ProtonVPN

How to uninstall ProtonVPN from your system

You can find below detailed information on how to uninstall ProtonVPN for Windows. The Windows version was created by ProtonVPN AG. Open here for more details on ProtonVPN AG. Click on https://www.protonvpn.com to get more info about ProtonVPN on ProtonVPN AG's website. ProtonVPN is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN folder, depending on the user's choice. msiexec.exe /i {63273621-1486-46A9-95E8-332246B40B1C} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1 is the full command line if you want to remove ProtonVPN. The program's main executable file occupies 8.62 MB (9042544 bytes) on disk and is titled ProtonVPN.exe.

The following executable files are incorporated in ProtonVPN. They occupy 12.48 MB (13082896 bytes) on disk.

• ProtonVPN.exe (8.62 MB)
• ProtonVPNService.exe (47.61 KB)
• openssl.exe (886.48 KB)
• openvpn.exe (843.11 KB)
• openvpnserv.exe (59.11 KB)
• openssl.exe (871.91 KB)
• openvpn.exe (996.61 KB)
• openvpnserv.exe (68.11 KB)
• tapinstall.exe (84.11 KB)
• tapinstall.exe (88.61 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 1.0.3 of ProtonVPN. Click on the links below for other ProtonVPN versions:

• 1.0.5
• 1.3.5
• 1.12.0
• 1.0.11
• 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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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

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 remain on your disk when you remove ProtonVPN:

• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2019-05-28.txt
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2019-06-22.txt
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2019-10-10.txt
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2019-11-09.txt
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2019-11-12.txt
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2020-06-01.txt
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2020-06-06.txt
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2020-07-06.txt
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2022-01-14.txt
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2022-01-16.txt
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2022-01-17.txt
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\AppData\ProtonVpn Service\logs\service-2023-05-22.txt
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\AppData\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2019-05-28.txt
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\AppData\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2019-06-22.txt
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\AppData\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2019-11-23.txt
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\AppData\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2019-12-12.txt
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\AppData\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2020-04-07.txt
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\AppData\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2020-11-05.txt
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Autofac.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Autofac.Extras.CommonServiceLocator.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\db.sqlite3
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\DynamicExpresso.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\EntityFramework.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\EntityFramework.SqlServer.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\FontAwesome.WPF.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\FontAwesomeWPF.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\GridExtra.Wpf.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Hardcodet.Wpf.TaskbarNotification.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\JetBrains.Annotations.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Liberation.Api.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Liberation.CrashReporting.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Liberation.Logging.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Liberation.OS.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Liberation.TaskScheduler.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Liberation.Vpn.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.Practices.ServiceLocation.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\Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.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\ProtonVPN.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPNService.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\libeay32.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\liblzo2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\openssl.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\openvpnserv.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\ssleay32.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\WinSparkle.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\32bit\WinSparkle.lib
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\libeay32.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\liblzo2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\openssl.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\openvpnserv.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\ssleay32.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\WinSparkle.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Binaries\64bit\WinSparkle.lib
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Driver\Vista\32bit\OemVista.inf
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Driver\Vista\32bit\tap0901.cat
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Driver\Vista\32bit\tap0901.sys
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Driver\Vista\32bit\tapinstall.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Driver\Vista\64bit\OemVista.inf
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Driver\Vista\64bit\tap0901.cat
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Driver\Vista\64bit\tap0901.sys
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Resources\Driver\Vista\64bit\tapinstall.exe
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\ServiceProxy.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Data.SQLite.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Data.SQLite.EF6.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\System.Data.SQLite.Linq.dll

Usually the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ProtonVPN
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\1263723668419A64598E3322644BB0C1
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\ProtonVPN_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\ProtonVPN_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ProtonVPN 1.0.3
• 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\1263723668419A64598E3322644BB0C1\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

A way to erase ProtonVPN with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ProtonVPN is a program marketed by ProtonVPN AG. Sometimes, computer users choose to remove it. This is difficult because uninstalling this manually takes some knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE solution to remove 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find ProtonVPN or simply click the Search feature and type in "ProtonVPN". If it is installed on your PC the ProtonVPN app will be found automatically. Notice that when you click ProtonVPN in the list of applications, some data regarding the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding ProtonVPN, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for ProtonVPN:

• The web site of the application is: https://www.protonvpn.com
• The uninstall string is: msiexec.exe /i {63273621-1486-46A9-95E8-332246B40B1C} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall 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 found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling ProtonVPN with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

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. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove ProtonVPN in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.