Lantern

How to uninstall Lantern from your computer

You can find on this page details on how to uninstall Lantern for Windows. It was developed for Windows by Brave New Software Project, Inc.. Additional info about Brave New Software Project, Inc. can be read here. Detailed information about Lantern can be seen at http://www.getlantern.org. Usually the Lantern program is installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Lantern directory, depending on the user's option during setup. The full command line for removing Lantern is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\uninstall.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is named lantern.exe and it has a size of 16.62 MB (17425696 bytes).

Lantern installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 17.02 MB (17845993 bytes) on disk.

• lantern.exe (16.62 MB)
• uninstall.exe (410.45 KB)

The current web page applies to Lantern version 4.5.7 only. You can find below info on other application versions of Lantern:

• 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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Lantern has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Lantern from your computer:

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

The files below were left behind on your disk by Lantern's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\byteexec\lantern.exe.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\easylist.txt.gz
• 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\lanternlist.txt.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\logs\lantern.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\masquerade_cache
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\mitmcert.pem_471e3485cadba198fa9f8a97fd214c4b4949da2331caa3ce42ec8dfc12e69e2b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\mitmkey.pem
• 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\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

Frequently the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

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

How to remove Lantern with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Lantern is a program released by Brave New Software Project, Inc.. Sometimes, people want to uninstall this application. This can be hard because doing this by hand requires some know-how related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK way to uninstall 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to take care of your PC.

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• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs 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 after you select Lantern in the list of programs, some data regarding the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Lantern, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Lantern:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Lantern.


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

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Lantern by Brave New Software Project, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that Lantern by Brave New Software Project, Inc. is not a good application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Lantern supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.