PostgreSQL

How to uninstall PostgreSQL from your computer

PostgreSQL is a Windows application. Read below about how to uninstall it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by BigSQL. More information on BigSQL can be seen here. PostgreSQL is typically installed in the C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL folder, subject to the user's decision. The full command line for removing PostgreSQL is C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\uninstall\uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is named postmaster.exe and it has a size of 6.65 MB (6975340 bytes).

The following executable files are incorporated in PostgreSQL. They occupy 38.75 MB (40633746 bytes) on disk.

• pgservice.exe (101.50 KB)
• pgservicew.exe (102.00 KB)
• cli.exe (64.00 KB)
• cli-64.exe (73.00 KB)
• cli-arm-32.exe (67.50 KB)
• gui-32.exe (64.00 KB)
• gui-64.exe (73.50 KB)
• gui-arm-32.exe (67.50 KB)
• appletviewer.exe (15.53 KB)
• extcheck.exe (16.03 KB)
• idlj.exe (16.03 KB)
• jabswitch.exe (33.53 KB)
• jar.exe (15.53 KB)
• jarsigner.exe (16.03 KB)
• java-rmi.exe (15.53 KB)
• java.exe (202.03 KB)
• javac.exe (15.53 KB)
• javah.exe (15.53 KB)
• javaw.exe (202.03 KB)
• jcmd.exe (15.53 KB)
• jdeps.exe (15.53 KB)
• jjs.exe (15.53 KB)
• jps.exe (15.53 KB)
• jrunscript.exe (16.03 KB)
• keytool.exe (16.03 KB)
• kinit.exe (16.03 KB)
• klist.exe (16.03 KB)
• ktab.exe (16.03 KB)
• native2ascii.exe (16.03 KB)
• orbd.exe (16.03 KB)
• pack200.exe (16.03 KB)
• policytool.exe (16.03 KB)
• rmic.exe (15.53 KB)
• rmid.exe (15.53 KB)
• rmiregistry.exe (16.03 KB)
• schemagen.exe (16.03 KB)
• servertool.exe (16.03 KB)
• tnameserv.exe (16.03 KB)
• unpack200.exe (192.53 KB)
• wsgen.exe (15.53 KB)
• wsimport.exe (16.03 KB)
• xjc.exe (16.03 KB)
• jabswitch.exe (33.53 KB)
• java-rmi.exe (15.53 KB)
• java.exe (202.03 KB)
• javaw.exe (202.03 KB)
• jjs.exe (15.53 KB)
• keytool.exe (16.03 KB)
• kinit.exe (16.03 KB)
• klist.exe (16.03 KB)
• ktab.exe (16.03 KB)
• orbd.exe (16.03 KB)
• pack200.exe (16.03 KB)
• policytool.exe (16.03 KB)
• rmid.exe (15.53 KB)
• rmiregistry.exe (16.03 KB)
• servertool.exe (16.03 KB)
• tnameserv.exe (16.03 KB)
• unpack200.exe (192.53 KB)
• clusterdb.exe (253.60 KB)
• createdb.exe (254.23 KB)
• createlang.exe (264.61 KB)
• createuser.exe (255.88 KB)
• dropdb.exe (249.16 KB)
• droplang.exe (264.45 KB)
• dropuser.exe (249.16 KB)
• ecpg.exe (1,014.45 KB)
• initdb.exe (322.08 KB)
• oid2name.exe (197.75 KB)
• pgbench.exe (388.58 KB)
• pg_archivecleanup.exe (208.94 KB)
• pg_basebackup.exe (395.37 KB)
• pg_config.exe (203.00 KB)
• pg_controldata.exe (230.46 KB)
• pg_ctl.exe (251.19 KB)
• pg_dump.exe (586.46 KB)
• pg_dumpall.exe (276.09 KB)
• pg_isready.exe (225.95 KB)
• pg_receivexlog.exe (263.42 KB)
• pg_recvlogical.exe (257.71 KB)
• pg_resetxlog.exe (255.74 KB)
• pg_restore.exe (374.20 KB)
• pg_rewind.exe (294.11 KB)
• pg_standby.exe (214.95 KB)
• pg_test_fsync.exe (212.88 KB)
• pg_test_timing.exe (185.73 KB)
• pg_upgrade.exe (307.15 KB)
• pg_xlogdump.exe (258.68 KB)
• postmaster.exe (6.65 MB)
• psql.exe (631.43 KB)
• reindexdb.exe (256.10 KB)
• vacuumdb.exe (262.11 KB)
• vacuumlo.exe (195.25 KB)
• pg_regress.exe (264.46 KB)
• pgAdmin3.exe (10.29 MB)
• pgstudio2.exe (107.13 KB)
• pgstudio2w.exe (107.63 KB)
• python.exe (27.50 KB)
• pythonw.exe (27.50 KB)
• sqlite3.exe (661.00 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 (218.50 KB)
• wininst-9.0.exe (191.50 KB)
• t32.exe (87.00 KB)
• t64.exe (95.50 KB)
• w32.exe (83.50 KB)
• w64.exe (92.00 KB)
• Pythonwin.exe (22.50 KB)

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This web page is about PostgreSQL version 9.5 only. You can find here a few links to other PostgreSQL releases:

• 10.51
• 9.6
• 9.4

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

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

• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\IDM\DwnlData\UserName\PostgreSQL-9.5.4-2a-win64-bigs_19
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\IDM\DwnlData\UserName\PostgreSQL-9.5.4-2a-win64-bigs_20
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\postgresql

The files below are left behind on your disk by PostgreSQL's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\bam.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\bin\bam.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\bin\bamw.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\bin\config.json
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\bin\create_service.bat
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\bin\node.pid
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\bin\open-bam2.bat
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\bin\remove_service.bat
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\bin\start_crossbar.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\bin\start_crossbar.sh
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\Components.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\HostSettings.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\install-bam2.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\aniso8601\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\aniso8601\compat.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\aniso8601\date.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\aniso8601\duration.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\aniso8601\interval.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\aniso8601\resolution.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\aniso8601\tests\test_date.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\aniso8601\tests\test_duration.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\aniso8601\tests\test_init.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\aniso8601\tests\test_interval.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\aniso8601\tests\test_time.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\aniso8601\tests\test_timezone.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\aniso8601\time.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\aniso8601\timezone.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\asyncio\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\asyncio\wamp.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\asyncio\websocket.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\twisted\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\twisted\choosereactor.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\twisted\component.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\twisted\forwarder.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\twisted\rawsocket.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\twisted\resource.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\twisted\util.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\twisted\wamp.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\twisted\websocket.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\util.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\auth.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\component.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\exception.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\interfaces.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\message.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\protocol.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\request.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\role.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\serializer.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\test\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\test\test_auth.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\test\test_component.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\test\test_exception.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\test\test_message.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\test\test_protocol.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\test\test_protocol_peer.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\test\test_runner.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\test\test_serializer.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\test\test_uri_pattern.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\test\test_user_handler_errors.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\test\test_websocket.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\types.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\uri.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\wamp\websocket.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\websocket\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\websocket\compress.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\websocket\compress_base.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\websocket\compress_bzip2.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\websocket\compress_deflate.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\websocket\compress_snappy.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\websocket\interfaces.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\websocket\protocol.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\websocket\test\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\websocket\test\test_protocol.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\websocket\test\test_websocket.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\websocket\test\test_websocket_url.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\websocket\types.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\websocket\utf8validator.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\autobahn\websocket\xormasker.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\cffi\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\cffi\_cffi_include.h
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\cffi\api.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\cffi\backend_ctypes.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\cffi\cffi_opcode.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\cffi\commontypes.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\cffi\cparser.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\cffi\ffiplatform.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\cffi\gc_weakref.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\cffi\lock.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\cffi\model.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\cffi\parse_c_type.h
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\cffi\recompiler.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\cffi\setuptools_ext.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\cffi\vengine_cpy.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\cffi\vengine_gen.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\cffi\verifier.py
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\bam2\lib\characteristic.py

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\BigSQL\PostgreSQL
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PostgreSQL 9.5
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Apache Software Foundation\Procrun 2.0\PostgreSQL 9.5 Server
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PostgreSQL 9.5 Server

Additional registry values that you should remove:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bigsql.bam2\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PostgreSQL 9.5 Server\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PostgreSQL 9.5 Server\ImagePath

A way to erase PostgreSQL with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PostgreSQL is a program offered by the software company BigSQL. Sometimes, people decide to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is troublesome because removing this manually takes some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE approach to uninstall PostgreSQL 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 Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate PostgreSQL or simply click the Search field and type in "PostgreSQL". If it exists on your system the PostgreSQL program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select PostgreSQL in the list of apps, some data regarding the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding PostgreSQL, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove PostgreSQL.


8. After removing PostgreSQL, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong PostgreSQL that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing PostgreSQL using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall PostgreSQL by BigSQL from your computer, nor are we saying that PostgreSQL by BigSQL is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall PostgreSQL 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.