Slack

How to uninstall Slack from your PC

This page contains thorough information on how to remove Slack for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Slack Technologies. You can find out more on Slack Technologies or check for application updates here. The program is often placed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\slack directory. Take into account that this location can vary depending on the user's decision. The full uninstall command line for Slack is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\slack\Update.exe. slack.exe is the Slack's primary executable file and it occupies about 306.02 KB (313360 bytes) on disk.

Slack is comprised of the following executables which take 167.89 MB (176047712 bytes) on disk:

• slack.exe (306.02 KB)
• squirrel.exe (1.51 MB)
• slack.exe (81.53 MB)
• squirrel.exe (1.51 MB)
• slack.exe (81.53 MB)

The current page applies to Slack version 3.1.1 alone. For more Slack versions please click below:

• 2.0.2
• 1.1.1
• 2.1.2
• 3.1.0214
• 1.1.4
• 4.0.02
• 3.3.0184889
• 1.2.1
• 3.3.0
• 1.2.7
• 2.1.0
• 3.0.3
• 2.5.0
• 2.6.263901
• 1.1.5
• 3.1.0
• 3.3.7
• 2.1.1
• 2.5.2
• 2.6.0
• 3.0.0
• 1.1.0
• 4.0.0
• 1.2.6
• 3.4.01881
• 3.2.025750
• 3.0.2
• 2.3.4
• 1.0.0
• 4.1.0
• 2.6.32622578
• 3.0.05208518
• 2.0.1
• 3.1.01299420
• 3.3.8
• 2.7.0
• 3.0.04552368
• 3.4.1
• 2.6.5
• 2.0.5
• 4.0.1
• 1.0.3
• 1.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 3.3.414346
• 3.3.43190
• 2.6.2
• 3.3.3
• 1.0.6
• 2.5.1
• 2.0.0
• 3.0.5
• 3.0.4
• 4.0.03
• 1.1.3
• 3.3.6
• 4.1.06
• 2.8.0
• 1.2.2
• 3.4.3
• 2.7.05328770
• 1.0.5
• 1.2.5
• 2.6.0189985592
• 2.7.1
• 3.3.1
• 3.3.429651
• 2.3.2
• 1.1.8
• 2.8.2
• 2.0.6
• 2.6.3
• 1.0.4
• 3.4.2
• 2.3.3
• 1.1.7
• 3.4.0
• 4.0.2
• 3.0.032161032
• 3.2.0
• 2.0.3
• 3.3.8190710
• 4.1.1
• 3.4.1317919
• 4.1.03
• 2.8.1
• 3.0.026389
• 2.4.1
• 2.4.0
• 2.9.0

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Slack has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders that were found:

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

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove Slack:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\com_squirrel_slack_slack
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\concrt140.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\content_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\content_shell.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\fake-bidi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.0\locales\te.pak

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

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

Supplementary values that are not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3531170914-1471052725-2264611255-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\slack\app-3.1.1\slack.exe

How to remove Slack with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Slack is an application released by Slack Technologies. Frequently, computer users try to remove this application. This is efortful because doing this by hand requires some skill related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE approach to remove Slack is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Slack or simply activate the Search field and type in "Slack". The Slack application will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Slack in the list of apps, some data about the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Slack, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Slack.


8. After removing Slack, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Slack that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Slack using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Slack by Slack Technologies from your computer, we are not saying that Slack by Slack Technologies is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Slack supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.