PureVPN

A guide to uninstall PureVPN from your system

This web page contains thorough information on how to remove PureVPN for Windows. It was created for Windows by GZ Systems. More information on GZ Systems can be found here. PureVPN is typically set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN folder, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's option while installing the program. You can uninstall PureVPN by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\Uninstaller\Uninstaller.exe. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for administrator rights. PureVPN's main file takes around 17.80 MB (18668024 bytes) and is called PureVPN.exe.

PureVPN installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 164.26 MB (172243912 bytes) on disk.

• MicrosoftEdgeWebview2Setup.exe (1.73 MB)
• PureVPN.exe (17.80 MB)
• PureVPN.Launcher.exe (15.49 KB)
• PureVPNInstaller.exe (142.66 MB)
• Updater.exe (398.49 KB)
• createdump.exe (60.33 KB)
• PasswordManager.Service.exe (146.34 KB)
• Uninstaller.exe (1.46 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 15.0.0.0 of PureVPN. For other PureVPN versions please click below:

• 13.8.0.10
• 14.3.1.0
• 8.0.4.0
• 13.7.0.10
• 14.4.0.2
• 11.11.1.0
• 15.1.0.4
• 8.3.0.3
• 13.5.0.2
• 1.1.64.0
• 9.2.1.4
• 14.5.0.8
• 11.3.0.4
• 11.7.0.8
• 12.0.0.4
• 15.2.0.1
• 11.8.0.7
• 8.0.0.8
• 11.1.1.2
• 11.8.0.3
• 8.0.3.2
• 8.2.0.0
• 9.8.0.8
• 11.13.1.0
• 9.1.0.14
• 9.0.0.2
• 11.19.0.6
• 11.7.0.4
• 8.0.3.3
• 11.9.1.2
• 14.9.0.11
• 14.6.0.1
• 11.6.0.3
• 14.8.0.1
• 11.20.0.4
• 11.5.0.2
• 8.0.4.2
• 11.14.0.3
• 8.0.0.3
• 11.16.1.0
• 13.0.0.4
• 14.8.0.0
• 13.2.0.2
• 8.0.1.4
• 13.9.0.2
• 9.10.0.3
• 11.16.0.3
• 9.1.0.11
• 9.7.1.1
• 11.4.0.0
• 10.0.0.2
• 11.2.0.5
• 11.12.0.4
• 11.1.0.2
• 14.7.0.13
• 14.1.0.4
• 13.4.0.2
• 14.3.0.7
• 9.4.0.8
• 9.5.0.4
• 14.2.0.4
• 8.0.1.7
• 8.0.2.0
• 8.0.2.2
• 9.1.0.18
• 8.0.0.5
• 13.9.1.0
• 9.3.0.15
• 9.2.1.3
• 8.0.0.4
• 9.0.0.12
• 9.1.0.16
• 9.0.0.11
• 11.19.1.0
• 9.2.0.15
• 13.1.0.2
• 1.1.74.0
• 11.9.0.3
• 9.8.1.0
• 11.18.0.7
• 9.6.0.0
• 11.13.0.6
• 13.3.0.5
• 13.6.0.5
• 13.1.1.0

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A considerable amount of files, folders and Windows registry data will not be uninstalled when you want to remove PureVPN from your PC.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_my.purevpn.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_www.purevpn.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\GZ_Systems\PureVPN.exe_Url_odbubixhanhucsjzcgwfgw0dk1kxctic

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Atom.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Atom.SDK.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Atom.SDK.Firewall.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Atom.SDK.Net.dll.config
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Atom.SDK.OvpnUtility.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Atom.SDK.WindowsService.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Atom.SDK.WindowsService.InstallState
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Atom.SDK.WireGuardUtility.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\driver\windows\x64\OemVista.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\driver\windows\x64\tap0901.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\driver\windows\x64\tap0901.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\driver\windows\x64\tapinstall.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\driver\windows\x86\OemVista.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\driver\windows\x86\tap0901.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\driver\windows\x86\tap0901.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\driver\windows\x86\tapinstall.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\driver\windows10\x64\OemVista.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\driver\windows10\x64\tap0901.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\driver\windows10\x64\tap0901.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\driver\windows10\x64\tapinstall.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\driver\windows10\x86\OemVista.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\driver\windows10\x86\tap0901.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\driver\windows10\x86\tap0901.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\driver\windows10\x86\tapinstall.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\FirewallAPI.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\fix-dns-leak-32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Iperf\x64\cygwin1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Iperf\x64\iperf3.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Iperf\x86\cyggcc_s-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Iperf\x86\cygwin1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Iperf\x86\iperf3.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Logs\ServiceLog_5_22_2025.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Core.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Microsoft.Owin.Cors.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Microsoft.Owin.Cors.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Microsoft.Owin.Diagnostics.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Microsoft.Owin.Diagnostics.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Microsoft.Owin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Microsoft.Owin.Host.HttpListener.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Microsoft.Owin.Host.HttpListener.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Microsoft.Owin.Hosting.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Microsoft.Owin.Hosting.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Microsoft.Owin.Security.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Microsoft.Owin.Security.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Microsoft.Owin.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Newtonsoft.Json.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\ovpn\cmocka.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\ovpn\libcrypto-3-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\ovpn\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\ovpn\libssl-3-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\ovpn\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\ovpn\oqsprovider.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\ovpn\vcruntime140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\Owin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\System.Web.Cors.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\TunnelService\Atom.SDK.TunnelService.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\TunnelService\wintun.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\WireGuard\Atom.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\WireGuard\Atom.SDK.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\WireGuard\Atom.SDK.WireGuard.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\WireGuard\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\WireGuard\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\WireGuard\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\WireGuard\Newtonsoft.Json.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\WireGuard\SimpleInjector.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\WireGuard\SimpleInjector.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\WireGuard\tunnel.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\WireGuard\wintun.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN Service\WireGuard\wireguard.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\2025_05_22.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\Atom.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\Atom.SDK.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\Atom.SDK.Net.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\AutoMapper.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\AutoMapper.pdb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\CachedFiles\city-content
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\CachedFiles\crypto_shortcuts
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\CachedFiles\dedicated-ip-addon-details-de
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\CachedFiles\dedicated-ip-addon-details-en
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\CachedFiles\dedicated-ip-addon-details-fr
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\CachedFiles\dwm_attribute_notification
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\CachedFiles\dwm_reasons_dislike_windows
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\CachedFiles\reasons_dislike_windows
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\CachedFiles\remoteconfig
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\CachedFiles\setup-other-devices
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\CachingRules
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\Caliburn.Micro.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\Caliburn.Micro.Platform.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\Caliburn.Micro.Platform.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\ControlzEx.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\ControlzEx.pdb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\countries_p2p_sorting.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\cs\Microsoft.QualityTools.Testing.Fakes.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\Curve25519.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\Curve25519.pdb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\de\Microsoft.QualityTools.Testing.Fakes.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\de-DE\NotificationCenter.Controls.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\de-DE\NotificationCenter.resources.dll

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppUserModelId\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}/GZ Systems/PureVPN/PureVPN.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PureVPN
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PureVPN_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\PureVPN_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PureVPN
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\PureVPN Service
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PureVPN Service

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files (x86)\gz systems\purevpn\purevpn.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files (x86)\gz systems\purevpn\purevpn.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-965050704-4192511871-2535282113-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\GZ Systems\PureVPN\PureVPN.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-965050704-4192511871-2535282113-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\MOHAMM~1\AppData\Local\Temp\{A92526C4-C4B9-4F26-991F-A8970411EE77}\.be\purevpn_setup.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-965050704-4192511871-2535282113-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\MOHAMM~1\AppData\Local\Temp\{AE9B8A37-B1A9-40B2-BED2-1E1610E28480}\.cr\purevpn_setup.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PasswordManagerSDKService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PureVPN Service\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PureVPN Service\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PureVPN Service\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{F2217A14-C3A9-4346-A065-47D22AF45A34}C:\program files (x86)\gz systems\purevpn\purevpn.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{2C3BC52F-5590-407D-A75A-5AC5E3314F6D}C:\program files (x86)\gz systems\purevpn\purevpn.exe

A way to erase PureVPN from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PureVPN is a program by the software company GZ Systems. Some computer users want to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is efortful because performing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY solution to uninstall PureVPN 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 a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find PureVPN or simply click the Search feature and type in "PureVPN". If it is installed on your PC the PureVPN program will be found automatically. After you click PureVPN in the list of applications, the following information about the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about PureVPN, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall PureVPN.


8. After uninstalling PureVPN, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of PureVPN that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing PureVPN using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall PureVPN by GZ Systems from your PC, we are not saying that PureVPN by GZ Systems is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall PureVPN 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.