ProtonVPN

How to uninstall ProtonVPN from your computer

You can find on this page details on how to uninstall ProtonVPN for Windows. The Windows version was created by ProtonVPN AG. Additional info about ProtonVPN AG can be read here. More information about ProtonVPN can be seen at https://www.protonvpn.com. The application is often placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN directory (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove ProtonVPN by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line msiexec.exe /i {0BE49F62-7DAA-46F3-8DC7-FA3F8A3AC4FB} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for admin rights. ProtonVPN.exe is the ProtonVPN's main executable file and it takes close to 9.21 MB (9656072 bytes) on disk.

ProtonVPN contains of the executables below. They take 12.92 MB (13548440 bytes) on disk.

• ProtonVPN.exe (9.21 MB)
• ProtonVPNService.exe (52.76 KB)
• openssl.exe (888.26 KB)
• openvpn.exe (850.26 KB)
• openvpnserv.exe (60.26 KB)
• openssl.exe (874.59 KB)
• openvpn.exe (1,005.26 KB)
• openvpnserv.exe (69.76 KB)

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This data is about ProtonVPN version 1.3.2 alone. You can find below info on other application 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
• 1.2.6
• 1.6.3
• 1.1.0
• 1.4.0
• 1.11.0
• 1.2.1
• 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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If you are manually uninstalling ProtonVPN we advise you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders that were found:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN

The files below remain on your disk when you remove ProtonVPN:

• 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\libeay32.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\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\32-bit\ssleay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Bin\64-bit\libeay32.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\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\Bin\64-bit\ssleay32.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\FlareNet.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.ServiceModel.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\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\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Proton Technologies_ProtonVPN_ProtonVPN_exe

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{0BE49F62-7DAA-46F3-8DC7-FA3F8A3AC4FB}

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2600010896-2094962155-363663373-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2600010896-2094962155-363663373-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Programs\Internet Tools\FF\ProtonVPN_win_v1.3.2.exe

How to erase ProtonVPN from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ProtonVPN is a program released by the software company ProtonVPN AG. Some users decide to uninstall it. Sometimes this can be hard because doing this by hand takes some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK practice to uninstall 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 good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to clean your PC.

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• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate ProtonVPN or simply click the Search field and type in "ProtonVPN". If it exists on your system the ProtonVPN application will be found very quickly. After you select ProtonVPN in the list , the following data about the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about ProtonVPN, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for ProtonVPN:

• The publisher is: https://www.protonvpn.com
• The uninstall string is: msiexec.exe /i {0BE49F62-7DAA-46F3-8DC7-FA3F8A3AC4FB} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall ProtonVPN.


8. After uninstalling ProtonVPN, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start 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 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall ProtonVPN by ProtonVPN AG from your computer, we are not saying that ProtonVPN by ProtonVPN AG is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall ProtonVPN in case 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' computers.