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A guide to uninstall ProtonVPN from your PC

ProtonVPN is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is developed by ProtonVPN AG. Open here where you can get more info on ProtonVPN AG. Please open if you want to read more on ProtonVPN on ProtonVPN AG's page. The program is usually installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN folder (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 {7852C4CB-2E2C-43A6-A134-733A611B1951} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1. Note that you might get a notification for administrator rights. ProtonVPN.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 4.07 MB (4266728 bytes) on disk.

ProtonVPN installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 8.04 MB (8427896 bytes) on disk.

  • ProtonVPN.ErrorMessage.exe (84.23 KB)
  • ProtonVPN.exe (4.07 MB)
  • ProtonVPNService.exe (97.23 KB)
  • openssl.exe (908.87 KB)
  • openvpn.exe (866.23 KB)
  • DriverInstaller.exe (160.73 KB)
  • openssl.exe (923.14 KB)
  • openvpn.exe (1,023.23 KB)
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This web page is about ProtonVPN version 1.11.0 only. For other ProtonVPN versions please click below:

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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.

Directories left on disk:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN

Usually, the following files are left on disk:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Autofac.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\DnsClient.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.Platform.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\NetIPFilter.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\NLog.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\PInvoke.Kernel32.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.Native.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.Resource.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.Service.Contract.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.Update.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\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\SplitTunnel.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\DriverInstaller.exe
  • 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\SplitTunnel.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\win10\ProtonVPNSplitTunnelCalloutDriver.Sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\config.ovpn
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Sentry.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Sentry.PlatformAbstractions.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Sentry.Protocol.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Buffers.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Collections.Immutable.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\x64\GoSrp.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\x64\IPFilter.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\x64\ProtonVPN.NetworkUtil.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\x86\GoSrp.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\x86\IPFilter.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\x86\ProtonVPN.NetworkUtil.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Proton Technologies_ProtonVPN_ProtonVPN_exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-12-05.0.txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-12-06.0.txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-12-07.0.txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-12-07.1.txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-12-07.2.txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-12-07.3.txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-12-08.0.txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-12-08.1.txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-12-08.2.txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-12-10.0.txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-12-11.0.txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe_Url_5k5woeau2v3gmtlay4mjwsftlqxjnn2p\1.11.0.0\user.config
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\servers.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Startup.profile

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\BC4C2587C2E26A341A4337A316B19115
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ProtonVPN 1.11.0
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ProtonVPN AG
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service

Open regedit.exe to delete the registry values below from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\BC4C2587C2E26A341A4337A316B19115\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\ProtonVPNSplitTunnelCalloutDriver\ImagePath
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\tapprotonvpn\DisplayName


A way to uninstall ProtonVPN from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ProtonVPN is an application marketed by ProtonVPN AG. Sometimes, people decide to erase this application. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because removing this manually takes some know-how related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best SIMPLE manner to erase 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 PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your system.

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  • download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate ProtonVPN or simply activate the Search field and type in "ProtonVPN". The ProtonVPN program will be found very quickly. When you select ProtonVPN in the list , some information about the application is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about ProtonVPN, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the app you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for ProtonVPN:





  • The software company is: https://www.protonvpn.com
  • The uninstall string is: msiexec.exe /i {7852C4CB-2E2C-43A6-A134-733A611B1951} 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 remove ProtonVPN.
Uninstall ProtonVPN


8. After removing ProtonVPN, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with 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 uninstalling ProtonVPN with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.



Disclaimer

This page 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 only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall ProtonVPN supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2019-10-26 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2019-10-26 12:26:59.200