ProtonVPN

A guide to uninstall ProtonVPN from your computer

ProtonVPN is a software application. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by ProtonVPN AG. Take a look here for more information on ProtonVPN AG. More information about the app ProtonVPN can be seen at https://www.protonvpn.com. The program is often found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN directory (same installation drive as Windows). msiexec.exe /i {F4FCA111-620B-402A-8F74-F8E127741AE6} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1 is the full command line if you want to uninstall ProtonVPN. ProtonVPN.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 9.19 MB (9634568 bytes) on disk.

ProtonVPN contains of the executables below. They take 12.89 MB (13512520 bytes) on disk.

• ProtonVPN.exe (9.19 MB)
• ProtonVPNService.exe (48.76 KB)
• openssl.exe (888.17 KB)
• openvpn.exe (846.26 KB)
• openvpnserv.exe (60.26 KB)
• openssl.exe (873.10 KB)
• openvpn.exe (1,000.76 KB)
• openvpnserv.exe (69.76 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 1.0.11 of ProtonVPN. You can find below info on other releases of ProtonVPN:

• 1.0.5
• 1.3.5
• 1.12.0
• 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
• 1.3.2
• 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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ProtonVPN has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders remaining:

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

Files remaining:

• 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\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\EntityFramework.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\EntityFramework.SqlServer.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.Logging.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Liberation.OS.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Liberation.TaskScheduler.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.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPNService.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\libeay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\liblzo2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\openssl.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\openvpnserv.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\ssleay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\WinSparkle.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\WinSparkle.lib
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\libeay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\liblzo2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\openssl.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\openvpnserv.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\ssleay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\WinSparkle.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\WinSparkle.lib
• 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\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\ProtonVPN.exe.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\ORBPPTMF\ProtonVPN_win_v1.0.11[1].exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-08-29.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-08-30.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-08-31.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-09-01.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-09-02.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-09-03.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-09-04.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-09-05.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-09-10.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe_Url_5k5woeau2v3gmtlay4mjwsftlqxjnn2p\1.0.11.0\user.config
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe_Url_5k5woeau2v3gmtlay4mjwsftlqxjnn2p\1.0.7.0\user.config
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\servers\ovpn\au-01.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\servers\ovpn\au-01.protonvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\servers\ovpn\au-02.protonvpn.com.tcp443.ovpn

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ProtonVPN
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\111ACF4FB026A204F8478F1E7247A16E
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ProtonVPN AG
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\111ACF4FB026A204F8478F1E7247A16E\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\tapprotonvpn\DisplayName

A way to erase ProtonVPN with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ProtonVPN is a program by the software company ProtonVPN AG. Frequently, computer users want to erase it. This is easier said than done because doing this manually requires some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK practice to erase ProtonVPN is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


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

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

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding ProtonVPN, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you want 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 {F4FCA111-620B-402A-8F74-F8E127741AE6} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove ProtonVPN.


8. After uninstalling ProtonVPN, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press 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 uninstalling ProtonVPN using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall ProtonVPN by ProtonVPN AG from your PC, nor are we saying that ProtonVPN by ProtonVPN AG is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall ProtonVPN in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.