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How to uninstall GNU Privacy Guard from your PC

GNU Privacy Guard is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows release was created by The GnuPG Project. More information on The GnuPG Project can be found here. Click on to get more information about GNU Privacy Guard on The GnuPG Project's website. Usually the GNU Privacy Guard application is to be found in the C:\Program Files\Gpg4win\..\GnuPG folder, depending on the user's option during install. You can uninstall 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 get a notification for administrator rights. GNU Privacy Guard's primary file takes about 144.42 KB (147891 bytes) and is called gnupg-uninstall.exe.

GNU Privacy Guard installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 6.42 MB (6733971 bytes) on disk.

  • gnupg-uninstall.exe (144.42 KB)
  • dirmngr.exe (676.72 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)
  • gpgme-w32spawn.exe (64.22 KB)
  • gpgsm.exe (651.22 KB)
  • gpgtar.exe (173.22 KB)
  • gpgv.exe (667.22 KB)
  • keyboxd.exe (325.72 KB)
  • pinentry-basic.exe (112.22 KB)
  • scdaemon.exe (622.22 KB)
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The current page applies to GNU Privacy Guard version 2.5.4 alone. You can find below info on other application versions of GNU Privacy Guard:

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A way to delete GNU Privacy Guard using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

GNU Privacy Guard is an application released by The GnuPG Project. Some people decide to remove this application. This can be hard because doing this manually takes some experience related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK manner to remove 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 on your Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to take care of your Windows computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate GNU Privacy Guard or simply click the Search feature and type in "GNU Privacy Guard". If it is installed on your PC the GNU Privacy Guard program will be found very quickly. When you select 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 people have regarding GNU Privacy Guard, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example 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\Gpg4win\..\GnuPG\gnupg-uninstall.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall GNU Privacy Guard.
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8. After uninstalling GNU Privacy Guard, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform 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 entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice 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 application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall GNU Privacy Guard in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2025-07-04 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2025-07-03 22:13:48.670