Lantern

A guide to uninstall Lantern from your PC

This web page contains complete information on how to uninstall Lantern for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Brave New Software Project, Inc.. You can find out more on Brave New Software Project, Inc. or check for application updates here. Please open http://www.getlantern.org if you want to read more on Lantern on Brave New Software Project, Inc.'s web page. Lantern is frequently installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Lantern folder, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the program. C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Lantern. Lantern's primary file takes around 15.03 MB (15755552 bytes) and is called lantern.exe.

Lantern is composed of the following executables which take 15.11 MB (15839977 bytes) on disk:

• lantern.exe (15.03 MB)
• uninstall.exe (82.45 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 4.0.0 of Lantern. Click on the links below for 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
• 7.8.4
• 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
• 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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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Folders remaining:

• 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 when you remove Lantern:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\easylist.txt
• 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\uninstall.exe
• 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

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Lantern
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Lantern
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\lantern_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\lantern_RASMANCS

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following registry values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\lantern.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{5FD792A3-F1FC-4E62-B455-AD46CEB6105F}C:\users\UserName\appdata\roaming\lantern\lantern.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{8A14331A-EE21-4D9E-8EF8-27D3314A33A7}C:\users\UserName\appdata\roaming\lantern\lantern.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Lantern\lantern.exe

How to remove Lantern with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Lantern is a program released by the software company Brave New Software Project, Inc.. Some computer users choose to uninstall it. Sometimes this can be hard because uninstalling this manually requires some know-how regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE manner to uninstall Lantern 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 on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications installed on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Lantern or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Lantern". If it is installed on your PC the Lantern app will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Lantern in the list , the following information about the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about Lantern, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example 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 window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Lantern.


8. After uninstalling Lantern, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Lantern that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Lantern with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Lantern by Brave New Software Project, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that Lantern by Brave New Software Project, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Lantern supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.