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A way to uninstall ProtonVPN from your PC

ProtonVPN is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by ProtonVPN AG. Go over here where you can find out more on ProtonVPN AG. More information about the software ProtonVPN can be seen at . ProtonVPN is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN folder, but this location may vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the application. The entire uninstall command line for ProtonVPN is msiexec.exe /i {BFC2547E-BB09-47A8-BD14-C979583C65CD} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1. The program's main executable file is named ProtonVPN.exe and its approximative size is 3.33 MB (3492968 bytes).

ProtonVPN installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 7.43 MB (7786568 bytes) on disk.

  • ProtonVPN.ErrorMessage.exe (85.60 KB)
  • ProtonVPN.exe (3.33 MB)
  • ProtonVPNService.exe (83.10 KB)
  • openssl.exe (910.24 KB)
  • openvpn.exe (867.60 KB)
  • openvpnserv.exe (62.10 KB)
  • DriverInstaller.exe (162.10 KB)
  • openssl.exe (924.52 KB)
  • openvpn.exe (1.00 MB)
  • openvpnserv.exe (73.10 KB)
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The information on this page is only about version 1.7.3 of ProtonVPN. For more ProtonVPN versions please click below:

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Many files, folders and registry data can not be deleted when you want to remove ProtonVPN from your computer.

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

The files below were left behind on your disk by ProtonVPN's application uninstaller when you removed it:
  • 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.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.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.Common.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.Core.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.ErrorMessage.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.Resource.dll
  • 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\32-bit\SplitTunnel.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\DriverInstaller.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\64-bit\SplitTunnel.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\win7\ProtonVPNSplitTunnelCalloutDriver.Sys
  • 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\TapInstaller.CA.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\TapInstaller.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Validation.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\WcfContract.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\Autofac.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\BouncyCastle.OpenPgp.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\ByteSize.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\CalcBinding.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\Caliburn.Micro.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\Caliburn.Micro.Platform.Core.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\Caliburn.Micro.Platform.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\CryptSharp.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\DynamicExpresso.Core.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\FontAwesome.WPF.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\GalaSoft.MvvmLight.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Extras.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Platform.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\Hardcodet.Wpf.TaskbarNotification.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\Microsoft.Expression.Interactions.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\Microsoft.HockeyApp.Core45.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\Microsoft.HockeyApp.Kit.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.Desktop.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.7.3\install\83C65CD\Newtonsoft.Json.dll

Registry keys:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\E7452CFB90BB8A74DB419C9785C356DC
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ProtonVPN 1.7.3
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ProtonVPN AG
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\E7452CFB90BB8A74DB419C9785C356DC\ProductName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service\DisplayName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service\ImagePath


How to erase ProtonVPN from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ProtonVPN is an application offered by the software company ProtonVPN AG. Frequently, people decide to remove this application. This is troublesome because deleting this manually requires some experience related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best SIMPLE action to remove ProtonVPN is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows computer.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs existing on the 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 exists on your system the ProtonVPN program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click ProtonVPN in the list , some information regarding the application is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding ProtonVPN, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the program you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for ProtonVPN:





  • The publisher is: https://www.protonvpn.com
  • The uninstall string is: msiexec.exe /i {BFC2547E-BB09-47A8-BD14-C979583C65CD} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove ProtonVPN.
Uninstall ProtonVPN


8. After uninstalling ProtonVPN, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead 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 uninstalling ProtonVPN with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove ProtonVPN by ProtonVPN AG from your PC, nor are we saying that ProtonVPN by ProtonVPN AG is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove ProtonVPN supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2018-12-21 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-12-21 08:45:27.960