PostgreSQL 17
A guide to uninstall PostgreSQL 17 from your system
This web page is about PostgreSQL 17 for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by
PostgreSQL Global Development Group. Additional info about PostgreSQL Global Development Group can be found
here. Click on
http://www.postgresql.org/ to get more info about PostgreSQL 17 on PostgreSQL Global Development Group's website. The application is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17 folder. Keep in mind that this path can differ depending on the user's decision. You can uninstall PostgreSQL 17 by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\uninstall-postgresql.exe. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for admin rights. PostgreSQL 17 's main file takes about 11.70 MB (12273297 bytes) and is named uninstall-postgresql.exe.
PostgreSQL 17 is comprised of the following executables which take 251.26 MB (
263466707 bytes) on disk:
- uninstall-postgresql.exe (11.70 MB)
- clusterdb.exe (113.00 KB)
- createdb.exe (112.00 KB)
- createuser.exe (116.00 KB)
- dropdb.exe (110.50 KB)
- dropuser.exe (110.50 KB)
- ecpg.exe (991.00 KB)
- initdb.exe (219.00 KB)
- oid2name.exe (80.00 KB)
- pgbench.exe (229.00 KB)
- pg_amcheck.exe (141.00 KB)
- pg_archivecleanup.exe (91.00 KB)
- pg_basebackup.exe (271.50 KB)
- pg_checksums.exe (125.00 KB)
- pg_combinebackup.exe (192.00 KB)
- pg_config.exe (86.00 KB)
- pg_controldata.exe (102.00 KB)
- pg_createsubscriber.exe (148.50 KB)
- pg_ctl.exe (127.00 KB)
- pg_dump.exe (569.00 KB)
- pg_dumpall.exe (168.00 KB)
- pg_isready.exe (88.00 KB)
- pg_receivewal.exe (220.50 KB)
- pg_recvlogical.exe (108.00 KB)
- pg_resetwal.exe (119.50 KB)
- pg_restore.exe (330.00 KB)
- pg_rewind.exe (196.50 KB)
- pg_test_fsync.exe (96.00 KB)
- pg_test_timing.exe (85.00 KB)
- pg_upgrade.exe (223.00 KB)
- pg_verifybackup.exe (150.50 KB)
- pg_waldump.exe (158.00 KB)
- pg_walsummary.exe (111.00 KB)
- postgres.exe (9.23 MB)
- psql.exe (594.00 KB)
- reindexdb.exe (122.00 KB)
- stackbuilder.exe (426.21 KB)
- vacuumdb.exe (126.50 KB)
- vacuumlo.exe (79.00 KB)
- vcredist_x64.exe (24.22 MB)
- vcredist_x86.exe (13.22 MB)
- getlocales.exe (13.00 KB)
- validateuser.exe (18.50 KB)
- isolationtester.exe (77.50 KB)
- pg_isolation_regress.exe (141.00 KB)
- pg_regress.exe (140.50 KB)
- kinit.exe (34.50 KB)
- python.exe (101.27 KB)
- pythonw.exe (99.77 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)
- 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)
- pythonservice.exe (20.50 KB)
- winpty-agent.exe (2.51 MB)
- pgAdmin4.exe (177.48 MB)
- pg_dump.exe (465.00 KB)
- pg_dumpall.exe (163.00 KB)
- pg_restore.exe (251.00 KB)
- psql.exe (584.00 KB)
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If planning to uninstall PostgreSQL 17 you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.
Folders remaining:- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\jedi\third_party\django-stubs\django-stubs\db\backends\postgresql
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\sqlalchemy\dialects\postgresql
Generally, the following files are left on disk:- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\clusterdb.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\clusterdb.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\createdb.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\createdb.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\createuser.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\createuser.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\dropdb.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\dropdb.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\dropuser.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\dropuser.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\ecpg.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\ecpg.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\icudt67.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\icuin67.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\icuio67.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\icutu67.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\icuuc67.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\initdb.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\initdb.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libcrypto-3-x64.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libcurl.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libcurl.lib
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libecpg.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libecpg.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libecpg_compat.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libecpg_compat.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libiconv-2.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libintl-9.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\liblz4.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libpgtypes.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libpgtypes.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libpq.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libpq.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libssl-3-x64.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libwinpthread-1.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libxml2.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libxslt.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libzstd.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\oid2name.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\oid2name.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_amcheck.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_amcheck.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_archivecleanup.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_archivecleanup.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_basebackup.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_basebackup.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_checksums.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_checksums.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_combinebackup.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_combinebackup.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_config.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_config.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_controldata.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_controldata.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_createsubscriber.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_createsubscriber.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_ctl.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_ctl.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_dump.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_dump.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_dumpall.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_dumpall.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_isready.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_isready.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_receivewal.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_receivewal.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_recvlogical.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_recvlogical.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_resetwal.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_resetwal.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_restore.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_restore.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_rewind.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_rewind.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_test_fsync.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_test_fsync.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_test_timing.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_test_timing.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_upgrade.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_upgrade.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_verifybackup.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_verifybackup.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_waldump.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_waldump.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_walsummary.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pg_walsummary.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pgbench.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pgbench.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pgevent.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\pgevent.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\postgres.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\postgres.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\psql.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\psql.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\reindexdb.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\reindexdb.pdb
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\stackbuilder.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\testplug.dll
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\vacuumdb.exe
- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\vacuumdb.pdb
Registry keys:- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PostgreSQL
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PostgreSQL 17
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI\PostgreSQL ODBC Driver(ANSI)
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ODBC\ODBCINST.INI\PostgreSQL ODBC Driver(UNICODE)
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\PostgreSQL
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PostgreSQL 17
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\PostgreSQL
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\postgresql-x64-17
Open regedit.exe to remove the registry values below from the Windows Registry:- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\UserName\Downloads\postgresql-17.0-1-windows-x64.exe.ApplicationCompany
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\UserName\Downloads\postgresql-17.0-1-windows-x64.exe.FriendlyAppName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\postgresql-x64-17\DisplayName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\postgresql-x64-17\ImagePath
A way to remove PostgreSQL 17 from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO
PostgreSQL 17 is a program marketed by PostgreSQL Global Development Group. Frequently, computer users want to erase this application. This can be troublesome because removing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best SIMPLE procedure to erase PostgreSQL 17 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:
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4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature

5. All the programs installed on the computer will be made available to you
6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate PostgreSQL 17 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "PostgreSQL 17 ". The PostgreSQL 17 application will be found automatically. After you click PostgreSQL 17 in the list of apps, some information about the program is shown to you:
- Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about PostgreSQL 17 , from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
- Technical information about the app you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for PostgreSQL 17 :
- The web site of the program is: http://www.postgresql.org/
- The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\uninstall-postgresql.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall PostgreSQL 17 .

8. After removing PostgreSQL 17 , Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of PostgreSQL 17 that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling PostgreSQL 17 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.
Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.
Disclaimer
The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall PostgreSQL 17 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group from your computer, we are not saying that PostgreSQL 17 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall PostgreSQL 17 in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.
Last update on: 2024-09-08 21:23:47.580