Rufus

A way to uninstall Rufus from your computer

Rufus is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. It is made by pbatard. More data about pbatard can be read here. You can read more about about Rufus at https://rufus.ie. Usually the Rufus program is installed in the C:\Users\UserName.SILVERMURKESTOY\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Rufus.Rufus_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe folder, depending on the user's option during setup. The full command line for removing Rufus is winget uninstall --product-code Rufus.Rufus_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may be prompted for administrator rights. rufus.exe is the Rufus's main executable file and it occupies approximately 1.37 MB (1432648 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed alongside Rufus. They take about 1.37 MB (1432648 bytes) on disk.

• rufus.exe (1.37 MB)

The current web page applies to Rufus version 4.4 alone. Click on the links below for other Rufus versions:

• 4.5
• 4.6
• 4.2
• 4.3

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

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages\Rufus.Rufus_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Rufus
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb5164.12234\Rufus.4.4.2103.0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WinGet\Rufus.Rufus.4.4

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall Rufus:

• C:\Program Files\WinGet\Packages\Rufus.Rufus_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\rufus.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Rufus\rufus.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb5164.12234\Rufus.4.4.2103.0\rufus-4.4.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb5164.12234\Rufus.4.4.2103.0\rufus-4.4_arm.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb5164.12234\Rufus.4.4.2103.0\rufus-4.4_x86.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb5164.12234\Rufus.4.4.2103.0\Soft98.iR.url
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\Rufus.4.4.2103.0.rar.lnk

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Akeo Consulting\Rufus
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Rufus.Rufus_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1104016895-1828732284-3350500097-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb11412.11205\Rufus.4.4.2103.0\rufus-4.4_x86.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1104016895-1828732284-3350500097-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXb5164.12234\Rufus.4.4.2103.0\rufus-4.4_x86.exe

A way to uninstall Rufus from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Rufus is a program released by the software company pbatard. Sometimes, computer users want to uninstall this program. This is troublesome because removing this by hand requires some knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY approach to uninstall Rufus 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 Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Rufus or simply activate the Search field and type in "Rufus". If it exists on your system the Rufus program will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Rufus in the list of programs, some data about the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about Rufus, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Rufus:

• The software company is: https://rufus.ie
• The uninstall string is: winget uninstall --product-code Rufus.Rufus_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Rufus.


8. After removing Rufus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Rufus that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Rufus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Rufus by pbatard from your computer, nor are we saying that Rufus by pbatard is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Rufus in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.