Lantern

A way to uninstall Lantern from your system

This page is about Lantern for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was created by Brave New Software Project, Inc.. More info about Brave New Software Project, Inc. can be seen here. Please open http://lantern.io if you want to read more on Lantern on Brave New Software Project, Inc.'s website. Lantern is typically installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Lantern folder, subject to the user's decision. C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Lantern. The application's main executable file is called lantern.exe and its approximative size is 37.37 MB (39187376 bytes).

The following executable files are contained in Lantern. They take 37.82 MB (39652063 bytes) on disk.

• lantern.exe (37.37 MB)
• uninstall.exe (453.80 KB)

This web page is about Lantern version 7.8.4 alone. You can find below a few links to other Lantern versions:

• 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
• 7.2.0
• 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
• 2.2.2

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Directories that were found:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Lantern
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1009993856
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1330104160
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove Lantern:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Lantern\replica\storage-cache.db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\activity-stream.contile.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\activity-stream.discovery_stream.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\activity-stream.personalization.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\addons.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\addonStartup.json.lz4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\bookmarkbackups\bookmarks-2025-01-09_10_SrfkBYo5KelAutK07cMndh0DUWWBxj3FifBFb7ppcgo=.jsonlz4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\bounce-tracking-protection.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\broadcast-listeners.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\cert9.db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\containers.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\content-prefs.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\cookies.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\crashes\store.json.mozlz4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\datareporting\aborted-session-ping
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\datareporting\archived\2025-01\1736404769866.beaa4442-82ec-4b80-9423-bb278097d1b8.main.jsonlz4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\datareporting\archived\2025-01\1736405145708.7f36613a-2932-475b-b445-f5d4c1dbcbd3.update.jsonlz4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\datareporting\archived\2025-01\1736406173972.59d2a67f-8d60-4fbe-880e-4c6934df602c.new-profile.jsonlz4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\datareporting\archived\2025-01\1736407956554.73da8a32-b369-4b7b-953a-654e8f54934c.event.jsonlz4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\datareporting\archived\2025-01\1736411556589.d390486c-4ca3-4bdd-a625-ec962feed946.event.jsonlz4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\datareporting\archived\2025-01\1736418754059.570c6841-0891-4c76-9a48-bd4a1aa1535d.event.jsonlz4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\datareporting\archived\2025-01\1736425954111.5d7a1625-fba1-4a5e-9403-50591b052070.event.jsonlz4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\datareporting\glean\db\data.safe.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\datareporting\glean\events\background-update
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\datareporting\glean\events\events
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\datareporting\session-state.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\datareporting\state.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\domain_to_categories.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\ExperimentStoreData.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\extension-preferences.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\extensions.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\favicons.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\formhistory.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\gmp-gmpopenh264\2.3.2\gmpopenh264.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\gmp-gmpopenh264\2.3.2\gmpopenh264.info
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\gmp-widevinecdm\4.10.2830.0\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\gmp-widevinecdm\4.10.2830.0\manifest.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\gmp-widevinecdm\4.10.2830.0\widevinecdm.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\handlers.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\jumpListCache\HWkOEXPIHQDRTifNf2LQLhmjCouNdFtg65kBLFcrfi4=.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\key4.db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\parent.lock
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\permissions.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\places.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\prefs.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\protections.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\ads-track-digest256.sbstore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\ads-track-digest256.vlpset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\analytics-track-digest256.sbstore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\analytics-track-digest256.vlpset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\base-cryptomining-track-digest256.sbstore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\base-cryptomining-track-digest256.vlpset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\base-email-track-digest256.sbstore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\base-email-track-digest256.vlpset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\base-fingerprinting-track-digest256.sbstore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\base-fingerprinting-track-digest256.vlpset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\content-email-track-digest256.sbstore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\content-email-track-digest256.vlpset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\content-track-digest256.sbstore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\content-track-digest256.vlpset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\google4\goog-badbinurl-proto.metadata
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\google4\goog-badbinurl-proto.vlpset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\google4\goog-downloadwhite-proto.metadata
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\google4\goog-downloadwhite-proto.vlpset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\google4\goog-malware-proto.metadata
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\google4\goog-malware-proto.vlpset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\google4\goog-phish-proto.metadata
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\google4\goog-phish-proto.vlpset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\google4\goog-unwanted-proto.metadata
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\google4\goog-unwanted-proto.vlpset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\google-trackwhite-digest256.sbstore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\google-trackwhite-digest256.vlpset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\mozstd-trackwhite-digest256.sbstore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\mozstd-trackwhite-digest256.vlpset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\social-track-digest256.sbstore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\social-track-digest256.vlpset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\social-tracking-protection-facebook-digest256.sbstore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\social-tracking-protection-facebook-digest256.vlpset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\social-tracking-protection-linkedin-digest256.sbstore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\social-tracking-protection-linkedin-digest256.vlpset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\social-tracking-protection-twitter-digest256.sbstore
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\safebrowsing\social-tracking-protection-twitter-digest256.vlpset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\search.json.mozlz4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\security_state\data.safe.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\sessionCheckpoints.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\sessionstore-backups\recovery.baklz4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\sessionstore-backups\recovery.jsonlz4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\settings\data.safe.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\settings\main\ms-language-packs\browser\newtab\asrouter.ftl
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\shield-preference-experiments.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\SiteSecurityServiceState.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\startupCache\scriptCache.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\startupCache\scriptCache-child.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\startupCache\startupCache.8.little
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\startupCache\urlCache.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\startupCache\webext.sc.lz4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\storage.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\storage\permanent\chrome\idb\1451318868ntouromlalnodry--epcr.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\storage\permanent\chrome\idb\1657114595AmcateirvtiSty.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\lantern.test-firefox-profile1386583888\storage\permanent\chrome\idb\2823318777ntouromlalnodry--naod.sqlite

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

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

Additional registry values that are not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\users\UserName\appdata\roaming\lantern\lantern.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{236B1795-49B5-41C9-B254-1DA2967AF5AF}C:\users\UserName\appdata\roaming\lantern\lantern.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{A458151F-BD83-4D43-8D58-105C86F11678}C:\users\UserName\appdata\roaming\lantern\lantern.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{70BD60D7-CB9D-4912-AFCB-B7F19777D2D6}C:\users\UserName\appdata\roaming\lantern\lantern.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{828F4745-CE0B-4427-A3E1-5830FA1D9661}C:\users\UserName\appdata\roaming\lantern\lantern.exe

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

Lantern is a program offered by Brave New Software Project, Inc.. Frequently, people decide to remove it. This can be efortful because deleting this by hand takes some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK manner to remove Lantern is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to clean your PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Lantern or simply click the Search feature and type in "Lantern". The Lantern program will be found very quickly. When you click Lantern in the list of programs, the following information regarding the application is available to you:

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

For example you can see that for Lantern:

• The publisher is: http://lantern.io
• The uninstall string is: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Lantern.


8. After removing Lantern, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with 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 registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Lantern by Brave New Software Project, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that Lantern by Brave New Software Project, Inc. is not a good application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Lantern supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.