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How to uninstall Slack from your PC

You can find below detailed information on how to remove Slack for Windows. The Windows release was created by Slack Technologies Inc.. More info about Slack Technologies Inc. can be seen here. The application is usually installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\slack folder. Take into account that this path can vary depending on the user's choice. You can remove Slack by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\slack\Update.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for admin rights. slack.exe is the Slack's main executable file and it takes approximately 299.48 KB (306672 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of Slack. They take an average of 240.13 MB (251791776 bytes) on disk.

  • slack.exe (299.48 KB)
  • squirrel.exe (1.50 MB)
  • slack.exe (117.68 MB)
  • slack.exe (117.66 MB)
  • squirrel.exe (1.50 MB)


This info is about Slack version 4.10.3 alone. You can find below info on other versions of Slack:

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A considerable amount of files, folders and registry data can not be removed when you remove Slack from your computer.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Slack:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\IndexedDB\https_app.slack.com_0.indexeddb.blob
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\IndexedDB\https_app.slack.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Slack Technologies Inc

The files below were left behind on your disk by Slack's application uninstaller when you removed it:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\IndexedDB\https_app.slack.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\2
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\IndexedDB\https_app.slack.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\3
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\IndexedDB\https_app.slack.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\4
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\IndexedDB\https_app.slack.com_0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\5
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\IndexedDB\https_app.slack.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000009.ldb
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\IndexedDB\https_app.slack.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000011.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\IndexedDB\https_app.slack.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\IndexedDB\https_app.slack.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\IndexedDB\https_app.slack.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\IndexedDB\https_app.slack.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\com_squirrel_slack_slack
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\concrt140.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\ffmpeg.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\LICENSE
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\am.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\da.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\de.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\el.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\es.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\et.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\he.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\id.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\it.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.10.3\locales\ru.pak

Frequently the following registry keys will not be removed:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\slack
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\slack


How to uninstall Slack from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Slack is a program offered by the software company Slack Technologies Inc.. Sometimes, computer users decide to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be efortful because uninstalling this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY action to uninstall 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 on your PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs installed on your PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Slack or simply click the Search field and type in "Slack". If it is installed on your PC the Slack program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Slack in the list of applications, some data about the application is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Slack, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Slack.
Uninstall Slack


8. After removing Slack, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Slack which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Slack with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice 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 page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Slack supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2020-10-16 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2020-10-16 17:53:00.013