ProtonMail Bridge

A guide to uninstall ProtonMail Bridge from your PC

ProtonMail Bridge is a software application. This page holds details on how to remove it from your computer. It is written by Proton Technologies AG. More information on Proton Technologies AG can be seen here. More info about the application ProtonMail Bridge can be seen at https://protonmail.com/bridge. The program is usually placed in the C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies AG\ProtonMail Bridge directory (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove ProtonMail Bridge by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\ProgramData\Caphyon\Advanced Installer\{2BFEB2FA-4DAC-4A8B-A848-E935AF328EB5}\Bridge-Installer.exe /i {2BFEB2FA-4DAC-4A8B-A848-E935AF328EB5} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1. Note that you might get a notification for admin rights. Desktop-Bridge.exe is the ProtonMail Bridge's main executable file and it takes approximately 33.18 MB (34787792 bytes) on disk.

ProtonMail Bridge installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 33.18 MB (34787792 bytes) on disk.

• Desktop-Bridge.exe (33.18 MB)

This web page is about ProtonMail Bridge version 1.5.7 alone. You can find below a few links to other ProtonMail Bridge releases:

• 1.8.12
• 1.2.6
• 1.6.6
• 1.0.4
• 1.4.1
• 1.0.5
• 1.2.2
• 1.0.6
• 1.1.1
• 1.5.6
• 1.4.4
• 1.2.7
• 1.6.3
• 1.1.5
• 1.8.7
• 2.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.2.5
• 2.1.1
• 1.8.3
• 2.1.0
• 1.2.8
• 1.1.6
• 1.0.0
• 1.2.3
• 0.9.14
• 1.1.3
• 1.3.3
• 1.0.1
• 1.8.2
• 1.5.0
• 1.0.2
• 1.5.2
• 1.4.5
• 1.0.3
• 1.8.10
• 1.1.0
• 1.6.9
• 1.8.9
• 1.5.4
• 0.9.13

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ProtonMail Bridge has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies AG\ProtonMail Bridge
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\protonmail\bridge

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall ProtonMail Bridge:

• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies AG\ProtonMail Bridge\platforminputcontexts\qtvirtualkeyboardplugin.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies AG\ProtonMail Bridge\virtualkeyboard\qtvirtualkeyboard_hangul.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies AG\ProtonMail Bridge\virtualkeyboard\qtvirtualkeyboard_openwnn.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies AG\ProtonMail Bridge\virtualkeyboard\qtvirtualkeyboard_pinyin.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies AG\ProtonMail Bridge\virtualkeyboard\qtvirtualkeyboard_tcime.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies AG\ProtonMail Bridge\virtualkeyboard\qtvirtualkeyboard_thai.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_Proton Technologies AG_ProtonMail Bridge_Desktop-Bridge_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\protonmail\bridge\bridge.lock
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\protonmail\bridge\logs\v2.1.3_51eb2c42cd_1652542300.log

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies AG\ProtonMail Bridge\proton-bridge.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies AG\ProtonMail Bridge\proton-bridge.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\ProgramData\Caphyon\Advanced Installer\{686B4CA7-63B0-4A3B-95C7-9A9297ACB326}\Bridge-Installer.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\ProgramData\Caphyon\Advanced Installer\{686B4CA7-63B0-4A3B-95C7-9A9297ACB326}\Bridge-Installer.exe.FriendlyAppName

A way to remove ProtonMail Bridge from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ProtonMail Bridge is a program offered by the software company Proton Technologies AG. Sometimes, computer users want to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is efortful because removing this by hand takes some know-how regarding PCs. The best EASY action to uninstall ProtonMail Bridge 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate ProtonMail Bridge or simply activate the Search field and type in "ProtonMail Bridge". The ProtonMail Bridge program will be found automatically. When you select ProtonMail Bridge in the list , the following data about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about ProtonMail Bridge, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for ProtonMail Bridge:

• The publisher is: https://protonmail.com/bridge
• The uninstall string is: C:\ProgramData\Caphyon\Advanced Installer\{2BFEB2FA-4DAC-4A8B-A848-E935AF328EB5}\Bridge-Installer.exe /i {2BFEB2FA-4DAC-4A8B-A848-E935AF328EB5} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall ProtonMail Bridge.


8. After removing ProtonMail Bridge, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of ProtonMail Bridge that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling ProtonMail Bridge using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall ProtonMail Bridge by Proton Technologies AG from your computer, nor are we saying that ProtonMail Bridge by Proton Technologies AG is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall ProtonMail Bridge in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.