Slack

A guide to uninstall Slack from your computer

You can find on this page details on how to remove Slack for Windows. The Windows version was created by Slack Technologies Inc.. Open here where you can read more on Slack Technologies Inc.. The application is often located in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\slack directory. Take into account that this location can vary being determined by the user's choice. The full uninstall command line for Slack is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\slack\Update.exe. slack.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 299.48 KB (306672 bytes) on disk.

Slack is composed of the following executables which occupy 230.71 MB (241917344 bytes) on disk:

• slack.exe (299.48 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.50 MB)
• slack.exe (108.26 MB)
• squirrel.exe (1.50 MB)
• slack.exe (117.66 MB)

The current page applies to Slack version 4.9.0 alone. Click on the links below for other Slack versions:

• 4.5.02
• 4.3.11
• 4.33.60
• 4.32.122
• 4.35.131
• 4.26.0
• 4.25.2
• 4.25.0
• 4.28.182
• 4.20.0
• 4.13.02
• 4.4.0
• 4.33.73
• 4.9.03
• 4.10.02
• 4.21.0
• 4.27.154
• 4.33.69
• 4.19.3
• 4.35.130
• 4.7.01
• 4.11.1
• 4.25.01
• 4.31.145
• 4.2.0
• 4.28.184
• 4.1.21
• 4.4.03
• 4.29.149
• 4.36.138
• 4.3.2
• 4.15.0
• 4.22.0
• 4.36.140
• 4.35.132
• 4.36.136
• 4.37.94
• 4.34.121
• 4.10.0
• 4.26.2
• 4.38.108
• 4.16.0
• 4.36.122
• 4.14.0
• 4.11.01
• 4.28.163
• 4.24.01
• 4.35.126
• 4.32.127
• 4.29.144
• 4.4.2
• 4.2.02
• 4.17.0
• 4.8.0
• 4.3.4
• 4.19.0
• 4.32.119
• 4.13.0
• 4.21.1
• 4.30.88
• 4.29.141
• 4.34.119
• 4.3.22
• 4.23.11
• 4.26.3
• 4.16.1
• 4.21.01
• 4.19.2
• 4.11.2
• 4.32.126
• 4.12.1
• 4.31.155
• 4.38.115
• 4.23.0
• 4.28.171
• 4.8.01
• 4.12.01
• 4.34.104
• 4.18.0
• 4.34.92
• 4.17.1
• 4.36.134
• 4.34.116
• 4.33.84
• 4.37.98
• 4.11.0
• 4.6.01
• 4.10.3
• 4.26.1
• 4.24.0
• 4.37.101
• 4.6.0
• 4.31.152
• 4.7.0
• 4.12.2
• 4.18.03
• 4.12.0
• 4.35.111
• 4.5.0
• 4.19.01

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Slack:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Slack Technologies Inc
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\kbfnbcaeplbcioakkpcpgfkobkghlhen\14.1130.0_1\src\images\45b0c1e6f9211ab5\slack.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\com_squirrel_slack_slack
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\concrt140.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\locales\th.pak

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\slack
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\slack

Additional values that are not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\slack.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.8.0\slack.exe.FriendlyAppName

A way to erase Slack from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Slack is an application marketed by the software company Slack Technologies Inc.. Sometimes, people try to remove this application. This is efortful because uninstalling this manually requires some knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE manner to remove Slack 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 already installed on your Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Slack or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Slack". The Slack program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Slack in the list of apps, the following information about the program is made available to you:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Slack.


8. After uninstalling Slack, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Slack that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Slack using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Slack by Slack Technologies Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that Slack by Slack Technologies Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Slack supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.