ProtonVPN

A guide to uninstall ProtonVPN from your system

ProtonVPN is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by Proton Technologies AG. More info about Proton Technologies AG can be found here. Please open https://www.protonvpn.com if you want to read more on ProtonVPN on Proton Technologies AG's page. The application is often installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall ProtonVPN by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line msiexec.exe /i {5A5B28B4-5015-446C-B3F9-B1E58037B4FD} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for admin rights. ProtonVPN.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 7.22 MB (7572288 bytes) on disk.

ProtonVPN contains of the executables below. They occupy 9.33 MB (9785536 bytes) on disk.

• ProtonVPN.ErrorMessage.exe (84.81 KB)
• ProtonVPN.exe (7.22 MB)
• ProtonVPN.TlsVerify.exe (15.81 KB)
• ProtonVPN.UpdateService.exe (60.31 KB)
• ProtonVPNService.exe (96.31 KB)
• openvpn.exe (871.81 KB)
• openvpn.exe (1.01 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 1.16.2 of ProtonVPN. For more ProtonVPN versions please click below:

• 1.22.1
• 1.20.1
• 1.18.3
• 1.27.0
• 1.14.2
• 2.2.0
• 2.4.0
• 1.19.3
• 1.24.0
• 2.1.1
• 1.17.1
• 1.22.0
• 2.0.3
• 1.20.2
• 1.24.3
• 1.17.6
• 1.16.3
• 1.17.5
• 2.3.1
• 1.25.1
• 1.20.0
• 1.20.3
• 1.23.3
• 2.1.0
• 1.18.5
• 1.13.3
• 1.13.0
• 1.19.1
• 1.15.0
• 1.22.2
• 1.25.2
• 1.18.1
• 1.21.0
• 1.25.0
• 1.19.2
• 1.27.1
• 1.13.2
• 2.3.2
• 1.27.2
• 2.3.0
• 1.21.2
• 1.17.0
• 1.20.4
• 1.24.1
• 1.24.2
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.1
• 1.23.1
• 1.17.2
• 2.2.1
• 1.21.1
• 2.0.6
• 2.0.0
• 1.23.0
• 1.26.0
• 1.16.0
• 2.4.1
• 1.17.3
• 1.23.2
• 1.23.4
• 2.4.2
• 2.0.5
• 1.17.4
• 2.4.3
• 1.18.2
• 1.13.4
• 1.19.5
• 1.14.3
• 1.16.1
• 1.19.0

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you uninstall ProtonVPN.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Albireo.Base32.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ARSoft.Tools.Net.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Autofac.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\BouncyCastle.Crypto.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ByteSize.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\CalcBinding.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Caliburn.Micro.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Caliburn.Micro.Platform.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Caliburn.Micro.Platform.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\COPYING.md
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\de\ProtonVPN.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\DeviceId.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\DnsClient.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\DynamicExpresso.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\es-ES\ProtonVPN.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\es-MX\ProtonVPN.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\fa\ProtonVPN.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\FontAwesome.WPF.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\fr\ProtonVPN.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\GalaSoft.MvvmLight.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Platform.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\it\ProtonVPN.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\LICENSE
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\nl\ProtonVPN.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\NLog.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\OxyPlot.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\OxyPlot.Wpf.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\PInvoke.Kernel32.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\PInvoke.Windows.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\PInvoke.Windows.ShellScalingApi.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\pl\ProtonVPN.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\PluralNet.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Polly.Contrib.WaitAndRetry.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Polly.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.ErrorMessage.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.Native.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.NetworkFilter.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.Resource.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.Service.Contract.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.TlsVerify.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.Update.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.UpdateService.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.UpdateServiceContract.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.Vpn.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPNService.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\pt-BR\ProtonVPN.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\pt-PT\ProtonVPN.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\libcrypto-1_1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\liblzo2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\libssl-1_1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\liblzo2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\libssl-1_1-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\config.ovpn
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ru\ProtonVPN.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Sentry.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Sentry.PlatformAbstractions.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Sentry.Protocol.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Buffers.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Collections.Immutable.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Windows.Interactivity.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\TapInstaller.CA.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\TapInstaller.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\x64\GoSrp.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\x64\ProtonVPN.IpFilter.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\x64\ProtonVPN.NetworkUtil.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\x86\GoSrp.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\x86\ProtonVPN.IpFilter.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\x86\ProtonVPN.NetworkUtil.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\x86\Win7\ProtonVPN.SplitTunnelDriver.sys
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\UserNameHoleServers.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\install-log.zip
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe_Url_0yyqh00p54ilg3ddejdtamvzws3s3keg\1.15.0.0\user.config
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe_Url_0yyqh00p54ilg3ddejdtamvzws3s3keg\1.16.2.0\user.config
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Servers.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Startup.profile

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\4B82B5A55105C6443B9F1B5E08734BDF
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\ProtonVPN_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\ProtonVPN_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Proton Technologies AG\ProtonVPN
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\eventlog\Application\ProtonVPN Update Service
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Update Service

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\4B82B5A55105C6443B9F1B5E08734BDF\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Update Service\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Update Service\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPNSplitTunnel\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPNSplitTunnel\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\tapprotonvpn\DisplayName

A way to remove ProtonVPN with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ProtonVPN is an application by Proton Technologies AG. Frequently, computer users want to erase it. Sometimes this can be difficult because doing this manually takes some experience related to Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK action to erase ProtonVPN is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





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

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs installed on your PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate ProtonVPN or simply click the Search field and type in "ProtonVPN". If it is installed on your PC the ProtonVPN app will be found automatically. Notice that when you click ProtonVPN in the list of apps, the following data about the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about ProtonVPN, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for ProtonVPN:

• The web site of the program is: https://www.protonvpn.com
• The uninstall string is: msiexec.exe /i {5A5B28B4-5015-446C-B3F9-B1E58037B4FD} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall ProtonVPN.


8. After uninstalling ProtonVPN, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of ProtonVPN that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling ProtonVPN using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove ProtonVPN by Proton Technologies AG from your computer, nor are we saying that ProtonVPN by Proton Technologies AG is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove ProtonVPN supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.