ProtonVPN

A way to uninstall ProtonVPN from your computer

This page contains detailed information on how to remove ProtonVPN for Windows. The Windows release was created by ProtonVPN AG. Additional info about ProtonVPN AG can be found here. You can get more details related to ProtonVPN at https://www.protonvpn.com. Usually the ProtonVPN application is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN folder, depending on the user's option during setup. The full command line for uninstalling ProtonVPN is msiexec.exe /i {3B1A7005-EBDE-4E49-99AB-D2423931727F} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for admin rights. ProtonVPN.exe is the ProtonVPN's primary executable file and it takes approximately 2.33 MB (2438408 bytes) on disk.

ProtonVPN is composed of the following executables which occupy 6.14 MB (6434936 bytes) on disk:

• ProtonVPN.exe (2.33 MB)
• ProtonVPNService.exe (45.76 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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The information on this page is only about version 1.5.1 of ProtonVPN. For other ProtonVPN versions please click below:

• 1.0.5
• 1.3.5
• 1.12.0
• 1.0.11
• 1.0.3
• 1.9.0
• 1.7.1
• 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
• 1.2.6
• 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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Some files and registry entries are typically 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\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppHang_ProtonVPN.exe_2fce5f6aee60227fdb191e447176d8ce5cf112d4_13b070fa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppHang_ProtonVPN.exe_4488fef2a2b79a3decc89f7f27c25cf058741c_0399fb2f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppHang_ProtonVPN.exe_4488fef2a2b79a3decc89f7f27c25cf058741c_04f21ddc

Files remaining:

• 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\Bin\32-bit\firewall.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Bin\32-bit\libcrypto-1_1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Bin\32-bit\liblzo2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Bin\32-bit\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Bin\32-bit\libssl-1_1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Bin\32-bit\openssl.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Bin\32-bit\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Bin\32-bit\openvpnserv.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Bin\64-bit\firewall.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Bin\64-bit\libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Bin\64-bit\liblzo2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Bin\64-bit\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Bin\64-bit\libssl-1_1-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Bin\64-bit\openssl.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Bin\64-bit\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Bin\64-bit\openvpnserv.exe
• 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\FlareNet.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.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\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\ProtonVPNService.exe
• 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:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppHang_ProtonVPN.exe_2fce5f6aee60227fdb191e447176d8ce5cf112d4_13b070fa\Report.wer
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppHang_ProtonVPN.exe_4488fef2a2b79a3decc89f7f27c25cf058741c_0399fb2f\Report.wer
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppHang_ProtonVPN.exe_4488fef2a2b79a3decc89f7f27c25cf058741c_04f21ddc\Report.wer
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppHang_ProtonVPN.exe_4488fef2a2b79a3decc89f7f27c25cf058741c_0ee1f90d\Report.wer
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppHang_ProtonVPN.exe_505e6437337752893e59659486461d4ad34b95a_078e34c5\Report.wer
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppHang_ProtonVPN.exe_505e6437337752893e59659486461d4ad34b95a_0fe68861\Report.wer
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppHang_ProtonVPN.exe_505e6437337752893e59659486461d4ad34b95a_13b1901e\Report.wer
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppHang_ProtonVPN.exe_8da0ea2184725a65558c497d56efc5799bdf61e_0bc6ab99\Report.wer
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\config.ovpn
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-03-16.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-03-17.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-03-18.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-03-19.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-03-25.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-03-29.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-03-30.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-04-01.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-04-02.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-04-03.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-04-05.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-04-06.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-04-07.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-04-09.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-04-15.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-04-17.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-04-19.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-04-23.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-04-24.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-07-05.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-07-07.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-07-30.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2019-08-22.txt

Frequently the following registry keys will not be removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ProtonVPN 1.5.1
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ProtonVPN AG
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service

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

• 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 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ProtonVPN is a program marketed by ProtonVPN AG. Frequently, computer users want to remove it. Sometimes this can be hard because performing this by hand requires some know-how related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK solution 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 on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows system.

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• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find ProtonVPN or simply click the Search feature and type in "ProtonVPN". The ProtonVPN app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click ProtonVPN in the list , the following information regarding the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding ProtonVPN, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on 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 {3B1A7005-EBDE-4E49-99AB-D2423931727F} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall ProtonVPN.


8. After removing ProtonVPN, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong ProtonVPN which 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 are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall ProtonVPN by ProtonVPN AG from your PC, we are not saying that ProtonVPN by ProtonVPN AG is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall ProtonVPN supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.