you remove GNU Privacy Guard.

The files below are left behind on your disk by GNU Privacy Guard when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files\gnupg\bin\pinentry-basic.exe

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

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

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

GNU Privacy Guard is a program released by The GnuPG Project. Some computer users try to remove this program. This is efortful because deleting this by hand requires some advanced knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE procedure to remove 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 system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate 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. After you click GNU Privacy Guard in the list of applications, the following data about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about GNU Privacy Guard, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for GNU Privacy Guard:

• The software company is: https://gnupg.org
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuPG\gnupg-uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove GNU Privacy Guard.


8. After removing GNU Privacy Guard, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong GNU Privacy Guard that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling GNU Privacy Guard using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice 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 application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall GNU Privacy Guard supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.