Google Earth

A way to uninstall Google Earth from your computer

You can find on this page detailed information on how to uninstall Google Earth for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Google. You can read more on Google or check for application updates here. Further information about Google Earth can be seen at http://earth.google.com. Usually the Google Earth program is to be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth directory, depending on the user's option during setup. The full uninstall command line for Google Earth is MsiExec.exe /X{6F545E5E-4595-11E2-93B6-B8AC6F97B88E}. Google Earth's main file takes about 203.50 KB (208384 bytes) and its name is geplugin.exe.

The executables below are part of Google Earth. They occupy about 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 7.0.2.8415 alone. For more Google Earth versions please click below:

• 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
• 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
• 7.1.1.1888
• 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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When you're planning to uninstall Google Earth you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Google Earth:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth

The files below remain on your disk by Google Earth when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\alchemy\ogl\IGAttrs.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\alchemy\ogl\IGGfx.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\alchemy\ogl\IGSg.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\alchemy\ogles20\D3DCompiler_43.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\alchemy\ogles20\d3dx9_43.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\alchemy\ogles20\IGAttrs.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\alchemy\ogles20\IGGfx.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\alchemy\ogles20\IGSg.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\alchemy\ogles20\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\alchemy\ogles20\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\alchemy\optimizations\IGOptExtension.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\alchemyext.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\drivers.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\earthflashsol.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\earthps.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\ge_expat.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\google_earth.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\googleearth.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\googleearth_free.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\gpl.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\gpsbabel.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\icudt.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\IGAttrs.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\IGCore.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\IGExportCommon.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\IGGfx.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\IGMath.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\IGOpt.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\IGSg.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\IGUtils.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\imageformats\qgif4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\imageformats\qjpeg4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\ImporterGlobalSettings.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\ImporterUISettings.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\kh20
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\kml_file.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\kmz_file.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\ar.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\bg.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\ca.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\cs.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\da.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\de.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\el.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\en.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\es.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\es-419.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\fa.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\fi.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\fil.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\fr.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\he.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\hi.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\hr.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\hu.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\id.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\it.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\ja.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\ko.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\lt.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\lv.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\nl.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\no.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\pl.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\pt.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\pt-PT.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\ro.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\ru.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\sk.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\sl.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\sr.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\sv.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\th.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\tr.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\uk.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\vi.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\zh-Hans.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\zh-Hant.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\lang\zh-Hant-HK.qm
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\msvcp100.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\msvcr100.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\PCOptimizations.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\Plugins\npgeinprocessplugin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\QtCore4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\QtGui4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\QtNetwork4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\QtWebKit4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\res\application.rcc
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\res\balloons.rcc
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\res\builtin_webdata.rcc
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\res\cursor_crosshair_inverse.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\res\cursor_crosshair_thick.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\res\default_myplaces.rcc
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\res\doppler.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\res\effects.rcc
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\res\filmstrip.rcc
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\res\flightsim\aircraft\f16.acf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\res\flightsim\aircraft\sr22.acf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\res\flightsim\controller\generic.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\res\flightsim\controller\genius_maxfighter_f16u.ini

Generally the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{6F545E5E-4595-11E2-93B6-B8AC6F97B88E}

Additional values that you should clean:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Google Earth\client\googleearth.exe

A way to remove Google Earth from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Google Earth is an application offered by Google. Some people decide to uninstall it. This is efortful because performing this by hand takes some knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK action to uninstall Google Earth 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 maximize the performance of your PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications installed on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Google Earth or simply activate the Search field and type in "Google Earth". If it is installed on your PC the Google Earth program will be found automatically. When you click Google Earth in the list of applications, the following data regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Google Earth, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Google Earth:

• The web site of the program is: http://earth.google.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{6F545E5E-4595-11E2-93B6-B8AC6F97B88E}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Google Earth.


8. After uninstalling Google Earth, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Google Earth that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Google Earth with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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 PC, we are not saying that Google Earth by Google is not a good application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Google Earth in case you decide this is what you want to do. 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.