PostgreSQL 16

A way to uninstall PostgreSQL 16 from your computer

PostgreSQL 16 is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your computer. It is produced by PostgreSQL Global Development Group. Further information on PostgreSQL Global Development Group can be seen here. Click on http://www.postgresql.org/ to get more info about PostgreSQL 16 on PostgreSQL Global Development Group's website. Usually the PostgreSQL 16 program is placed in the C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16 directory, depending on the user's option during install. The full uninstall command line for PostgreSQL 16 is C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\uninstall-postgresql.exe. The application's main executable file is titled uninstall-postgresql.exe and occupies 11.55 MB (12107183 bytes).

The following executables are installed together with PostgreSQL 16 . They take about 73.02 MB (76570281 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall-postgresql.exe (11.55 MB)
• clusterdb.exe (110.00 KB)
• createdb.exe (109.50 KB)
• createuser.exe (112.50 KB)
• dropdb.exe (106.50 KB)
• dropuser.exe (106.00 KB)
• ecpg.exe (922.50 KB)
• initdb.exe (203.00 KB)
• isolationtester.exe (76.00 KB)
• libpq_pipeline.exe (84.50 KB)
• libpq_testclient.exe (49.50 KB)
• libpq_uri_regress.exe (50.00 KB)
• oid2name.exe (78.00 KB)
• pgbench.exe (217.50 KB)
• pg_amcheck.exe (135.50 KB)
• pg_archivecleanup.exe (83.00 KB)
• pg_basebackup.exe (189.50 KB)
• pg_checksums.exe (118.50 KB)
• pg_config.exe (80.50 KB)
• pg_controldata.exe (96.00 KB)
• pg_ctl.exe (119.50 KB)
• pg_dump.exe (465.00 KB)
• pg_dumpall.exe (162.50 KB)
• pg_isolation_regress.exe (132.00 KB)
• pg_isready.exe (105.00 KB)
• pg_receivewal.exe (142.50 KB)
• pg_recvlogical.exe (141.00 KB)
• pg_regress.exe (132.00 KB)
• pg_regress_ecpg.exe (133.50 KB)
• pg_resetwal.exe (108.00 KB)
• pg_restore.exe (251.00 KB)
• pg_rewind.exe (185.50 KB)
• pg_test_fsync.exe (88.50 KB)
• pg_test_timing.exe (78.50 KB)
• pg_upgrade.exe (199.50 KB)
• pg_verifybackup.exe (132.50 KB)
• pg_waldump.exe (149.50 KB)
• postgres.exe (8.08 MB)
• psql.exe (582.00 KB)
• reindexdb.exe (116.50 KB)
• stackbuilder.exe (421.36 KB)
• vacuumdb.exe (123.00 KB)
• vacuumlo.exe (77.00 KB)
• zic.exe (98.00 KB)
• vcredist_x64.exe (24.18 MB)
• vcredist_x86.exe (13.20 MB)
• getlocales.exe (13.00 KB)
• validateuser.exe (18.00 KB)
• kinit.exe (27.50 KB)
• python.exe (100.77 KB)
• pythonw.exe (99.27 KB)
• t32.exe (95.50 KB)
• t64-arm.exe (178.50 KB)
• t64.exe (105.50 KB)
• w32.exe (89.50 KB)
• w64-arm.exe (164.50 KB)
• w64.exe (99.50 KB)
• Pythonwin.exe (57.00 KB)
• cli.exe (11.50 KB)
• cli-64.exe (14.00 KB)
• cli-arm64.exe (13.50 KB)
• gui.exe (11.50 KB)
• gui-64.exe (14.00 KB)
• gui-arm64.exe (13.50 KB)
• pythonservice.exe (20.50 KB)
• winpty-agent.exe (2.51 MB)
• notification_helper.exe (1.08 MB)
• pgAdmin4.exe (2.14 MB)
• pg_dump.exe (465.00 KB)
• pg_dumpall.exe (162.50 KB)
• pg_restore.exe (251.00 KB)
• psql.exe (582.00 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 16.1 of PostgreSQL 16 . You can find here a few links to other PostgreSQL 16 releases:

• 16.0
• 16.2
• 16.31

If you are manually uninstalling PostgreSQL 16 we advise you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_0e529550ad
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_28d5e874fa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_2b6347a3c5

The files below remain on your disk when you remove PostgreSQL 16 :

• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\112
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\113
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\1247
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\1249
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\1255
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\1259
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\1417
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\1418
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\14827
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\14830
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\14831
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\14832
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\14835
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\14836
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\14837
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\14840
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\14841
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\14842
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\14845
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\14846
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\174
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\175
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2187
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2224
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2228
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2328
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2336
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2337
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2579
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2600
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2601
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2602
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2603
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2604
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2605
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2606
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2607
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2608
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2609
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2610
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2611
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2612
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2613
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2615
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2616
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2617
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2618
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2619
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2620
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2650
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2651
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2652
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2653
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2654
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2655
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2656
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2657
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2658
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2659
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2660
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2661
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2662
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2663
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2664
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2665
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2666
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2667
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2668
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2669
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2670
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2673
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2674
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2675
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2678
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2679
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2680
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2681
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2682
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2683
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2684
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2685
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2686
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2687
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2688
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2689
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2690
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2691
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2692
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2693
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2696
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2699
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2701
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2702
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2703
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2704
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2753
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2754
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2755
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2756
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\data\base\1\2757

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\PostgreSQL

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-564169684-4030933377-3914486060-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\pgAdmin 4\runtime\pgAdmin4.exe

How to remove PostgreSQL 16 from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PostgreSQL 16 is an application released by the software company PostgreSQL Global Development Group. Some computer users choose to erase it. Sometimes this can be hard because doing this by hand requires some experience regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE approach to erase PostgreSQL 16 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 system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to clean your computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications installed on your PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find PostgreSQL 16 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "PostgreSQL 16 ". The PostgreSQL 16 application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select PostgreSQL 16 in the list of programs, the following information about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about PostgreSQL 16 , ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for PostgreSQL 16 :

• The publisher is: http://www.postgresql.org/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\16\uninstall-postgresql.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove PostgreSQL 16 .


8. After uninstalling PostgreSQL 16 , Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong PostgreSQL 16 which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling PostgreSQL 16 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove PostgreSQL 16 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group from your PC, we are not saying that PostgreSQL 16 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove PostgreSQL 16 supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.