ProtonVPN

A way to uninstall ProtonVPN from your system

ProtonVPN is a software application. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is produced by ProtonVPN AG. More information on ProtonVPN AG can be seen here. Please open https://www.protonvpn.com if you want to read more on ProtonVPN on ProtonVPN AG's page. ProtonVPN is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN folder, however this location can differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the application. msiexec.exe /i {9DA9BD4B-4112-4AA2-9B00-17DC61F2A039} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1 is the full command line if you want to remove ProtonVPN. ProtonVPN's primary file takes around 9.12 MB (9562376 bytes) and is named ProtonVPN.exe.

The executable files below are installed along with ProtonVPN. They occupy about 12.79 MB (13409549 bytes) on disk.

• ProtonVPN.exe (9.12 MB)
• ProtonVPNService.exe (52.26 KB)
• openssl.exe (881.41 KB)
• openvpn.exe (842.50 KB)
• openvpnserv.exe (53.50 KB)
• openssl.exe (866.34 KB)
• openvpn.exe (998.00 KB)
• openvpnserv.exe (63.00 KB)

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The current page applies to ProtonVPN version 1.2.6 only. You can find below info on other versions of ProtonVPN:

• 1.0.5
• 1.3.5
• 1.12.0
• 1.0.11
• 1.0.3
• 1.9.0
• 1.7.1
• 1.5.1
• 0.9.5
• 1.0.4
• 1.2.3
• 1.0.10
• 0.9.4
• 1.2.2
• 1.8.0
• 1.0.7
• 1.6.2
• 1.3.3
• 1.10.1
• 1.8.1
• 1.7.0
• 1.2.4
• 1.9.2
• 1.10.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.7.3
• 1.6.1
• 1.7.2
• 0.9.6
• 0.9.3
• 1.3.4
• 1.3.0
• 1.9.1
• 1.3.6
• 1.6.3
• 1.1.0
• 1.4.0
• 1.11.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.0.9
• 1.7.4
• 0.9.7
• 1.0.6
• 1.6.4
• 1.5.0
• 1.0.2

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you remove ProtonVPN.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall ProtonVPN:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Autofac.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Autofac.Extras.CommonServiceLocator.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\BouncyCastle.OpenPgp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ByteSize.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\CalcBinding.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Caliburn.Micro.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Caliburn.Micro.Platform.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Caliburn.Micro.Platform.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\CryptSharp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\DynamicExpresso.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\FontAwesome.WPF.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\FontAwesomeWPF.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\GalaSoft.MvvmLight.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Extras.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Platform.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\GridExtra.Wpf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Hardcodet.Wpf.TaskbarNotification.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\JetBrains.Annotations.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Liberation.CrashReporting.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Liberation.OS.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Liberation.Vpn.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Microsoft.Expression.Interactions.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Microsoft.HockeyApp.Core45.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Microsoft.HockeyApp.Kit.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.Desktop.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Nito.AsyncEx.Concurrent.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Nito.AsyncEx.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Nito.AsyncEx.Enlightenment.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\NLog.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\OsInfo.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\OxyPlot.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\OxyPlot.Wpf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\PCLCrypto.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\PInvoke.BCrypt.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\PInvoke.Kernel32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\PInvoke.NCrypt.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\PInvoke.User32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\PInvoke.Windows.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\PInvoke.Windows.ShellScalingApi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPNService.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\libeay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\liblzo2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\openssl.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\openvpnserv.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\ssleay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\WinSparkle.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\WinSparkle.lib
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\libeay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\liblzo2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\openssl.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\openvpnserv.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\ssleay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\WinSparkle.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\WinSparkle.lib
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ServiceProxy.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Net.Http.Extensions.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Net.Http.Primitives.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Security.Cryptography.Algorithms.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Security.Cryptography.Encoding.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Security.Cryptography.Primitives.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Windows.Interactivity.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Validation.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Xceed.Wpf.AvalonDock.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Xceed.Wpf.AvalonDock.Themes.Aero.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Xceed.Wpf.AvalonDock.Themes.Metro.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Xceed.Wpf.AvalonDock.Themes.VS2010.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Xceed.Wpf.DataGrid.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Xceed.Wpf.Toolkit.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\F65GEB6Z\ProtonVPN_win_v1.2.6[1].exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-09-06.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-09-07.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-09-11.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-09-12.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-09-14.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-09-15.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-09-16.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-09-17.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-09-20.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-09-21.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-12-04.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe_Url_5k5woeau2v3gmtlay4mjwsftlqxjnn2p\1.0.10.0\user.config
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe_Url_5k5woeau2v3gmtlay4mjwsftlqxjnn2p\1.0.11.0\user.config
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe_Url_5k5woeau2v3gmtlay4mjwsftlqxjnn2p\1.0.7.0\user.config
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe_Url_5k5woeau2v3gmtlay4mjwsftlqxjnn2p\1.1.0.0\user.config
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\servers\config.ovpn
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\servers\config_template.ovpn
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\servers\ovpn\au-01.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn

Generally the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ProtonVPN
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B4DB9AD921142AA4B90071CD162F0A93
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ProtonVPN AG
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B4DB9AD921142AA4B90071CD162F0A93\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\tapprotonvpn\DisplayName

How to erase ProtonVPN from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ProtonVPN is a program offered by the software company ProtonVPN AG. Frequently, computer users want to remove it. Sometimes this is easier said than done because doing this by hand requires some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE action to remove ProtonVPN is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD 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 number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find ProtonVPN or simply click the Search feature and type in "ProtonVPN". If it is installed on your PC the ProtonVPN app will be found automatically. After you click ProtonVPN in the list of apps, the following information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding ProtonVPN, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for ProtonVPN:

• The software company is: https://www.protonvpn.com
• The uninstall string is: msiexec.exe /i {9DA9BD4B-4112-4AA2-9B00-17DC61F2A039} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove ProtonVPN.


8. After removing ProtonVPN, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of ProtonVPN that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing ProtonVPN using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall ProtonVPN by ProtonVPN AG from your PC, we are not saying that ProtonVPN by ProtonVPN AG is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall ProtonVPN supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.