ProtonVPN

A way to uninstall ProtonVPN from your computer

This info is about ProtonVPN for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was created by ProtonVPN AG. Go over here where you can find out more on ProtonVPN AG. You can get more details related to ProtonVPN at https://www.protonvpn.com. ProtonVPN is usually set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPN directory, subject to the user's option. You can uninstall ProtonVPN by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line msiexec.exe /i {A6D4138B-77CC-45F4-B110-EBDBF4118BD9} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for admin rights. ProtonVPN.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 9.11 MB (9551112 bytes) on disk.

ProtonVPN is composed of the following executables which occupy 12.77 MB (13392653 bytes) on disk:

• ProtonVPN.exe (9.11 MB)
• ProtonVPNService.exe (46.76 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 info is about ProtonVPN version 1.1.0 alone. 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
• 1.9.1
• 1.3.6
• 1.2.6
• 1.6.3
• 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.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall ProtonVPN:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\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 (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.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.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\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\ProtonVPN.exe.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\AC\#!001\MicrosoftEdge\User\Default\DOMStore\4CDD5CDI\protonvpn[1].xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Proton Technologies_ProtonVPN_ProtonVPN_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2017-09-21.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2019-05-10.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2019-06-11.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2019-06-14.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\logs\app-2019-06-17.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ProtonVPN\ProtonVPN.exe_Url_5k5woeau2v3gmtlay4mjwsftlqxjnn2p\1.1.0.0\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
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\ProtonVPN AG\ProtonVPN 1.1.0\install\ProtonVPN_win_v1.1.0.msi

Generally the following registry data will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\protonvpn.com
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppContainer\Storage\microsoft.microsoftedge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Children\001\Internet Explorer\EdpDomStorage\protonvpn.com
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ProtonVPN
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B8314D6ACC774F541B01BEBD4F11B89D
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ProtonVPN 1.1.0
• 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\B8314D6ACC774F541B01BEBD4F11B89D\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1755908918-2017644176-905659572-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Users\e-fil\Downloads\ProtonVPN_win_v1.8.1.exe
• 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

How to uninstall ProtonVPN from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

ProtonVPN is an application offered by the software company ProtonVPN AG. Some users decide to erase this program. This can be difficult because uninstalling this manually takes some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE way to erase ProtonVPN is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Navigate 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 application will be found very quickly. After you select ProtonVPN in the list of apps, the following information about the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about ProtonVPN, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for ProtonVPN:

• The publisher is: https://www.protonvpn.com
• The uninstall string is: msiexec.exe /i {A6D4138B-77CC-45F4-B110-EBDBF4118BD9} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove ProtonVPN.


8. After removing ProtonVPN, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong ProtonVPN that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling ProtonVPN using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall ProtonVPN by ProtonVPN AG from your computer, we are not saying that ProtonVPN by ProtonVPN AG is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall ProtonVPN supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.