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A way to uninstall ProtonVPN from your system

You can find below detailed information on how to uninstall ProtonVPN for Windows. The Windows release was developed by ProtonVPN AG. More information on ProtonVPN AG can be seen here. You can read more about on ProtonVPN at . The program is frequently placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN folder. Take into account that this location can differ depending on the user's choice. You can remove ProtonVPN by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line msiexec.exe /i {AD1081ED-1FE4-4AA8-814E-E350270B9478} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is named ProtonVPN.exe and occupies 9.13 MB (9569544 bytes).

ProtonVPN installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 12.79 MB (13411597 bytes) on disk.

  • ProtonVPN.exe (9.13 MB)
  • ProtonVPNService.exe (47.26 KB)
  • openssl.exe (881.41 KB)
  • openvpn.exe (842.50 KB)
  • openvpnserv.exe (53.50 KB)
  • openssl.exe (866.34 KB)
  • openvpn.exe (998.00 KB)
  • openvpnserv.exe (63.00 KB)
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This data is about ProtonVPN version 1.2.1 only. You can find below a few links to other ProtonVPN versions:

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If you are manually uninstalling ProtonVPN we suggest you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories that were found:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\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 by ProtonVPN's application uninstaller when you removed it:
  • 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\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.OS.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.Core.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\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-10-10.txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe_Url_5k5woeau2v3gmtlay4mjwsftlqxjnn2p\1.2.1.0\user.config
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\servers\config.ovpn
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\servers\config_template.ovpn
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\servers\servers.json

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\DE1801DA4EF18AA418E43E0572B04987
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ProtonVPN 1.2.1
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ProtonVPN AG
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service

Supplementary registry values that are not cleaned:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\DE1801DA4EF18AA418E43E0572B04987\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 from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ProtonVPN is an application released by ProtonVPN AG. Some people decide to erase this application. Sometimes this is troublesome because doing this manually takes some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE practice to erase 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 Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs 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 automatically. Notice that after you select ProtonVPN in the list of apps, the following information about the program is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about ProtonVPN, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the app you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for ProtonVPN:





  • The web site of the application is: https://www.protonvpn.com
  • The uninstall string is: msiexec.exe /i {AD1081ED-1FE4-4AA8-814E-E350270B9478} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall ProtonVPN.
Uninstall ProtonVPN


8. After uninstalling ProtonVPN, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of ProtonVPN that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling ProtonVPN with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove ProtonVPN by ProtonVPN AG from your computer, we are not saying that ProtonVPN by ProtonVPN AG is not a good application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove 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' computers.

2017-10-12 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-10-11 21:06:32.080