ProtonVPN

A way to uninstall ProtonVPN from your PC

This info is about ProtonVPN for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by Proton Technologies AG. Further information on Proton Technologies AG can be found here. Please follow https://www.protonvpn.com if you want to read more on ProtonVPN on Proton Technologies AG's web page. The application is frequently located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN folder. Take into account that this location can vary being determined by the user's preference. The entire uninstall command line for ProtonVPN is msiexec.exe /i {283F9E05-90FB-4E8F-B0A0-38324927385B} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1. ProtonVPN's main file takes around 7.10 MB (7442240 bytes) and is called ProtonVPN.exe.

ProtonVPN is comprised of the following executables which take 9.22 MB (9666240 bytes) on disk:

• ProtonVPN.ErrorMessage.exe (90.81 KB)
• ProtonVPN.exe (7.10 MB)
• ProtonVPN.TlsVerify.exe (15.81 KB)
• ProtonVPN.UpdateService.exe (60.31 KB)
• ProtonVPNService.exe (96.31 KB)
• openvpn.exe (873.81 KB)
• openvpn.exe (1.01 MB)

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This web page is about ProtonVPN version 1.17.3 alone. You can find below a few links to other ProtonVPN releases:

• 1.22.1
• 1.20.1
• 1.18.3
• 1.27.0
• 1.14.2
• 2.2.0
• 2.4.0
• 1.19.3
• 1.24.0
• 2.1.1
• 1.17.1
• 1.22.0
• 2.0.3
• 1.20.2
• 1.24.3
• 1.17.6
• 1.16.3
• 1.17.5
• 2.3.1
• 1.25.1
• 1.20.0
• 1.20.3
• 1.23.3
• 2.1.0
• 1.18.5
• 1.13.3
• 1.13.0
• 1.19.1
• 1.15.0
• 1.22.2
• 1.25.2
• 1.18.1
• 1.21.0
• 1.25.0
• 1.19.2
• 1.27.1
• 1.13.2
• 2.3.2
• 1.27.2
• 2.3.0
• 1.21.2
• 1.17.0
• 1.20.4
• 1.24.1
• 1.24.2
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.1
• 1.23.1
• 1.17.2
• 2.2.1
• 1.21.1
• 2.0.6
• 2.0.0
• 1.23.0
• 1.26.0
• 1.16.0
• 2.4.1
• 1.23.2
• 1.23.4
• 2.4.2
• 2.0.5
• 1.16.2
• 1.17.4
• 2.4.3
• 1.18.2
• 1.13.4
• 1.19.5
• 1.14.3
• 1.16.1
• 1.19.0

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Directories that were found:

• 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\Albireo.Base32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ARSoft.Tools.Net.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Autofac.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\BouncyCastle.Crypto.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\COPYING.md
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\de\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\DeviceId.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\es-ES\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\es-MX\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\fa\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\FontAwesome.WPF.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\fr\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.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\it\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\LICENSE
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\nl\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.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\pl\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\PluralNet.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Polly.Contrib.WaitAndRetry.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.NetworkFilter.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.TlsVerify.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.Translations.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.Update.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.UpdateService.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.UpdateServiceContract.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\pt-BR\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\pt-PT\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.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\openvpn.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\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\config.ovpn
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ru\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• 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\ProtonVPN.IpFilter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\x64\ProtonVPN.NetworkUtil.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\x64\Win10\ProtonVPN.SplitTunnelDriver.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\x86\GoSrp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\x86\ProtonVPN.IpFilter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\x86\ProtonVPN.NetworkUtil.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Proton Technologies_ProtonVPN_ProtonVPN_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\UserNameHoleServers.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2021-12-19.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2021-12-22.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2022-03-28.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2022-05-06.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2022-06-22.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2022-08-16.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\install-log.zip
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe_Url_5k5woeau2v3gmtlay4mjwsftlqxjnn2p\1.17.3.0\user.config
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Startup.profile

Frequently the following registry keys will not be removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\50E9F382BF09F8E40B0A8323947283B5
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ProtonVPN 1.17.3
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Proton Technologies AG\ProtonVPN
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\ProtonVPN Update Service
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Update Service

Supplementary values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\50E9F382BF09F8E40B0A8323947283B5\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\ProtonVPN Update Service\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Update Service\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPNSplitTunnel\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPNSplitTunnel\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\tapprotonvpn\DisplayName

How to remove ProtonVPN using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ProtonVPN is an application marketed by Proton Technologies AG. Some users try to remove this program. This is easier said than done because removing this manually takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE practice 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to clean your computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate ProtonVPN or simply click the Search feature and type in "ProtonVPN". The ProtonVPN program will be found automatically. After you click ProtonVPN in the list , the following information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding ProtonVPN, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on 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 {283F9E05-90FB-4E8F-B0A0-38324927385B} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall ProtonVPN.


8. After removing ProtonVPN, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed 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 removing ProtonVPN with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove ProtonVPN by Proton Technologies AG from your PC, nor are we saying that ProtonVPN by Proton Technologies AG is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove ProtonVPN supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.