PostgreSQL 17

A way to uninstall PostgreSQL 17 from your PC

PostgreSQL 17 is a Windows application. Read more about how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was created by PostgreSQL Global Development Group. You can find out more on PostgreSQL Global Development Group or check for application updates here. More information about the software PostgreSQL 17 can be found at http://www.postgresql.org/. The application is usually found in the C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17 folder (same installation drive as Windows). 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. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. PostgreSQL 17 's primary file takes around 11.70 MB (12268305 bytes) and its name is uninstall-postgresql.exe.

The following executables are installed along with PostgreSQL 17 . They occupy about 252.94 MB (265227307 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall-postgresql.exe (11.70 MB)
• clusterdb.exe (130.50 KB)
• createdb.exe (129.00 KB)
• createuser.exe (133.50 KB)
• dropdb.exe (127.50 KB)
• dropuser.exe (127.50 KB)
• ecpg.exe (985.00 KB)
• initdb.exe (238.00 KB)
• oid2name.exe (80.00 KB)
• pgbench.exe (249.50 KB)
• pg_amcheck.exe (159.00 KB)
• pg_archivecleanup.exe (91.00 KB)
• pg_basebackup.exe (289.00 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 (166.00 KB)
• pg_ctl.exe (127.00 KB)
• pg_dump.exe (586.50 KB)
• pg_dumpall.exe (185.50 KB)
• pg_isready.exe (88.00 KB)
• pg_receivewal.exe (220.50 KB)
• pg_recvlogical.exe (108.00 KB)
• pg_resetwal.exe (120.00 KB)
• pg_restore.exe (347.50 KB)
• pg_rewind.exe (221.00 KB)
• pg_test_fsync.exe (96.00 KB)
• pg_test_timing.exe (85.00 KB)
• pg_upgrade.exe (241.50 KB)
• pg_verifybackup.exe (150.50 KB)
• pg_waldump.exe (158.50 KB)
• pg_walsummary.exe (111.00 KB)
• postgres.exe (9.44 MB)
• psql.exe (614.00 KB)
• reindexdb.exe (139.00 KB)
• stackbuilder.exe (425.71 KB)
• vacuumdb.exe (144.00 KB)
• vacuumlo.exe (79.00 KB)
• vcredist_x64.exe (24.45 MB)
• vcredist_x86.exe (13.31 MB)
• validateuser.exe (18.50 KB)
• isolationtester.exe (77.50 KB)
• pg_isolation_regress.exe (141.50 KB)
• pg_regress.exe (140.50 KB)
• kinit.exe (34.50 KB)
• python.exe (103.36 KB)
• pythonw.exe (101.86 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)
• pgAdmin4.exe (180.02 MB)

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This info is about PostgreSQL 17 version 17.41 only. You can find below info on other versions of PostgreSQL 17 :

• 17.31
• 17.51
• 17.42
• 17.01
• 17.22
• 17
• 17.52
• 17.11
• 17.23
• 17.21

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are shown below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall PostgreSQL 17 from your computer:

• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_b569a44190
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_ecc543bf95
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_f3f9ef0f33

The files below are left behind on your disk by PostgreSQL 17 when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libiconv-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\bin\libintl-9.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\commandlinetools_3rd_party_licenses.txt
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\112
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\113
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\1247
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\1249
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\1255
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\1259
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\1417
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\1418
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\14833
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\14836
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\14837
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\14838
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\14841
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\14842
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\14843
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\14846
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\14847
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\14848
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\14851
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\14852
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\174
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\175
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2187
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2224
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2228
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2328
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2336
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2337
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2579
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2600
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2601
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2602
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2603
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2604
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2605
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2606
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2607
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2608
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2609
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2610
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2611
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2612
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2613
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2615
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2616
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2617
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2618
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2619
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2620
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2650
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2651
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2652
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2653
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2654
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2655
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2656
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2657
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2658
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2659
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2660
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2661
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2662
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2663
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2664
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2665
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2666
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2667
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2668
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2669
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2670
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2673
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2674
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2675
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2678
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2679
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2680
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2681
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2682
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2683
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2684
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2685
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2686
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2687
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2688
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2689
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2690
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2691
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2692
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2693
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2696
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2699
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2701
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2702
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2703
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2704
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2753
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\data\base\1\2754

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PostgreSQL 17
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\PostgreSQL

How to erase PostgreSQL 17 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PostgreSQL 17 is an application by PostgreSQL Global Development Group. Sometimes, computer users try to erase this application. This can be easier said than done because removing this manually requires some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK way to erase PostgreSQL 17 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 already installed on your Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate PostgreSQL 17 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "PostgreSQL 17 ". If it is installed on your PC the PostgreSQL 17 app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click PostgreSQL 17 in the list of apps, some information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding PostgreSQL 17 , from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for PostgreSQL 17 :

• The software company is: http://www.postgresql.org/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\17\uninstall-postgresql.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove PostgreSQL 17 .


8. After uninstalling PostgreSQL 17 , Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong 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 are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove PostgreSQL 17 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group from your PC, nor are we saying that PostgreSQL 17 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove PostgreSQL 17 in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.