SHAREit

A guide to uninstall SHAREit from your PC

This web page is about SHAREit for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was created by Lenovo. You can read more on Lenovo or check for application updates here. You can read more about about SHAREit at http://www.ushareit.com/. SHAREit is usually set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\SHAREit\SHAREit folder, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the application. C:\Program Files (x86)\SHAREit\SHAREit\unins001.exe is the full command line if you want to remove SHAREit. SHAREit.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 627.96 KB (643032 bytes) on disk.

SHAREit is composed of the following executables which take 4.08 MB (4273673 bytes) on disk:

• SHAREit.exe (627.96 KB)
• SHAREit.Prompt.exe (442.96 KB)
• SHAREit.Reporter.exe (744.46 KB)
• SHAREit.Service.exe (30.96 KB)
• SHAREit.Updater.exe (798.46 KB)
• unins001.exe (1.49 MB)

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The current page applies to SHAREit version 3.3.0.1103 only. You can find below a few links to other SHAREit versions:

• 3.5.0.1160
• 3.5.0.1134
• 1.0.32.366
• 1.0.17.333
• 1.0.38.379
• 1.0.33.367
• 1.0.22.351
• 3.2.0.526
• 3.2.0.543
• 2.5.5.0
• 1.0.29.363
• 0.9.49.272
• 2.5.5.1
• 3.3.0.966
• 3.5.0.1144
• 2.5.2.0
• 3.5.0.956
• 1.0.34.368
• 3.3.0.983
• 1.0.37.374
• 3.2.0.475
• 3.2.0.471
• 3.4.0.675
• 3.4.0.1104
• 2.5.5.2
• 3.3.0.658
• 1.0.8.307
• 3.2.0.616
• 3.4.0.1023
• 3.4.0.947
• 2.5.3.0
• 1.0.24.354
• 1.0.11.319

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SHAREit has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall SHAREit from your PC:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Lenovo\Shareit
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\SHAREit
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_SHAREit.4.0.5.177-(www.Patoghu.com).zip

The files below are left behind on your disk by SHAREit when you uninstall it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Lenovo\Shareit\Buddy.db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Lenovo\Shareit\History.db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Lenovo\Shareit\Setting.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\SHAREit\SHAREit\Updater\SHAREitSetup.exe

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\SHAREit.FileContextMenuExt
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Lenovo\SHAREit
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SHAREit
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SHAREit_is1
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SHAREit

Open regedit.exe to delete the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ShareItSvc\ImagePath

How to delete SHAREit from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

SHAREit is an application marketed by Lenovo. Frequently, users want to uninstall this application. This can be efortful because doing this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK solution to uninstall SHAREit 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, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs installed on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find SHAREit or simply click the Search field and type in "SHAREit". If it exists on your system the SHAREit app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click SHAREit in the list , the following information about the program is available to you:

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

For instance you can see that for SHAREit:

• The software company is: http://www.ushareit.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\SHAREit\SHAREit\unins001.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall SHAREit.


8. After uninstalling SHAREit, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of SHAREit that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing SHAREit with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove SHAREit by Lenovo from your PC, nor are we saying that SHAREit by Lenovo is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove SHAREit 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' PCs.