Ghostscript

How to uninstall Ghostscript from your PC

Ghostscript is a software application. This page holds details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by GNU. Further information on GNU can be seen here. Please open http://www.ghostscript.com/ if you want to read more on Ghostscript on GNU's page. Usually the Ghostscript application is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\gs\gszedo directory, depending on the user's option during setup. The complete uninstall command line for Ghostscript is C:\Program Files (x86)\gs\gszedo\Uninstall.exe. The program's main executable file occupies 136.00 KB (139264 bytes) on disk and is named gswin32.exe.

Ghostscript contains of the executables below. They occupy 319.20 KB (326858 bytes) on disk.

• Uninstall.exe (71.20 KB)
• gswin32.exe (136.00 KB)
• gswin32c.exe (112.00 KB)

 For other Ghostscript versions please click below:

• 8.14

Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are shown below.

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\GPL Ghostscript
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\gszedo

Additional registry values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4288615791-3355148320-2868036088-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume7\PrintFab_Win_1.17\ghostscript\Setup Ghostscript.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4288615791-3355148320-2868036088-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume7\PrintFab_Win_3.0.1 (1)\ghostscript\Setup Ghostscript.exe

How to uninstall Ghostscript using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Ghostscript is a program released by GNU. Frequently, computer users try to uninstall this application. This can be hard because uninstalling this manually requires some skill regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY way to uninstall Ghostscript 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Ghostscript or simply click the Search field and type in "Ghostscript". The Ghostscript program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Ghostscript in the list of applications, some information about the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Ghostscript, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Ghostscript:

• The software company is: http://www.ghostscript.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\gs\gszedo\Uninstall.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Ghostscript.


8. After removing Ghostscript, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Ghostscript that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Ghostscript using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Ghostscript by GNU from your computer, nor are we saying that Ghostscript by GNU is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Ghostscript in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.