ProtonVPN

How to uninstall ProtonVPN from your system

This page is about ProtonVPN for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It was created for Windows by ProtonVPN AG. Additional info about ProtonVPN AG can be found here. You can read more about about ProtonVPN at https://www.protonvpn.com. The program is often placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN folder (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for removing ProtonVPN is msiexec.exe /i {35CCD93A-68F3-4828-A8B3-BE4ECB787F35} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for admin rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 2.96 MB (3101288 bytes) on disk and is named ProtonVPN.exe.

ProtonVPN is composed of the following executables which occupy 6.93 MB (7269856 bytes) on disk:

• ProtonVPN.exe (2.96 MB)
• ProtonVPNService.exe (46.60 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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This data is about ProtonVPN version 1.7.0 alone. You can find below info on other 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
• 1.2.4
• 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
• 1.3.2
• 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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If planning to uninstall ProtonVPN you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories found on disk:

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

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove ProtonVPN:

• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Autofac.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\BouncyCastle.OpenPgp.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ByteSize.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\CalcBinding.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Caliburn.Micro.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Caliburn.Micro.Platform.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Caliburn.Micro.Platform.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\CryptSharp.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\DynamicExpresso.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\FontAwesome.WPF.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\GalaSoft.MvvmLight.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Extras.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Platform.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Hardcodet.Wpf.TaskbarNotification.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Microsoft.Expression.Interactions.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Microsoft.HockeyApp.Core45.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Microsoft.HockeyApp.Kit.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.Desktop.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Microsoft.Threading.Tasks.Extensions.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Nito.AsyncEx.Concurrent.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Nito.AsyncEx.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Nito.AsyncEx.Enlightenment.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\NLog.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\OsInfo.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\OxyPlot.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\OxyPlot.Wpf.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\PCLCrypto.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\PInvoke.BCrypt.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\PInvoke.Kernel32.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\PInvoke.NCrypt.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\PInvoke.User32.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\PInvoke.Windows.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\PInvoke.Windows.ShellScalingApi.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Polly.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.Updater.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.Vpn.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPNService.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\DriverInstaller.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\firewall.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\libcrypto-1_1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\liblzo2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\libssl-1_1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\openssl.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\openvpnserv.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\SplitTunnel.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\32-bit\win7\ProtonVPNSplitTunnelCalloutDriver.Sys
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\DriverInstaller.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\firewall.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\liblzo2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\libssl-1_1-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\openssl.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\openvpnserv.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\64-bit\SplitTunnel.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\config.ovpn
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Net.Http.Extensions.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Net.Http.Primitives.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Security.Cryptography.Algorithms.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Security.Cryptography.Encoding.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Security.Cryptography.Primitives.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Windows.Interactivity.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\TapInstaller.CA.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\TapInstaller.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Validation.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\WcfContract.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\config.ovpn
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-05-05.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-05-06.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-05-07.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-05-08.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-05-09.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-05-10.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\2018-09-09.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app.2018-09-10.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app.2018-09-11.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app.2018-09-13.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app.2018-09-14.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app.2018-09-15.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app.2018-09-17.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app.2018-09-18.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app.2018-09-19.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app.2018-09-20.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app.2018-09-21.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app.2018-09-22.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app.2018-09-23.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app.2018-09-24.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app.2018-09-25.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app.2018-09-26.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app.2018-09-27.0.txt

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A39DCC533F8682848A3BEBE4BC87F753
• 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\Software\TAP-ProtonVPN
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service

Additional values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A39DCC533F8682848A3BEBE4BC87F753\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\tapprotonvpn\DisplayName

A way to erase ProtonVPN from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ProtonVPN is an application marketed by the software company ProtonVPN AG. Sometimes, people choose to remove this program. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because removing this by hand requires some skill related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK solution 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 already installed on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to clean your PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find ProtonVPN or simply activate the Search feature and type in "ProtonVPN". The ProtonVPN program will be found very quickly. When you click ProtonVPN in the list , the following data about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains 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 application you wish to remove, 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 {35CCD93A-68F3-4828-A8B3-BE4ECB787F35} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove ProtonVPN.


8. After removing ProtonVPN, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong ProtonVPN which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing ProtonVPN using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your computer 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 ProtonVPN AG from your computer, nor are we saying that ProtonVPN by ProtonVPN AG is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove 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.