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How to uninstall Slack from your system

Slack is a Windows program. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. It is developed by Slack Technologies. Open here where you can get more info on Slack Technologies. The program is usually located in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\slack folder (same installation drive as Windows). 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 administrator rights. The application's main executable file is named slack.exe and its approximative size is 318.02 KB (325648 bytes).

The following executables are incorporated in Slack. They occupy 159.63 MB (167382624 bytes) on disk.

  • slack.exe (318.02 KB)
  • squirrel.exe (1.51 MB)
  • slack.exe (77.39 MB)
  • squirrel.exe (1.51 MB)
  • slack.exe (77.39 MB)


This info is about Slack version 2.8.2 alone. You can find below info on other application versions of Slack:

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you remove Slack.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Slack:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\elg8o847.default\storage\default\https+++app.slack.com
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Slack

Files remaining:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app.ico
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\concrt140.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\content_resources_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\content_shell.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\ffmpeg.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\LICENSE
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\am.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\da.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\de.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\el.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\es.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\et.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\fake-bidi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\he.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\id.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\it.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\te.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-2.8.1\locales\th.pak

Many times the following registry data will not be removed:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\slack
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\slack
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\slack.exe


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

Slack is an application released by Slack Technologies. Frequently, users choose to remove it. This can be difficult because performing this by hand takes some experience related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK approach to remove Slack is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your PC.

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  • visit Download Link
  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Slack or simply activate the Search field and type in "Slack". If it exists on your system the Slack application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Slack in the list of apps, the following data regarding the application is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Slack, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Slack.
Uninstall Slack


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

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Slack by Slack Technologies from your PC, we are not saying that Slack by Slack Technologies is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Slack supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2017-10-17 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-10-17 03:54:18.967