PostgreSQL 13

A guide to uninstall PostgreSQL 13 from your computer

This web page is about PostgreSQL 13 for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was created by PostgreSQL Global Development Group. More data about PostgreSQL Global Development Group can be read here. You can get more details about PostgreSQL 13 at http://www.postgresql.org/. Usually the PostgreSQL 13 program is installed in the C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13 directory, depending on the user's option during install. The full command line for uninstalling PostgreSQL 13 is C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\uninstall-postgresql.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is named uninstall-postgresql.exe and it has a size of 11.40 MB (11957193 bytes).

PostgreSQL 13 is comprised of the following executables which take 59.18 MB (62049951 bytes) on disk:

• uninstall-postgresql.exe (11.40 MB)
• clusterdb.exe (99.50 KB)
• createdb.exe (98.50 KB)
• createuser.exe (100.50 KB)
• dropdb.exe (95.50 KB)
• dropuser.exe (95.50 KB)
• ecpg.exe (856.50 KB)
• initdb.exe (183.00 KB)
• isolationtester.exe (70.50 KB)
• oid2name.exe (73.00 KB)
• pgbench.exe (186.00 KB)
• pg_archivecleanup.exe (75.00 KB)
• pg_basebackup.exe (146.00 KB)
• pg_checksums.exe (96.00 KB)
• pg_config.exe (73.50 KB)
• pg_controldata.exe (90.00 KB)
• pg_ctl.exe (114.50 KB)
• pg_dump.exe (449.00 KB)
• pg_dumpall.exe (134.50 KB)
• pg_isolation_regress.exe (112.50 KB)
• pg_isready.exe (95.50 KB)
• pg_receivewal.exe (112.00 KB)
• pg_recvlogical.exe (113.50 KB)
• pg_regress.exe (112.00 KB)
• pg_regress_ecpg.exe (112.50 KB)
• pg_resetwal.exe (101.50 KB)
• pg_restore.exe (211.50 KB)
• pg_rewind.exe (154.50 KB)
• pg_standby.exe (70.50 KB)
• pg_test_fsync.exe (79.50 KB)
• pg_test_timing.exe (70.50 KB)
• pg_upgrade.exe (176.50 KB)
• pg_verifybackup.exe (118.50 KB)
• pg_waldump.exe (131.50 KB)
• postgres.exe (6.99 MB)
• psql.exe (535.50 KB)
• reindexdb.exe (106.00 KB)
• stackbuilder.exe (434.18 KB)
• vacuumdb.exe (107.50 KB)
• vacuumlo.exe (71.50 KB)
• zic.exe (95.50 KB)
• vcredist_x64.exe (14.28 MB)
• vcredist_x86.exe (13.74 MB)
• createuser.exe (19.00 KB)
• getlocales.exe (12.50 KB)
• validateuser.exe (17.50 KB)
• pgAdmin4.exe (569.50 KB)
• pythonw.exe (96.57 KB)
• wininst-10.0-amd64.exe (217.00 KB)
• wininst-10.0.exe (186.50 KB)
• wininst-14.0-amd64.exe (574.00 KB)
• wininst-14.0.exe (447.50 KB)
• wininst-6.0.exe (60.00 KB)
• wininst-7.1.exe (64.00 KB)
• wininst-8.0.exe (60.00 KB)
• wininst-9.0-amd64.exe (219.00 KB)
• wininst-9.0.exe (191.50 KB)
• t32.exe (94.50 KB)
• t64.exe (103.50 KB)
• w32.exe (88.00 KB)
• w64.exe (97.50 KB)
• t32.exe (90.50 KB)
• t64.exe (100.50 KB)
• w32.exe (87.00 KB)
• w64.exe (97.50 KB)
• cli.exe (64.00 KB)
• cli-64.exe (73.00 KB)
• gui.exe (64.00 KB)
• gui-64.exe (73.50 KB)
• python.exe (519.57 KB)
• pythonw.exe (518.57 KB)
• alembic.exe (103.88 KB)
• chardetect.exe (103.88 KB)
• easy_install3.exe (103.89 KB)
• email_validator.exe (103.88 KB)
• flask.exe (103.87 KB)
• mako-render.exe (103.88 KB)
• pip3.exe (103.88 KB)
• pybabel.exe (103.88 KB)
• pygmentize.exe (103.88 KB)
• sqlformat.exe (103.88 KB)
• sshtunnel.exe (103.88 KB)
• wheel3.exe (103.87 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 13 of PostgreSQL 13 . Numerous files, folders and Windows registry data can not be deleted when you are trying to remove PostgreSQL 13 from your PC.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_1da5eddc6e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_275606b107
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_29d1ec9880

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall PostgreSQL 13 :

• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\clusterdb.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\createdb.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\createuser.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\dropdb.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\dropuser.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\libcurl.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\libiconv-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\libintl-9.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\libpq.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\libwinpthread-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\pg_basebackup.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\pg_dump.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\pg_dumpall.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\pg_isready.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\pg_restore.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\pgbench.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\psql.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\reindexdb.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\stackbuilder.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\vacuumdb.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\vacuumlo.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\wxbase317u_vc_custom.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\wxbase317u_xml_vc_custom.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\wxbase317ud_net_vc_custom.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\wxmsw317u_adv_vc_custom.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\wxmsw317u_core_vc_custom.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\wxmsw317ud_aui_vc_custom.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\wxmsw317ud_html_vc_custom.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\wxmsw317ud_xrc_vc_custom.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\bin\zlib1.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\commandlinetools_3rd_party_licenses.txt
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\112
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\113
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\1247
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\1249
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\1255
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\1259
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\13292
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\13294
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\13296
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\13297
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\13299
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\13301
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\13302
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\13304
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\13306
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\13307
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\13309
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\13311
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\1417
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\1418
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\174
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\175
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2187
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2224
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2328
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2336
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2337
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2579
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2600
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2601
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2602
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2603
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2604
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2605
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2606
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2607
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2608
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2609
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2610
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2611
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2612
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2613
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2615
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2616
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2617
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2618
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2619
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2620
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2650
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2651
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2652
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2653
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2654
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2655
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2656
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2657
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2658
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2659
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2660
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2661
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2662
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2663
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2664
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2665
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2666
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2667
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2668
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2669
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\data\base\1\2670

Many times the following registry data will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PostgreSQL
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PostgreSQL 13
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\PostgreSQL

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1132444902-3161050807-2899560042-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\PROGRA~1\PostgreSQL\13\bin\stackbuilder.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1132444902-3161050807-2899560042-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\pgAdmin 4\runtime\pgAdmin4.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1132444902-3161050807-2899560042-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_4096ee42db\vcredist_x86.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1132444902-3161050807-2899560042-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_4096ee42db\vcredist2015_x86.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1132444902-3161050807-2899560042-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_58cf44ff0a\vcredist_x86.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1132444902-3161050807-2899560042-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_58cf44ff0a\vcredist2015_x86.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1132444902-3161050807-2899560042-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_5df4fab25b\vcredist_x86.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1132444902-3161050807-2899560042-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_5df4fab25b\vcredist2015_x86.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1132444902-3161050807-2899560042-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_b0c574b48a\vcredist_x86.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1132444902-3161050807-2899560042-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_b0c574b48a\vcredist2015_x86.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1132444902-3161050807-2899560042-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_c31c025159\vcredist_x86.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1132444902-3161050807-2899560042-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_c31c025159\vcredist2015_x86.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1132444902-3161050807-2899560042-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_e18139057f\vcredist_x86.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1132444902-3161050807-2899560042-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_e18139057f\vcredist2015_x86.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1132444902-3161050807-2899560042-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\Desktop\p masters\Logiciel_BDS\postgresql-10.6\postgresql-10.6-1-windows.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1132444902-3161050807-2899560042-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\Desktop\p masters\postgresql-10.6\postgresql-10.6-1-windows.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1132444902-3161050807-2899560042-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\Desktop\setup\Logiciel_BDS\postgresql-10.6\postgresql-10.6-1-windows.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1132444902-3161050807-2899560042-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\Downloads\Programs\postgresql-13.14-1-windows-x64.exe

A way to erase PostgreSQL 13 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PostgreSQL 13 is an application offered by the software company PostgreSQL Global Development Group. Sometimes, people want to remove this application. Sometimes this is troublesome because performing this manually takes some know-how regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY solution to remove PostgreSQL 13 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, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate PostgreSQL 13 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "PostgreSQL 13 ". If it is installed on your PC the PostgreSQL 13 program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click PostgreSQL 13 in the list of apps, the following information about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about PostgreSQL 13 , from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for PostgreSQL 13 :

• The web site of the program is: http://www.postgresql.org/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\13\uninstall-postgresql.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall PostgreSQL 13 .


8. After removing PostgreSQL 13 , Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of PostgreSQL 13 that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing PostgreSQL 13 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove PostgreSQL 13 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group from your computer, nor are we saying that PostgreSQL 13 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove PostgreSQL 13 in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.