Lantern

A guide to uninstall Lantern from your system

This web page is about Lantern for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is developed by Brave New Software Project, Inc.. Open here for more info on Brave New Software Project, Inc.. Please open http://www.getlantern.org if you want to read more on Lantern on Brave New Software Project, Inc.'s website. Usually the Lantern application is installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Lantern directory, depending on the user's option during setup. The complete uninstall command line for Lantern is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\uninstall.exe. lantern.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 22.77 MB (23872288 bytes) on disk.

Lantern contains of the executables below. They take 23.20 MB (24330957 bytes) on disk.

• lantern.exe (22.77 MB)
• uninstall.exe (447.92 KB)

The current page applies to Lantern version 5.9.13 alone. For more Lantern versions please click below:

• 7.0.10
• 6.8.2
• 5.3.7
• 6.10.3
• 7.4.0
• 5.7.1
• 6.1.3
• 4.8.1
• 6.7.0
• 5.8.3
• 7.6.0
• 7.3.6
• 4.1.4
• 6.7.3
• 5.9.11
• 6.7.5
• 6.9.9
• 6.10.4
• 7.0.8
• 4.6.13
• 2.0.5
• 3.6.2
• 6.6.1
• 4.2.12
• 4.6.15
• 7.8.4
• 7.2.0
• 4.1.1
• 6.7.8
• 6.5.7
• 6.0.06
• 6.5.5
• 4.5.5
• 6.11.1
• 6.9.6
• 7.8.27
• 4.0.0
• 2.0.9
• 2.3.0
• 2.0.11
• 4.2.2
• 6.0.10
• 6.0.6
• 4.6.4
• 5.3.0
• 4.7.8
• 7.5.1
• 6.1.1
• 4.9.0
• 6.2.8
• 7.0.0
• 3.1.0
• 6.9.0
• 7.3.4
• 7.2.4
• 6.8.1
• 3.5.10
• 5.3.8
• 2.0.01
• 5.9.41
• 4.7.1
• 4.8.2
• 4.3.2
• 5.4.7
• 2.1.0
• 6.9.8
• Unknown
• 2.0.08
• 4.7.9
• 3.3.4
• 4.2.3
• 4.7.6
• 3.3.5
• 6.6.0
• 2.0.14
• 6.4.5
• 4.0.1
• 5.2.5
• 5.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 2.0.7
• 5.2.2
• 4.8.3
• 5.6.2
• 2.0.16
• 6.5.1
• 5.5.1
• 2.0.07
• 4.6.12
• 5.3.4
• 4.4.0
• 5.5.4
• 6.3.4
• 6.10.6
• 5.5.5
• 3.5.9
• 4.2.5
• 3.3.6
• 3.5.5
• 6.7.11

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

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lantern
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Lantern

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\C__Users_mmd_AppData_Roaming_Lantern_lantern_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\C__Users_mmd_AppData_Roaming_Lantern_uninstall_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\global.yaml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\lantern.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\lantern.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\lantern.yaml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\logs\lantern.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\masquerade_cache
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\proxies.yaml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\proxystats.csv
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\settings.yaml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\tls_session_states
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\uninstall_url.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Lantern\Lantern.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Lantern\Uninstall Lantern.lnk

Generally the following registry keys will not be removed:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Lantern
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Lantern

Open regedit.exe to remove the registry values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3933331434-3595714769-2501483256-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume7\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\lantern.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3933331434-3595714769-2501483256-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume7\Users\UserName\Desktop\lantern-installer.exe

A way to uninstall Lantern from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Lantern is a program released by Brave New Software Project, Inc.. Frequently, people choose to erase this application. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because doing this manually requires some knowledge related to PCs. The best SIMPLE action to erase Lantern 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 Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Lantern or simply activate the Search field and type in "Lantern". If it exists on your system the Lantern application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Lantern in the list of programs, some information about the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Lantern, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Lantern:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.getlantern.org
• The uninstall string is: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\uninstall.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Lantern.


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

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Lantern by Brave New Software Project, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that Lantern by Brave New Software Project, Inc. is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Lantern in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.