Surfshark

A guide to uninstall Surfshark from your PC

Surfshark is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by Surfshark. More information about Surfshark can be read here. Surfshark is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\Surfshark folder, however this location can differ a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the application. The complete uninstall command line for Surfshark is msiexec.exe /i {C3EF00C6-081B-475A-8AFD-91063AD41A62} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1. Surfshark.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 267.69 KB (274112 bytes) on disk.

Surfshark installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 8.04 MB (8429800 bytes) on disk.

• createdump.exe (59.74 KB)
• Surfshark.Antivirus.ContextMenu.Commands.exe (267.69 KB)
• Surfshark.Antivirus.Epp.CustomerAccessControl.exe (267.69 KB)
• Surfshark.Antivirus.Setup.exe (267.19 KB)
• Surfshark.Antivirus.Uninstaller.exe (162.19 KB)
• Surfshark.AntivirusService.exe (162.69 KB)
• Surfshark.ElevatedRights.exe (267.19 KB)
• Surfshark.exe (267.69 KB)
• Surfshark.Service.exe (162.19 KB)
• Surfshark.Vpn.Setup.exe (267.69 KB)
• Surfshark.WireguardService.exe (162.69 KB)
• SurfsharkDiagnostics.exe (162.69 KB)
• ACSSigned.exe (202.27 KB)
• ams_setup.exe (167.62 KB)
• devcon.exe (94.13 KB)
• devgen.exe (46.02 KB)
• openvpn.exe (969.28 KB)
• tapctl.exe (40.28 KB)
• devcon.exe (85.59 KB)
• openssl.exe (676.28 KB)
• openvpn.exe (882.78 KB)
• tapctl.exe (37.78 KB)
• devcon.exe (91.59 KB)
• openssl.exe (1.16 MB)
• openvpn.exe (1,014.78 KB)
• tapctl.exe (41.28 KB)
• Surfshark.SplitTunnel.Adapterx64.exe (162.69 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 5.10.2.999 of Surfshark. For other Surfshark versions please click below:

• 5.6.1999
• 2.4.1000
• 1.1.20
• 2.7.1000
• 2.8.3999
• 1.3.5
• 4.6.2999
• 2.0.2
• 2.8.4999
• 2.4.0000
• 5.5.1999
• 1.0
• 2.7.4000
• 4.3.0999
• 1.2.4
• 5.0.1999
• 2.8.6999
• 4.5.0999
• 4.2.2999
• 4.12.0999
• 3.3.0999
• 2.7.7999
• 4.3.3999
• 4.6.0999
• 4.9.1999
• 2.7.9999
• 5.2.2999
• 5.6.2999
• 1.4.0
• 2.6.0000
• 4.0.1999
• 5.7.0999
• 4.3.6999
• 2.5.0000
• 2.6.4000
• 2.6.5000
• 4.7.1999
• 2.1.5000
• 5.9.0.999
• 2.4.5000
• 3.4.3999
• 5.3.0999
• 5.7.2999
• 5.0.0999
• 1.1.13
• 4.11.3999
• 2.4.6000
• 4.9.0999
• 4.3.5999
• 5.8.3.999
• 1.1.1
• 2.8.5999
• 1.3.3
• 4.8.0999
• 2.8.1999
• 2.5.8000
• 4.4.0999
• 5.1.1999
• 5.8.1.999
• 4.4.1999
• 3.4.0999
• 5.6.3999
• 4.3.1999
• 4.0.0999
• 3.4.1999
• 5.7.1999
• 5.4.1999
• 2.6.9000
• 2.5.6000
• 5.3.1999
• 2.0.0
• 2.5.9000
• 2.0.6
• 5.5.0999
• 2.7.6000
• 5.11.1.999
• 5.7.3999
• 2.6.3000
• 4.11.1999
• 2.0.9000
• 5.0.3999
• 3.4.2999
• 3.5.1999
• 4.2.1999
• 2.0.5
• 2.3.7000
• 3.0.0999
• 2.6.6000
• 5.10.0.999
• 3.0.1999
• 2.3.2000
• 2.1.2000
• 5.2.0999
• 2.2.0000
• 2.7.3000
• 2.6.8000
• 2.1.3000
• 1.3.0
• 5.6.0999
• 4.6.1999

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Surfshark has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Surfshark:

• C:\Program Files\Surfshark
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Surfshark
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Surfshark

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\Accessibility.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\amd64\KernelTraceControl.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\amd64\msdia140.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\amd64\msvcp140.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\amd64\vcruntime140.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\amd64\vcruntime140_1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\amswsccomm.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\ar\Surfshark.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\ar\SurfsharkDiagnostics.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\aspnetcorev2_inprocess.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\Autofac.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\Autofac.Extensions.DependencyInjection.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\Caliburn.Micro.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\Caliburn.Micro.Platform.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\Caliburn.Micro.Platform.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\clretwrc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\clrgc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\clrjit.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\CommunityToolkit.Mvvm.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\ComputerInfo.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\Configs\log.bin
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\Configs\SurfsharkWireGuard.conf
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\ControlzEx.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\coreclr.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\createdump.exe
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\Microsoft.VisualBasic.Forms.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\PresentationCore.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\PresentationFramework.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\PresentationUI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\ReachFramework.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\System.Private.ServiceModel.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\System.ServiceModel.Federation.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\System.Web.Services.Description.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\System.Windows.Forms.Design.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\System.Windows.Forms.Primitives.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\System.Windows.Forms.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\System.Windows.Input.Manipulations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\System.Xaml.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\UIAutomationClient.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\UIAutomationClientSideProviders.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\UIAutomationProvider.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\UIAutomationTypes.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\WindowsBase.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\cs\WindowsFormsIntegration.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\D3DCompiler_47_cor3.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\Microsoft.VisualBasic.Forms.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\PresentationCore.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\PresentationFramework.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\PresentationUI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\ReachFramework.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\Surfshark.Antivirus.ContextMenu.Commands.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\Surfshark.AntivirusService.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\Surfshark.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\SurfsharkDiagnostics.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\System.Private.ServiceModel.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\System.ServiceModel.Federation.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\System.Web.Services.Description.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\System.Windows.Forms.Design.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\System.Windows.Forms.Primitives.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\System.Windows.Forms.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\System.Windows.Input.Manipulations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\System.Xaml.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\UIAutomationClient.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\UIAutomationClientSideProviders.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\UIAutomationProvider.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\UIAutomationTypes.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\WindowsBase.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de\WindowsFormsIntegration.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\de-DE\FluentMigrator.Abstractions.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\Dia2Lib.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\DirectWriteForwarder.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\double_locations.dat
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\e_sqlite3.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\EndpointProtectionClient.Net.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\EndpointProtectionInterfaces.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\Microsoft.VisualBasic.Forms.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\PresentationCore.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\PresentationFramework.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\PresentationUI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\ReachFramework.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\System.Private.ServiceModel.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\System.ServiceModel.Federation.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\System.Web.Services.Description.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\System.Windows.Controls.Ribbon.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\System.Windows.Forms.Design.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\System.Windows.Forms.Primitives.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\System.Windows.Forms.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\System.Windows.Input.Manipulations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\System.Xaml.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\UIAutomationClient.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\UIAutomationClientSideProviders.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\UIAutomationProvider.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\UIAutomationTypes.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\WindowsBase.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es\WindowsFormsIntegration.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es-ES\Surfshark.Antivirus.ContextMenu.Commands.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es-ES\Surfshark.AntivirusService.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Surfshark\es-ES\Surfshark.resources.dll

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Surfshark
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6C00FE3CB180A574A8DF1960A34DA126
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\Surfshark.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Surfshark_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Surfshark_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Surfshark
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\Surfshark_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\Surfshark_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\Surfshark Service
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Service
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark WireGuard

Additional values that you should delete:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6C00FE3CB180A574A8DF1960A34DA126\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Surfshark\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-161120567-1600369553-3419192415-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\Surfshark\Surfshark.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-161120567-1600369553-3419192415-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Surfshark\Updates\stable64\5.9.0.999\ojq14h2g.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Service\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Service\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark WireGuard\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark WireGuard\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark WireGuard\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SurfsharkBypasser\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\tapsurfshark\DisplayName

A way to uninstall Surfshark from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Surfshark is a program released by the software company Surfshark. Some users choose to remove this application. This can be hard because removing this manually requires some experience related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY solution to remove Surfshark 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 PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Surfshark or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Surfshark". If it exists on your system the Surfshark app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Surfshark in the list of programs, the following information about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about Surfshark, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Surfshark.


8. After uninstalling Surfshark, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Surfshark that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Surfshark using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Surfshark by Surfshark from your computer, we are not saying that Surfshark by Surfshark is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Surfshark in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.