Surfshark

How to uninstall Surfshark from your PC

This info is about Surfshark for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by Surfshark. You can find out more on Surfshark or check for application updates here. Usually the Surfshark application is found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark directory, depending on the user's option during setup. C:\ProgramData\Caphyon\Advanced Installer\{4B4D9B3A-C466-4A88-99EA-F764D2EF3D8C}\SurfsharkSetup.exe /x {4B4D9B3A-C466-4A88-99EA-F764D2EF3D8C} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1 is the full command line if you want to remove Surfshark. The program's main executable file occupies 7.60 MB (7967816 bytes) on disk and is called Surfshark.exe.

The following executable files are incorporated in Surfshark. They take 34.81 MB (36505672 bytes) on disk.

• Surfshark.exe (7.60 MB)
• Surfshark.Service.exe (1.62 MB)
• Surfshark.ShadowsocksService.exe (2.20 MB)
• SurfsharkDiagnostics.exe (1.97 MB)
• Surfshark.AntivirusService.exe (11.57 MB)
• ams_setup.exe (166.12 KB)
• apc_random_id_generator.exe (269.55 KB)
• avupdate.exe (2.76 MB)
• savapi.exe (625.13 KB)
• devcon.exe (85.07 KB)
• nssm.exe (375.57 KB)
• openssl.exe (1.14 MB)
• openvpn.exe (875.07 KB)
• SurfsharkSplitTunnelingService.exe (152.57 KB)
• devcon.exe (91.07 KB)
• nssm.exe (431.07 KB)
• openssl.exe (1.15 MB)
• openvpn.exe (1.01 MB)
• SurfsharkSplitTunnelingService.exe (175.57 KB)
• tapinstall.exe (90.14 KB)
• tapinstall.exe (85.64 KB)
• Surfshark.WireguardService.exe (463.57 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 3.1.0999 of Surfshark. You can find below info on other releases of Surfshark:

• 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
• 2.4.5000
• 3.4.3999
• 5.3.0999
• 5.0.0999
• 1.1.13
• 4.11.3999
• 2.4.6000
• 4.9.0999
• 4.3.5999
• 1.1.1
• 2.8.5999
• 1.3.3
• 4.8.0999
• 2.8.1999
• 2.5.8000
• 4.4.0999
• 5.1.1999
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 1.2.2
• 4.2.0999
• 2.6.7000
• 2.5.1000
• 1.2.0
• 5.0.2999
• 5.4.0999

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Surfshark

The files below are left behind on your disk by Surfshark when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Autofac.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\LiteDB.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.AppCenter.Analytics.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.AppCenter.Crashes.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.AppCenter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.Owin.Diagnostics.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.Owin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.Owin.Host.HttpListener.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.Owin.Hosting.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.Owin.Security.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Microsoft.Win32.Primitives.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\netstandard.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\NLog.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Owin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\ams_setup.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\README
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avgio.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avgntflt.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avgntflt.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avgntflt.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avipbb.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avipbb.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avipbb.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avkmgr.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avkmgr.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win7\avkmgr.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avgio.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avgntflt.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avgntflt.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avgntflt.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avipbb.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avipbb.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avipbb.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avkmgr.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avkmgr.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avkmgr.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avgio.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avgntflt.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avgntflt.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avgntflt.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avipbb.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avipbb.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avipbb.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avkmgr.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avkmgr.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win7\avkmgr.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avgio.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avgntflt.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avgntflt.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avgntflt.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avipbb.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avipbb.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avipbb.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avkmgr.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avkmgr.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avkmgr.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\runtimes\win-x64\native\e_sqlite3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\runtimes\win-x86\native\e_sqlite3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\apc_random_id_generator.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\apcfile.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\apchash.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avgio.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avupdate.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avupdate_msg.avr
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avupdate-apchash-product.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avupdate-on-access-savapilib-product.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avupdate-savapi-engine.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avupdate-savapilib-engine.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avupdate-savapilib-product.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avupdate-savapi-product.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avupdate-xvdfmerge-product.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\cacert.crt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\productname.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\savapi.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\savapi.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\savapi.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\savapiclient.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\scew.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\update.bat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\xvdfmerge.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\SQLitePCLRaw.batteries_v2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\SQLitePCLRaw.core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\SQLitePCLRaw.nativelibrary.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\SQLitePCLRaw.provider.dynamic_cdecl.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\Surfshark.AntivirusService.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.AppContext.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.Buffers.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.Collections.Concurrent.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.Collections.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.Collections.NonGeneric.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.Collections.Specialized.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.ComponentModel.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.ComponentModel.EventBasedAsync.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.ComponentModel.Primitives.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.Console.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.Data.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\System.Diagnostics.Contracts.dll

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A3B9D4B4664C88A499AE7F462DFED3C8
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Surfshark
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Antivirus
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Service
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Shadowsocks Service

Supplementary registry values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A3B9D4B4664C88A499AE7F462DFED3C8\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Antivirus\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Antivirus\ImagePath
• 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 Shadowsocks Service\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Shadowsocks Service\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SurfsharkSplitTunnelDriver\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SurfsharkSplitTunnelDriver\ImagePath

How to uninstall Surfshark using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Surfshark is a program by Surfshark. Frequently, people choose to remove this application. This can be easier said than done because performing this manually takes some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE practice to remove Surfshark is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about 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 a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your Windows computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Surfshark or simply activate the Search field and type in "Surfshark". If it exists on your system the Surfshark app will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Surfshark in the list of programs, the following information about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Surfshark, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Surfshark.


8. After removing Surfshark, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Surfshark that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Surfshark 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 serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Surfshark by Surfshark from your PC, we are not saying that Surfshark by Surfshark is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Surfshark supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.