PostgreSQL 17

A guide to uninstall PostgreSQL 17 from your computer

This web page is about PostgreSQL 17 for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is written by PostgreSQL Global Development Group. Check out here where you can get more info on PostgreSQL Global Development Group. Click on http://www.postgresql.org/ to get more info about PostgreSQL 17 on PostgreSQL Global Development Group's website. The program is often located in the C:\Program Files\UserName\17 folder (same installation drive as Windows). C:\Program Files\UserName\17\uninstall-UserName.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall PostgreSQL 17 . uninstall-postgresql.exe is the PostgreSQL 17 's primary executable file and it occupies about 11.70 MB (12265419 bytes) on disk.

PostgreSQL 17 is comprised of the following executables which take 252.63 MB (264904037 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 (984.50 KB)
• initdb.exe (220.50 KB)
• oid2name.exe (79.50 KB)
• pgbench.exe (232.00 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 (191.50 KB)
• pg_config.exe (85.50 KB)
• pg_controldata.exe (102.00 KB)
• pg_createsubscriber.exe (148.50 KB)
• pg_ctl.exe (127.00 KB)
• pg_dump.exe (569.50 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 (199.50 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 (9.43 MB)
• psql.exe (597.00 KB)
• reindexdb.exe (122.00 KB)
• stackbuilder.exe (425.70 KB)
• vacuumdb.exe (126.50 KB)
• vacuumlo.exe (79.00 KB)
• vcredist_x64.exe (24.45 MB)
• vcredist_x86.exe (13.31 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 (102.49 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 (180.11 MB)

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This web page is about PostgreSQL 17 version 17.23 only. For more PostgreSQL 17 versions please click below:

• 17.31
• 17.51
• 17.42
• 17.01
• 17.22
• 17.41
• 17
• 17.52
• 17.11
• 17.21

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A considerable amount of files, folders and registry data can be left behind when you want to remove PostgreSQL 17 from your PC.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\UserNameQL\17

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\UserNameQL\17\bin\boost_filesystem-vc141-mt-x64-1_69.dll
• C:\Program Files\UserNameQL\17\bin\boost_thread-vc141-mt-x64-1_69.dll
• C:\Program Files\UserNameQL\17\bin\icudt67.dll
• C:\Program Files\UserNameQL\17\bin\icuin67.dll
• C:\Program Files\UserNameQL\17\bin\icuuc67.dll
• C:\Program Files\UserNameQL\17\bin\libcrypto-3-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\UserNameQL\17\bin\libiconv-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\UserNameQL\17\bin\libintl-9.dll
• C:\Program Files\UserNameQL\17\bin\liblz4.dll
• C:\Program Files\UserNameQL\17\bin\libpq.dll
• C:\Program Files\UserNameQL\17\bin\libssl-3-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\UserNameQL\17\bin\libwinpthread-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\UserNameQL\17\bin\libxml2.dll
• C:\Program Files\UserNameQL\17\bin\libzstd.dll
• C:\Program Files\UserNameQL\17\bin\pg_ctl.exe
• C:\Program Files\UserNameQL\17\bin\pgagent.exe
• C:\Program Files\UserNameQL\17\bin\UserName.exe
• C:\Program Files\UserNameQL\17\lib\plpgsql.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\DBeaver\plugins\org.jkiss.dbeaver.ext.UserNameql.ui_1.0.127.202503231807.jar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\DBeaver\plugins\org.jkiss.dbeaver.ext.UserNameql_2.1.224.202503231807.jar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\19521\C\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\DBeaver\plugins\org.jkiss.dbeaver.ext.UserNameql.ui_1.0.127.202503231807.jar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\FileHistory\Data\19521\C\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\DBeaver\plugins\org.jkiss.dbeaver.ext.UserNameql_2.1.224.202503231807.jar

Generally the following registry data will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\UserNameQL
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\UserNameQL 17
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\UserNameQL
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\UserNameQL
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\UserNameql-x64-17

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\pgagent-pg17\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\UserNameql-x64-17\DisplayName

How to remove PostgreSQL 17 from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PostgreSQL 17 is a program by PostgreSQL Global Development Group. Sometimes, users decide to remove this application. Sometimes this is troublesome because uninstalling this manually requires some skill regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK procedure to remove PostgreSQL 17 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find PostgreSQL 17 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "PostgreSQL 17 ". If it exists on your system the PostgreSQL 17 application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click PostgreSQL 17 in the list , the following data regarding the application is made available to you:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall PostgreSQL 17 .


8. After uninstalling PostgreSQL 17 , Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with 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 removing PostgreSQL 17 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above 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 PC. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove PostgreSQL 17 supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.