PostgreSQL 9.3

How to uninstall PostgreSQL 9.3 from your computer

This page contains complete information on how to uninstall PostgreSQL 9.3 for Windows. The Windows version was created by PostgreSQL Global Development Group. Open here where you can get more info on PostgreSQL Global Development Group. Click on http://www.postgresql.org/ to get more info about PostgreSQL 9.3 on PostgreSQL Global Development Group's website. The application is often placed in the C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3 folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall PostgreSQL 9.3 by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\uninstall-postgresql.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is titled uninstall-postgresql.exe and occupies 6.23 MB (6534560 bytes).

PostgreSQL 9.3 contains of the executables below. They occupy 28.23 MB (29597704 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall-postgresql.exe (6.23 MB)
• clusterdb.exe (55.50 KB)
• createdb.exe (55.50 KB)
• createlang.exe (59.00 KB)
• createuser.exe (57.50 KB)
• dropdb.exe (54.50 KB)
• droplang.exe (59.00 KB)
• dropuser.exe (54.00 KB)
• ecpg.exe (697.00 KB)
• initdb.exe (127.50 KB)
• isolationtester.exe (32.50 KB)
• oid2name.exe (25.00 KB)
• pgAdmin3.exe (8.16 MB)
• pgbench.exe (52.50 KB)
• pg_archivecleanup.exe (26.00 KB)
• pg_basebackup.exe (87.00 KB)
• pg_config.exe (59.00 KB)
• pg_controldata.exe (59.50 KB)
• pg_ctl.exe (79.00 KB)
• pg_dump.exe (316.00 KB)
• pg_dumpall.exe (100.50 KB)
• pg_isolation_regress.exe (56.00 KB)
• pg_isready.exe (38.00 KB)
• pg_receivexlog.exe (72.00 KB)
• pg_regress.exe (56.00 KB)
• pg_regress_ecpg.exe (56.50 KB)
• pg_resetxlog.exe (66.00 KB)
• pg_restore.exe (151.00 KB)
• pg_standby.exe (30.00 KB)
• pg_test_fsync.exe (39.50 KB)
• pg_test_timing.exe (20.50 KB)
• pg_upgrade.exe (99.50 KB)
• pg_xlogdump.exe (45.00 KB)
• postgres.exe (4.23 MB)
• psql.exe (342.50 KB)
• reindexdb.exe (57.00 KB)
• stackbuilder.exe (1.56 MB)
• vacuumdb.exe (56.50 KB)
• vacuumlo.exe (24.50 KB)
• zic.exe (60.00 KB)
• vcredist_x86.exe (4.76 MB)
• createuser.exe (12.50 KB)
• getlocales.exe (8.00 KB)
• validateuser.exe (11.50 KB)

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The current page applies to PostgreSQL 9.3 version 9.3 alone. PostgreSQL 9.3 has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall PostgreSQL 9.3 from your PC:

• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_0c0e39f562
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_7717f1e2c2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_c4fca70cfa

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove PostgreSQL 9.3 :

• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\3rd_party_licenses.txt
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\clusterdb.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\createdb.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\createlang.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\createuser.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\dropdb.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\droplang.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\dropuser.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\ecpg.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\iconv.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\initdb.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\isolationtester.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\libcurl.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\libeay32.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\libintl-8.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\libpq.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\libxml2.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\libxslt.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\oid2name.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_archivecleanup.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_basebackup.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_config.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_controldata.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_ctl.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_dump.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_dumpall.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_isolation_regress.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_isready.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_receivexlog.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_regress.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_regress_ecpg.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_resetxlog.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_restore.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_standby.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_test_fsync.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_test_timing.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_upgrade.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pg_xlogdump.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pgAdmin3.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pgbench.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\postgres.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\psql.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\reindexdb.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\ssleay32.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\stackbuilder.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\vacuumdb.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\vacuumlo.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\wxbase28u_net_vc_custom.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\wxbase28u_vc_custom.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\wxbase28u_xml_vc_custom.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\wxmsw28u_adv_vc_custom.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\wxmsw28u_aui_vc_custom.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\wxmsw28u_core_vc_custom.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\wxmsw28u_html_vc_custom.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\wxmsw28u_stc_vc_custom.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\wxmsw28u_xrc_vc_custom.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\zic.exe
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\zlib1.dll
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11762
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11764
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11766
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11767
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11768
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11770
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11771
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11776
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11778
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11780
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11781
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11783
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11785
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11786
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11788
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11789
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11790
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11792
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11793
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11794
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11796
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11798
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11799
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11800
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11801
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11803
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11804
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11805
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11807
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11809
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11810
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11811
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11812
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11814
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11816
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11817
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11818
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11819
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11820
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11821
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11823
• C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\data\base\1\11824

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PostgreSQL
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\postgresql-15.4-1-windows-x64.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PostgreSQL 9.3
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\PostGIS\3\PostgreSQL 15
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\PostgreSQL
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\PostgreSQL
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\postgresql-x64-15
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\postgresql-x64-9.3

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\TOOLS\postgresql-9.3.25-1-windows-x64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\TOOLS\postgresql-9.3.25-1-windows-x64.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_3f05f090ba\vcredist_x64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_3f05f090ba\vcredist_x64.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_939906404d\vcredist_x64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_939906404d\vcredist_x64.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3994048729-2379405942-179115527-1000\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin\pgAdmin3.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3994048729-2379405942-179115527-1000\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\TOOLS\postgresql-9.3.25-1-windows-x64.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\postgresql-x64-15\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\postgresql-x64-15\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\postgresql-x64-9.3\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\postgresql-x64-9.3\ImagePath

A way to uninstall PostgreSQL 9.3 from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PostgreSQL 9.3 is an application offered by the software company PostgreSQL Global Development Group. Sometimes, computer users try to remove this application. This can be easier said than done because removing this by hand takes some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK way to remove PostgreSQL 9.3 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs existing on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate PostgreSQL 9.3 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "PostgreSQL 9.3 ". If it is installed on your PC the PostgreSQL 9.3 app will be found very quickly. After you select PostgreSQL 9.3 in the list of applications, the following data about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about PostgreSQL 9.3 , from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for PostgreSQL 9.3 :

• The web site of the application is: http://www.postgresql.org/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\uninstall-postgresql.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall PostgreSQL 9.3 .


8. After uninstalling PostgreSQL 9.3 , Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong PostgreSQL 9.3 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing PostgreSQL 9.3 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove PostgreSQL 9.3 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group from your computer, we are not saying that PostgreSQL 9.3 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove PostgreSQL 9.3 in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.