Star Rail

A guide to uninstall Star Rail from your system

This page is about Star Rail for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by COGNOSPHERE PTE. LTD.. More data about COGNOSPHERE PTE. LTD. can be seen here. More details about the app Star Rail can be seen at https://hsr.hoyoverse.com. Usually the Star Rail program is found in the C:\Program Files\Star Rail directory, depending on the user's option during install. C:\Program Files\Star Rail\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Star Rail. launcher.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 3.10 MB (3245752 bytes) on disk.

Star Rail contains of the executables below. They occupy 52.18 MB (54715216 bytes) on disk.

• 7z.exe (478.01 KB)
• crashreport.exe (8.91 MB)
• hpatchz.exe (261.01 KB)
• launcher.exe (3.10 MB)
• QtWebEngineProcess.exe (39.01 KB)
• uninstall.exe (22.05 MB)
• vc_redist.x64.exe (14.31 MB)
• 7z.exe (478.01 KB)
• Update.exe (2.59 MB)

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This web page is about Star Rail version 2.28.1.0 alone. You can find here a few links to other Star Rail releases:

• 2.26.0.0
• 2.29.1.0
• 2.33.7.0
• 2.27.0.0
• 2.24.2.0
• 2.33.4.0
• 2.31.0.0
• 2.30.0.0

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Star Rail has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories that were found:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\f_000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\f_000002
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\f_000003
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\f_000004
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\f_000005
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\f_000006
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\f_000007
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\f_000008
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\f_000009
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\f_00000a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\f_00000b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\f_00000c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\f_00000d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\f_00000e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\f_00000f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\f_000010
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\QtWebEngine\Default\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\QtWebEngine\Default\databases\Databases.db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\QtWebEngine\Default\Local Storage\leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\QtWebEngine\Default\Local Storage\leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\QtWebEngine\Default\Local Storage\leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\QtWebEngine\Default\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\QtWebEngine\Default\Local Storage\leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\QtWebEngine\Default\QuotaManager
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\QtWebEngine\Default\Service Worker\Database\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\QtWebEngine\Default\Service Worker\Database\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\QtWebEngine\Default\Service Worker\Database\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\QtWebEngine\Default\Service Worker\Database\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\QtWebEngine\Default\Service Worker\Database\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\QtWebEngine\Default\Service Worker\ScriptCache\2cc80dabc69f58b6_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\QtWebEngine\Default\Service Worker\ScriptCache\2cc80dabc69f58b6_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\QtWebEngine\Default\Service Worker\ScriptCache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HoYoverse\Star Rail\QtWebEngine\Default\Visited Links

Usually the following registry keys will not be removed:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cognosphere\Star Rail
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Star Rail

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Star Rail\updateProgram\Update.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Star Rail\updateProgram\Update.exe.FriendlyAppName

How to erase Star Rail from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Star Rail is a program by the software company COGNOSPHERE PTE. LTD.. Some people decide to remove it. Sometimes this is easier said than done because uninstalling this manually takes some know-how regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK way to remove Star Rail is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your PC.

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• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Star Rail or simply click the Search field and type in "Star Rail". The Star Rail application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Star Rail in the list of applications, the following data about the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Star Rail, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Star Rail:

• The web site of the program is: https://hsr.hoyoverse.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Star Rail\uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Star Rail.


8. After uninstalling Star Rail, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Star Rail which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Star Rail with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Star Rail by COGNOSPHERE PTE. LTD. from your PC, nor are we saying that Star Rail by COGNOSPHERE PTE. LTD. is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Star Rail in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.