Plex

How to uninstall Plex from your PC

This web page contains detailed information on how to uninstall Plex for Windows. It is produced by Plex, Inc.. You can find out more on Plex, Inc. or check for application updates here. The application is frequently placed in the C:\Program Files\Plex\Plex directory. Keep in mind that this path can vary depending on the user's decision. The full command line for removing Plex is C:\Program Files\Plex\Plex\Uninstall.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may be prompted for admin rights. Plex.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 776.48 KB (795120 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of Plex. They occupy an average of 15.91 MB (16680513 bytes) on disk.

• Plex Transcoder.exe (382.99 KB)
• Plex.exe (776.48 KB)
• QtWebEngineProcess.exe (25.48 KB)
• Uninstall.exe (133.60 KB)
• vc_redist.x64.exe (14.62 MB)

This page is about Plex version 1.4.1 alone. You can find below info on other application versions of Plex:

• 1.13.0
• 1.52.1
• 1.31.1
• 1.41.0
• 1.11.0
• 1.4.0
• 1.15.1
• 1.75.0
• 1.39.0
• 1.78.2
• 1.3.0
• 1.15.0
• 1.14.0
• 1.56.2
• 1.81.0
• 1.0.0
• 1.67.1
• 1.70.2
• 1.8.0
• 1.6.2
• 1.16.0
• 1.21.0
• 1.19.0
• 1.86.1
• 1.54.1
• 1.58.1
• 1.1.0
• 1.43.2
• 1.82.2
• 1.84.1
• 1.91.0
• 1.82.1
• 1.49.1
• 1.40.0
• 1.27.1
• 1.6.3
• 1.12.0
• 1.54.2
• 1.60.1
• 1.22.0
• 1.29.0
• 1.57.1
• 1.71.1
• 1.51.1
• 1.56.1
• 1.74.1
• 1.72.2
• 1.23.0
• 1.69.1
• 1.38.0
• 1.73.1
• 1.61.1
• 1.55.0
• 1.88.1
• 1.8.2
• 1.9.0
• 1.48.2
• 1.90.1
• 1.40.1
• 1.42.1
• 1.64.2
• 1.80.3
• 1.28.0
• 1.31.0
• 1.77.2
• 1.77.3
• 1.33.0
• 1.47.1
• 1.30.0
• 1.30.1
• 1.62.2
• 1.3.1
• 1.44.0
• 1.10.0
• 1.5.0
• 1.87.2
• 1.8.1
• 1.20.0
• 1.17.0
• 1.59.1
• 1.7.0
• 1.26.0
• 1.39.1
• 1.85.0
• 1.79.1
• 1.46.1
• 1.43.3
• 1.53.1
• 1.24.0
• 1.50.1
• 1.18.0
• 1.34.1
• 1.66.1
• 1.35.1
• 1.45.0
• 1.37.0
• 1.12.1
• 1.6.5
• 1.68.2
• 1.43.4

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If you are manually uninstalling Plex we suggest you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Plex from your PC:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Plex

The files below remain on your disk by Plex's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\avcodec-58.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\avfilter-7.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\avformat-58.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\avutil-56.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\boost_atomic.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\boost_chrono.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\boost_date_time.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\boost_filesystem.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\boost_iostreams.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\boost_locale.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\boost_program_options.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\boost_random.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\boost_regex.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\boost_system.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\boost_thread.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\boost_timer.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\cppnetlib-uri.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\CrashUploader.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\cygwin1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\de-DE\Plex Media Server.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\DLLs\_ctypes.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\DLLs\_elementtree.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\DLLs\_hashlib.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\DLLs\_msi.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\DLLs\_multiprocessing.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\DLLs\_socket.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\DLLs\_ssl.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\DLLs\bz2.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\DLLs\pyexpat.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\DLLs\select.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\DLLs\unicodedata.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\DLLs\winsound.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\en-US\Plex Media Server.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\es-ES\Plex Media Server.dll.mui
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\_elementpath.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\builder.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\cssselect.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\doctestcompare.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\ElementInclude.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\etree.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\_dictmixin.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\_diffcommand.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\_html5builder.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\_setmixin.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\builder.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\clean.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\defs.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\diff.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\ElementSoup.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\formfill.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\html5parser.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\soupparser.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_applet.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_blink.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_crazy.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_embed.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_frame.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_iframe.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_link.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_meta.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_object.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_onabort.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_onblur.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_onchange.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_onclick.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_ondblclick.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_onerror.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_onfocus.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_onkeydown.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_onkeypress.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_onkeyup.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_onload.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_onmousedown.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_onmouseout.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_onmouseover.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_onmouseup.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_onreset.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_onresize.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_onsubmit.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_onunload.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_script.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_script_cdata.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_script_inline.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\feedparser-data\entry_content_style.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\hackers-org-data\background-image-plus.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\hackers-org-data\background-image-with-unicoded.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\hackers-org-data\downlevel-hidden.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\hackers-org-data\html-plus-time.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\hackers-org-data\javascript-link.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\hackers-org-data\style-comment.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\hackers-org-data\style-expression.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\hackers-org-data\style-import.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\hackers-org-data\style-js-tag.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\hackers-org-data\style-url-js.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\hackers-org-data\xml-data-island.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\hackers-org-data\xml-embedded-js.data
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Exts\lxml\html\tests\hackers-org-data\xml-namespace.data.BROKEN

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Plex, Inc.
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Plex
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Plex, Inc.

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2472800210-2839327654-3921568935-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Plex Media Server.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2472800210-2839327654-3921568935-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\Plex\Plex\Plex.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2472800210-2839327654-3921568935-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\Plex\Plex\vc_redist.x64.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2472800210-2839327654-3921568935-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Users\UserName\Downloads\Plex-1.4.1.940-574c2fa7-x86_64.exe

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

Plex is a program offered by the software company Plex, Inc.. Sometimes, computer users want to erase this application. Sometimes this is troublesome because removing this manually requires some knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE solution to erase Plex 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 Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Plex or simply click the Search field and type in "Plex". If it exists on your system the Plex application will be found automatically. When you select Plex in the list of applications, the following data regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Plex, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Plex.


8. After uninstalling Plex, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Plex that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Plex using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Plex by Plex, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that Plex by Plex, Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Plex in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.