ProtonVPN

How to uninstall ProtonVPN from your computer

This web page is about ProtonVPN for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by ProtonVPN AG. Check out here where you can find out more on ProtonVPN AG. Please follow https://www.protonvpn.com if you want to read more on ProtonVPN on ProtonVPN AG's website. ProtonVPN is usually installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN directory, depending on the user's choice. You can uninstall ProtonVPN by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line msiexec.exe /i {457EDFC0-AB48-4081-976B-9BD04795366B} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1. Note that you might get a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file is labeled ProtonVPN.exe and its approximative size is 2.86 MB (3001096 bytes).

The executables below are part of ProtonVPN. They occupy an average of 6.66 MB (6987896 bytes) on disk.

• ProtonVPN.exe (2.86 MB)
• ProtonVPNService.exe (36.26 KB)
• openssl.exe (909.40 KB)
• openvpn.exe (866.76 KB)
• openvpnserv.exe (61.26 KB)
• openssl.exe (923.67 KB)
• openvpn.exe (1,023.76 KB)
• openvpnserv.exe (72.26 KB)

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This data is about ProtonVPN version 1.6.1 alone. Click on the links below for other ProtonVPN versions:

• 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
• 1.7.2
• 0.9.6
• 0.9.3
• 1.3.4
• 1.3.0
• 1.9.1
• 1.3.6
• 1.2.6
• 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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ProtonVPN has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders remaining:

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

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Autofac.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\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\Hardcodet.Wpf.TaskbarNotification.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.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\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\Polly.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\ProtonVPN.Updater.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.Vpn.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPNService.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\firewall.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\libcrypto-1_1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\liblzo2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\libssl-1_1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\openssl.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\openvpnserv.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\firewall.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\liblzo2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\libssl-1_1-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\openssl.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\openvpnserv.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\config.ovpn
• 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\WcfContract.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\config.ovpn
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-09-07.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-09-08.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-09-09.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-09-10.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-09-11.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-09-12.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-09-13.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-09-14.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-09-15.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-09-20.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-09-28.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-09-29.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-10-04.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-10-05.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-10-08.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-10-10.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-10-12.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-10-13.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-10-14.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-10-15.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-10-17.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-10-23.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-10-25.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-10-26.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-10-29.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-10-30.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-11-02.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-11-03.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-11-04.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-11-09.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe_Url_5k5woeau2v3gmtlay4mjwsftlqxjnn2p\1.3.3.0\user.config

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\0CFDE75484BA180479B6B90D745963B6
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ProtonVPN 1.6.1
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ProtonVPN AG
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\I:\IDM DOWNLOAD FILES\Prog\ProtonVPN_win_v1.3.3.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\I:\IDM DOWNLOAD FILES\Prog\ProtonVPN_win_v1.3.6.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\0CFDE75484BA180479B6B90D745963B6\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 uninstall ProtonVPN from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ProtonVPN is an application marketed by the software company ProtonVPN AG. Sometimes, computer users decide to remove it. Sometimes this is easier said than done because removing this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE way to remove ProtonVPN is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to take care of your system.

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

2. Run 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 Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs existing on the computer 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 application will be found automatically. After you click ProtonVPN in the list , the following information about the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about ProtonVPN, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for ProtonVPN:

• The web site of the application is: https://www.protonvpn.com
• The uninstall string is: msiexec.exe /i {457EDFC0-AB48-4081-976B-9BD04795366B} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall ProtonVPN.


8. After removing ProtonVPN, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong ProtonVPN that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing ProtonVPN using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall ProtonVPN by ProtonVPN AG from your computer, nor are we saying that ProtonVPN by ProtonVPN AG is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall ProtonVPN in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.