RealPlayer

A way to uninstall RealPlayer from your PC

You can find on this page detailed information on how to uninstall RealPlayer for Windows. The Windows version was created by RealNetworks. Go over here where you can get more info on RealNetworks. You can get more details about RealPlayer at http://www.real.com. The program is often located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer folder (same installation drive as Windows). C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Update\r1puninst.exe RealNetworks|RealPlayer|20.0 is the full command line if you want to uninstall RealPlayer. realplay.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 242.54 KB (248360 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of RealPlayer. They take an average of 87.91 MB (92177776 bytes) on disk.

• convert.exe (111.04 KB)
• downloader2.exe (1.14 MB)
• fixrjb.exe (26.54 KB)
• realcleaner.exe (122.04 KB)
• realconverter.exe (137.54 KB)
• realdownloader264.exe (100.54 KB)
• realjbox.exe (53.54 KB)
• realplay.exe (242.54 KB)
• realtrimmer.exe (131.54 KB)
• realupgrade.exe (133.04 KB)
• recordingmanager.exe (940.54 KB)
• rndevicedbbuilder.exe (40.54 KB)
• rpbgdownloader.exe (110.04 KB)
• rphelperapp.exe (33.54 KB)
• videodl.exe (7.37 MB)
• rtcreator.exe (1.63 MB)
• uninst.exe (151.45 KB)
• dbclean.exe (1.27 MB)
• oohrelay.exe (1.47 MB)
• proclaunch.exe (27.44 KB)
• rpdsvc.exe (967.95 KB)
• rpsystray.exe (4.91 MB)
• ffmpeg.exe (251.95 KB)
• ffprobe.exe (173.95 KB)
• segmenter.exe (61.44 KB)
• StreamAnalyzer.exe (2.36 MB)
• ffmsvc.exe (43.54 KB)
• safrscan.exe (1,016.54 KB)
• setup.exe (61.27 MB)
• r1puninst.exe (913.04 KB)
• realonemessagecenter.exe (91.54 KB)
• realsched.exe (345.54 KB)
• rnxproc.exe (115.04 KB)
• upgrdhlp.exe (284.54 KB)

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This info is about RealPlayer version 20.0.4 only. For other RealPlayer versions please click below:

• 18.1.18
• 22.0.1
• 18.1.11
• 18.1.16
• 16.0.2
• 22.0.4
• Unknown
• 20.1.0
• 22.0.0
• 20.0.6
• 22.0.2
• 16.0.4
• 15.0.6
• 20.0.2
• 16.0.0
• 18.1.14
• 15.0.5
• 22.0.5
• 22.0.3
• 16.0.3
• 18.1.10
• 20.0.7
• 20.0.5
• 18.1.20
• 20.0.0
• 18.1.15
• 16.0.5
• 15.0.4
• 20.0.3
• 18.1.19
• 19.0.2
• 22.0.6
• 20.0.1
• 20.0.8
• 18.1.17
• 19.0.1
• 18.1.12

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Numerous files, folders and Windows registry entries will be left behind when you remove RealPlayer from your PC.

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

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Real\Update\UpgradeHelper\RealPlayer

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

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\dtvhooks.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\dtvhooks64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Filters\avi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Filters\dsfflacdecoder.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Filters\dsfnativeflacsource.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Filters\dsfoggdemux2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Filters\dsftheoradecoder.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Filters\dsfvorbisdecoder.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Filters\mc_demux_mp2_ds.ax
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Filters\microsoft.vc90.crt.manifest
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Filters\mkunicode.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Filters\mkx.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Filters\mkzlib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Filters\msvcp90.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Filters\msvcr90.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Filters\splitter.ax
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Filters\vp8decoder.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Filters\webmmux.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\rcaplugins\updatesvcinstallerplugin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\realdownloader264.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\RPDS\Tools\ffmpeg\avcodec-56.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\RPDS\Tools\ffmpeg\avfilter-5.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\RPDS\Tools\ffmpeg\avformat-56.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\RPDS\Tools\ffmpeg\avutil-54.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\RPDS\Tools\ffmpeg\StreamAnalyzer.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\RPDS\Tools\ffmpeg\swresample-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\RPDS\Tools\ffmpeg\swscale-3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\RPDS\uninst.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Update\r1puninst.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Real\Update\UpgradeHelper\RealPlayer\14.32\agent\rnupgagent.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Real\Update\UpgradeHelper\RealPlayer\14.32\agent\settings.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Real\Update\UpgradeHelper\RealPlayer\14.32\agent\stub_data\stubinst_config_en.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Real\Update\UpgradeHelper\RealPlayer\14.32\agent\stub_data\stubinst_pkg_en-us.cab
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Real\Update\UpgradeHelper\RealPlayer\14.32\agent\stub_exe\RealPlayer.exe

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.3GPP_AMR.10
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.3GPP2.10
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.AAC.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.AIFF.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.AMR.10
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.AU.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.AudioCD.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.AutoPlay.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.AVI.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.BMP
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.CDBurn.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.DIVX.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.DVD.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.DVDBurn.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.FLV.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.GIF
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.JPG
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.M4A.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.MKA
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.MKV
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.MP1.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.MP2.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.MP3.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.MP3PL.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.MP4.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.MPA.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.MPEG.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.MPGA.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.PLSPL.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.PNG
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.QCP.10
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.qt.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.RA.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.RAM.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.RM.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.RMVB.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.SDP.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.TIF
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.TS.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.WAV.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.wax.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.WebM
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.wm.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.wmf.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.wmv.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.wmx.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RealPlayer.wvx.6
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\MIMEAssociations\application/vnd.rn-realplayer
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\RealPlayer.AutoPlay.6
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\RealPlayer.CDBurn.6
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\RealPlayer.DVDBurn.6
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RealNetworks\Config\Local\RealPlayer
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\RealPlayer 20.0

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.3g2\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.3GPP2.10
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.3gp\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.3GPP_AMR.10
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.AAC\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.AAC.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.aif\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.AIFF.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.aiff\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.AIFF.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.amr\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.AMR.10
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.asf\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.wmf.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.asx\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.wmf.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.au\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.AU.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.AVI.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\OpenWithProgids\RealPlayer.BMP
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.divx\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.DIVX.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.flv\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.FLV.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif\OpenWithProgids\RealPlayer.GIF
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jfif\OpenWithProgids\RealPlayer.JPG
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jif\OpenWithProgids\RealPlayer.JPG
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpe\OpenWithProgids\RealPlayer.JPG
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpeg\OpenWithProgids\RealPlayer.JPG
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg\OpenWithProgids\RealPlayer.JPG
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.m1v\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.MPEG.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.M2V\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.MPEG.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.m3u\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.MP3PL.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.m4a\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.M4A.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.m4e\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.MP4.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.m4v\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.MP4.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mka\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.MKA
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mkv\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.MKV
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mov\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.qt.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp1\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.MP1.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp2\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.MP2.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp3\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.MP3.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mp4\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.MP4.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpa\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.MPA.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpe\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.MPEG.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpga\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.MPGA.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mps\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.MPEG.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pls\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.PLSPL.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.png\OpenWithProgids\RealPlayer.PNG
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.qcp\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.QCP.10
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.qt\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.qt.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ra\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.RA.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ram\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.RAM.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rm\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.RM.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rmm\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.RAM.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rmvb\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.RMVB.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.sdp\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.SDP.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tif\OpenWithProgids\RealPlayer.TIF
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tiff\OpenWithProgids\RealPlayer.TIF
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.TS\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.TS.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wav\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.WAV.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wax\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.wax.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.webm\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.WebM
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wm\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.wm.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wmv\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.wmv.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wmx\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.wmx.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wvx\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.wvx.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xpl\OpenWithProgIds\RealPlayer.PLSPL.6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Update\r1puninst.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Update\r1puninst.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3832988563-3522507782-3767707104-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\downloader2.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3832988563-3522507782-3767707104-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\realplay.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3832988563-3522507782-3767707104-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\recordingmanager.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3832988563-3522507782-3767707104-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\RPDS\Bin\rpsystray.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3832988563-3522507782-3767707104-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Update\r1puninst.exe

How to delete RealPlayer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

RealPlayer is a program marketed by the software company RealNetworks. Sometimes, people want to remove it. Sometimes this can be efortful because doing this manually requires some knowledge related to PCs. One of the best EASY manner to remove RealPlayer is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to optimize your PC.

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

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

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs installed on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find RealPlayer or simply click the Search field and type in "RealPlayer". If it is installed on your PC the RealPlayer program will be found very quickly. After you select RealPlayer in the list of applications, some data regarding the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding RealPlayer, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for RealPlayer:

• The software company is: http://www.real.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Real\RealPlayer\Update\r1puninst.exe RealNetworks|RealPlayer|20.0

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall RealPlayer.


8. After uninstalling RealPlayer, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of RealPlayer that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing RealPlayer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove RealPlayer by RealNetworks from your PC, we are not saying that RealPlayer by RealNetworks is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove RealPlayer in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.