Google Earth

How to uninstall Google Earth from your PC

Google Earth is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by Google. You can read more on Google or check for application updates here. More information about Google Earth can be found at http://earth.google.com. The program is usually located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall Google Earth by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{96AD3B61-EAE2-11E2-9E72-B8AC6F98CCE3}. Note that you might receive a notification for admin rights. geplugin.exe is the Google Earth's main executable file and it occupies circa 203.50 KB (208384 bytes) on disk.

Google Earth contains of the executables below. They occupy 751.50 KB (769536 bytes) on disk.

• earthflashsol.exe (50.50 KB)
• geplugin.exe (203.50 KB)
• gpsbabel.exe (294.00 KB)

The current page applies to Google Earth version 7.1.1.1888 only. You can find below info on other releases of Google Earth:

• 4.0.2693
• 4.0.2091
• 4.3.7284.3916
• 3.0.0739
• 5.1.3533.1731
• 3.0.0762
• 5.2.0.5860
• 5.0.11729.1014
• 6.1.0.5001
• 7.0.3.8542
• 5.1.7938.4346
• 5.2.1.1329
• 4.2.180.1134
• 6.0.1.2032
• 6.1.0.4738
• 4.0.2740
• 4.0.2722
• 6.2.0.5905
• 4.0.2744
• 7.0.2.8415
• 4.0.2737
• 7.1.2.2019
• 4.0.1693
• 4.0.2416
• 4.0.2080
• 4.0.2742
• 6.0.0.1735
• 4.2.205.5730
• 3.0.0464
• 5.0.11733.9347
• 4.0.1565
• 6.2.1.6014
• 4.2.181.2634
• 7.0.1.8244
• 3.0.0548
• 5.2.1.1588
• 5.2.0.5932
• 4.2.196.2018
• 6.0
• 3.0.0763
• 4.0.2746
• 7.1.2.2041
• 4.2.198.2451
• 7.1.1.1580
• 3.0.0529
• 3.0.0693
• 4.1.7087.5048
• 4.0.1657
• 6.0.2.2074
• 4.1.7076.4458
• 3.0.0395
• 5.0.11337.1968
• 3.0.0616
• 4.3.7204.836
• 5.1.3506.3999
• 5.2.0.5920
• 5.2.0.5928
• 7.1.1.1871
• 5.1.3535.3218
• 6.0.3.2197
• 5.2.1.1547
• 7.1
• 6.1.0.4857
• 6.2.2.6613
• 5.1.7894.7252
• 4.1.7088
• 4.3.7191.6508
• 5.1.3509.4636

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If you are manually uninstalling Google Earth we suggest you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories that were found:

• C:\Programmi\Google\Google Earth

The files below remain on your disk by Google Earth's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Programmi\Google\Google Earth\client\debug.log
• C:\Programmi\Google\Google Earth\client\Leap.dll
• C:\Programmi\Google\Google Earth\plugin\Leap.dll

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Google Earth.kmlfile
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Google Earth.kmzfile
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\application/vnd.google-earth.kmz
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\16B3DA692EAE2E11E9278BCAF689CC3E
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{96AD3B61-EAE2-11E2-9E72-B8AC6F98CCE3}

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\16B3DA692EAE2E11E9278BCAF689CC3E\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Programmi\Google\Google Earth\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\WINDOWS\Installer\{96AD3B61-EAE2-11E2-9E72-B8AC6F98CCE3}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\C:\Programmi\Google\Google Earth\client\googleearth.exe

A way to delete Google Earth from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Google Earth is a program marketed by the software company Google. Frequently, users decide to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is efortful because uninstalling this by hand takes some know-how related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best SIMPLE solution to uninstall Google Earth 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your PC.

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• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Google Earth or simply click the Search field and type in "Google Earth". The Google Earth program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Google Earth in the list of apps, the following information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Google Earth, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - 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 Google Earth:

• The software company is: http://earth.google.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{96AD3B61-EAE2-11E2-9E72-B8AC6F98CCE3}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Google Earth.


8. After uninstalling Google Earth, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Google Earth which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Google Earth using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Google Earth by Google from your computer, nor are we saying that Google Earth by Google is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Google Earth in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.