ProtonVPN

A guide to uninstall ProtonVPN from your computer

ProtonVPN is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by ProtonVPN AG. Check out here where you can find out more on ProtonVPN AG. You can see more info related to ProtonVPN at https://www.protonvpn.com. ProtonVPN is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN directory, but this location can differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the program. You can remove ProtonVPN by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line msiexec.exe /i {525851C1-322B-4E32-83BC-9467F0672DAC} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. ProtonVPN.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 3.71 MB (3886392 bytes) on disk.

The following executable files are incorporated in ProtonVPN. They occupy 7.67 MB (8038392 bytes) on disk.

• ProtonVPN.ErrorMessage.exe (84.80 KB)
• ProtonVPN.exe (3.71 MB)
• ProtonVPNService.exe (84.80 KB)
• openssl.exe (909.45 KB)
• openvpn.exe (866.80 KB)
• DriverInstaller.exe (161.30 KB)
• openssl.exe (923.72 KB)
• openvpn.exe (1,023.80 KB)

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This web page is about ProtonVPN version 1.9.1 only. You can find here a few links to other ProtonVPN releases:

• 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
• 1.7.0
• 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
• 1.3.6
• 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 you are manually uninstalling ProtonVPN we advise you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall ProtonVPN from your computer:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppHang_ProtonVPN.exe_c17a6aa2e2fbdd6eb04722b22476ff7a8cde68bf_122fe57e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG

The files below were left behind on your disk by ProtonVPN when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Autofac.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\CommonServiceLocator.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\CryptSharp.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.Extras.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Platform.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\Hardcodet.Wpf.TaskbarNotification.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.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\win7\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\Validation.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\WPFLocalizeExtension.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\x64\IPFilter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\x86\IPFilter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN\XAMLMarkupExtensions.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\ProtonVPN.exe.3616.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppHang_ProtonVPN.exe_c17a6aa2e2fbdd6eb04722b22476ff7a8cde68bf_122fe57e\Report.wer
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-06-18.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-06-19.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-06-20.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-06-21.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-06-22.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-06-23.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-06-24.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-06-25.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-06-26.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-06-27.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-06-28.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-06-29.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-06-30.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-07-01.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-07-02.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-07-03.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-07-04.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-07-05.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-07-06.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-07-07.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-07-08.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-07-09.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-07-10.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-07-11.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-07-12.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-07-13.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-07-14.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-07-15.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.2019-07-16.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\Logs\app.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe_Url_5k5woeau2v3gmtlay4mjwsftlqxjnn2p\1.8.1.0\user.config
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe_Url_5k5woeau2v3gmtlay4mjwsftlqxjnn2p\1.9.0.0\user.config

Generally the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\1C158525B22323E438CB49760F76D2CA
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ProtonVPN AG
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service

Additional registry values that you should delete:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\1C158525B22323E438CB49760F76D2CA\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

How to uninstall ProtonVPN using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ProtonVPN is an application offered by the software company ProtonVPN AG. Sometimes, people choose to remove this program. This is troublesome because uninstalling this by hand takes some experience related to PCs. 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 one of the best uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your computer.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer 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". If it is installed on your PC the ProtonVPN program will be found very quickly. After you select ProtonVPN in the list of programs, the following information about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about ProtonVPN, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for ProtonVPN:

• The web site of the program is: https://www.protonvpn.com
• The uninstall string is: msiexec.exe /i {525851C1-322B-4E32-83BC-9467F0672DAC} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall ProtonVPN.


8. After uninstalling ProtonVPN, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of 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 entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove ProtonVPN by ProtonVPN AG from your computer, nor are we saying that ProtonVPN by ProtonVPN AG is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove ProtonVPN supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.