GNU Privacy Guard
How to uninstall GNU Privacy Guard from your PC
This web page is about GNU Privacy Guard for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is developed by
The GnuPG Project. More data about The GnuPG Project can be seen
here. Click on
https://gnupg.org to get more details about GNU Privacy Guard on The GnuPG Project's website. GNU Privacy Guard is typically installed in the C:\Program Files\Gpg4win\..\GnuPG folder, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's option while installing the program. You can remove GNU Privacy Guard by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Gpg4win\..\GnuPG\gnupg-uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for admin rights. GNU Privacy Guard's primary file takes around 144.38 KB (147843 bytes) and its name is gnupg-uninstall.exe.
GNU Privacy Guard is comprised of the following executables which occupy 6.37 MB (
6677123 bytes) on disk:
- gnupg-uninstall.exe (144.38 KB)
- dirmngr.exe (677.70 KB)
- dirmngr_ldap.exe (144.20 KB)
- gpg-agent.exe (462.20 KB)
- gpg-card.exe (325.70 KB)
- gpg-check-pattern.exe (151.20 KB)
- gpg-connect-agent.exe (173.20 KB)
- gpg-preset-passphrase.exe (115.70 KB)
- gpg-wks-client.exe (249.20 KB)
- gpg.exe (1.29 MB)
- gpgconf.exe (197.20 KB)
- gpgsm.exe (651.70 KB)
- gpgtar.exe (173.20 KB)
- gpgv.exe (669.70 KB)
- keyboxd.exe (326.70 KB)
- pinentry-basic.exe (112.20 KB)
- scdaemon.exe (622.70 KB)
...click to view all...The current page applies to GNU Privacy Guard version
2.5.6 only. Click on the links below for other GNU Privacy Guard versions:
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A way to remove GNU Privacy Guard from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO
GNU Privacy Guard is a program marketed by The GnuPG Project. Frequently, users decide to remove this application. Sometimes this is efortful because removing this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY approach to remove GNU Privacy Guard is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about 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 a very potent uninstaller and general tool to clean your computer.
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- install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.
3. Press the General Tools button

4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool

5. All the programs installed on the PC will be made available to you
6. Scroll the list of programs until you find GNU Privacy Guard or simply activate the Search field and type in "GNU Privacy Guard". If it is installed on your PC the GNU Privacy Guard program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select GNU Privacy Guard in the list , the following data regarding the program is made available to you:
- Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating 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 app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for GNU Privacy Guard:
- The publisher is: https://gnupg.org
- The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Gpg4win\..\GnuPG\gnupg-uninstall.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove GNU Privacy Guard.

8. After removing GNU Privacy Guard, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of GNU Privacy Guard that 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 entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.
Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.
Disclaimer
This page is not a recommendation 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 computer. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove GNU Privacy Guard supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.
Last update on: 2025-06-08 18:28:59.617