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A way to uninstall Slack from your computer

This web page is about Slack for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows version was created by Slack Technologies Inc.. Further information on Slack Technologies Inc. can be found here. The program is usually placed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\slack folder. Take into account that this location can vary being determined by the user's preference. You can uninstall 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 has a size of 302.31 KB (309568 bytes) on disk and is labeled slack.exe.

Slack contains of the executables below. They take 265.27 MB (278150528 bytes) on disk.




  • slack.exe (302.31 KB)
  • squirrel.exe (1.50 MB)
  • slack.exe (129.82 MB)
  • squirrel.exe (1.50 MB)
  • slack.exe (130.65 MB)


The current web page applies to Slack version 4.20.0 only. For other Slack versions please click below:

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If you're planning to uninstall Slack you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories left on disk:
  • 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

Usually, the following files remain on disk:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Adobe\PMP\com.adobe.pluginMarketplace_ECB1519E5E2581A10A495E2E@AdobeID\discoverCache\integration\75Tpqc6FuJKnIWQjyiWm9u-Slack.svg
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Extensions\cnlefmmeadmemmdciolhbnfeacpdfbkd\14.1090.0_1\src\images\45b0c1e6f9211ab5\slack.svg
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app.ico
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\concrt140.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\ffmpeg.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\LICENSE
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\am.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\da.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\de.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\el.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\es.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\et.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\he.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\id.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\it.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\te.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.19.3\locales\th.pak

Registry that is not removed:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\slack
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\slack
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\slack.exe

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following values:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4100373083-3308879384-596402301-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\slack\app-4.20.0\slack.exe


How to erase Slack from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Slack is a program by Slack Technologies Inc.. Sometimes, people want to erase this application. Sometimes this can be efortful because removing this by hand takes some skill regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE approach to erase 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 Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows system.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Slack or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Slack". The Slack application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Slack in the list of apps, some information about the program is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains 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 application you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Slack.
Uninstall Slack


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

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Slack by Slack Technologies Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that Slack by Slack Technologies Inc. is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Slack in case 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' PCs.

2021-09-21 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2021-09-21 06:14:55.530