ProtonVPN

How to uninstall ProtonVPN from your computer

This web page contains complete information on how to remove ProtonVPN for Windows. The Windows version was developed by ProtonVPN AG. Go over here for more info on ProtonVPN AG. More info about the application ProtonVPN can be seen at https://www.protonvpn.com. ProtonVPN is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta directory, depending on the user's decision. The full command line for uninstalling ProtonVPN is msiexec.exe /i {74971259-790B-4373-8320-D79986BB5C87} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for administrator rights. ProtonVPN.exe is the ProtonVPN's main executable file and it occupies approximately 1.14 MB (1193224 bytes) on disk.

ProtonVPN is comprised of the following executables which occupy 4.98 MB (5224208 bytes) on disk:

• ProtonVPN.exe (1.14 MB)
• ProtonVPNService.exe (45.26 KB)
• openssl.exe (885.63 KB)
• openvpn.exe (842.26 KB)
• openvpnserv.exe (58.26 KB)
• openssl.exe (871.07 KB)
• openvpn.exe (995.76 KB)
• openvpnserv.exe (67.26 KB)
• tapinstall.exe (83.26 KB)
• tapinstall.exe (87.76 KB)

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This data is about ProtonVPN version 0.9.6 only. You can find here a few links to other ProtonVPN releases:

• 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
• 0.9.3
• 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 regularly left behind when you remove ProtonVPN.

Folders remaining:

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

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2017-04-03.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2017-04-04.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2017-04-05.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2017-04-06.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2017-04-07.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2017-04-08.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2017-04-09.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2017-04-10.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2017-04-11.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2017-04-12.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2017-04-13.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2017-04-18.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2017-04-19.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2017-04-21.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2017-04-22.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2017-04-24.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2017-04-25.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2017-04-27.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\logs\app-2017-04-03.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\logs\app-2017-04-04.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\logs\app-2017-04-05.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\logs\app-2017-04-06.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\logs\app-2017-04-07.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\logs\app-2017-04-08.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\logs\app-2017-04-09.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\logs\app-2017-04-10.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\logs\app-2017-04-11.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\logs\app-2017-04-12.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\logs\app-2017-04-13.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\logs\app-2017-04-14.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\logs\app-2017-04-24.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\logs\app-2017-04-25.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\logs\app-2017-04-27.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\au-01.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\au-01.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\au-02.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\au-02.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\au-03.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\au-03.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\au-04.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\au-04.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\ca-01.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\ca-01.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\ca-02.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\ca-02.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\ca-03.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\ca-03.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\ca-04.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\ca-04.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\ch-01.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\ch-01.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\ch-02.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\ch-02.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\ch-03.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\ch-03.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\ch-04.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\ch-04.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\de-01.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\de-01.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\de-02.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\de-02.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\de-03.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\de-03.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\de-04.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\de-04.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\es-01.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\es-01.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\es-02.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\es-02.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\es-03.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\es-03.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\es-04.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\es-04.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\fr-01.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\fr-01.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\fr-02.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\fr-02.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\fr-03.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\fr-03.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\fr-04.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\fr-04.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\hk-01.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\hk-01.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\hk-02.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\hk-02.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\hk-03.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\hk-03.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\hk-04.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\hk-04.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\is-01.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\is-01.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\is-02.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\is-02.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\is-03.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\is-03.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\is-04.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\is-04.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\is-ca-01.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\is-ca-01.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN beta\AppData\ProtonVpn\ovpn\is-de-01.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ProtonVpn
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\95217947B097373438027D9968BBC578
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\ProtonVpn_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\ProtonVpn_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ProtonVPN AG
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service

Additional values that you should remove:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\95217947B097373438027D9968BBC578\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service\ImagePath

A way to erase ProtonVPN with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ProtonVPN is a program marketed by ProtonVPN AG. Frequently, computer users decide to erase it. This can be difficult because doing this manually requires some skill regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of 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 already installed on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your computer.

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• visit 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 your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find ProtonVPN or simply activate the Search feature and type in "ProtonVPN". If it exists on your system the ProtonVPN program will be found very quickly. After you click ProtonVPN in the list of applications, some data about the application is available to you:

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

For instance you can see that for ProtonVPN:

• The web site of the program is: https://www.protonvpn.com
• The uninstall string is: msiexec.exe /i {74971259-790B-4373-8320-D79986BB5C87} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove ProtonVPN.


8. After uninstalling ProtonVPN, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong ProtonVPN which 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 entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall 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 uninstall ProtonVPN in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.