WD Discovery

How to uninstall WD Discovery from your system

WD Discovery is a computer program. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your computer. It was created for Windows by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Take a look here where you can find out more on Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Detailed information about WD Discovery can be seen at http://support.wdc.com. WD Discovery is usually set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current folder, but this location can vary a lot depending on the user's option while installing the application. WD Discovery's complete uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Discovery.exe --uninstall. The application's main executable file is named WD Discovery.exe and its approximative size is 77.61 MB (81376504 bytes).

The following executables are incorporated in WD Discovery. They occupy 91.55 MB (95998624 bytes) on disk.

• dotNetFx45_Full_setup.exe (1.07 MB)
• Launch WD Discovery.exe (487.24 KB)
• rclone.exe (10.29 MB)
• Update WD Discovery Utilities.exe (507.24 KB)
• WD Device Agent.exe (703.74 KB)
• WD Discovery.exe (77.61 MB)
• WDDiscoveryMonitor.exe (25.74 KB)
• notifu.exe (252.74 KB)
• notifu64.exe (302.74 KB)
• SnoreToast.exe (291.24 KB)
• WDDiscoveryService.exe (73.74 KB)

...click to view all...

The information on this page is only about version 3.7.214 of WD Discovery. Click on the links below for other WD Discovery versions:

• 4.0.251
• 3.0.260
• 1.0.957
• 3.5.152
• 4.2.288
• 4.3.361
• 2.1.191
• 3.0.384
• 102.0.1.10
• 2.1.332
• 3.0.377
• 4.5.420
• 3.3.50
• 4.1.270
• 1.1.223
• 4.4.396
• 3.4.89
• 3.3.34
• 102.0.0.116
• 3.0.268
• 3.2.256
• 1.1.103
• 4.4.407
• 1.2.39
• 1.3.329
• 2.1.378
• 4.3.385
• 3.0.376
• 2.1.288
• 1.0.963
• 2.1.371
• 3.9.234
• 2.2.408
• 3.0.245
• 3.8.229
• 4.6.433
• 3.0.250
• 1.3.482
• 3.6.163
• 1.3.467
• 3.4.90
• 4.3.327
• 4.3.336

...click to view all...
WD Discovery has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall WD Discovery:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WD Discovery Crashes
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery

The files below were left behind on your disk by WD Discovery when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Device Agent.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs\WD Discovery Installer.exe.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WD Discovery Crashes\operation_log.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WDDiscoveryInstaller\WD_Discovery_637264557485983039.zip
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_000002
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_000003
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_000004
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_000005
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_000006
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_000007
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_000008
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_000009
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\databases\Databases.db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\GPUCache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\GPUCache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\GPUCache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\GPUCache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\GPUCache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Local Storage\leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Local Storage\leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Local Storage\leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Local Storage\leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Network Persistent State
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Origin Bound Certs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\apps.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\access.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\access.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\access_disabled.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\access_hover.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\access_hover.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\acronis.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\acronis@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\backup.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\backup.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\backup_disabled.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\backup_hover.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\backup_hover.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\blancco.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\blancco@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\default_app.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\default_app_hover.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\digime.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\digime@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\drive_utilities.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\drive_utilities.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\drive_utilities_disabled.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\drive_utilities_hover.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\drive_utilities_hover.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\eset.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\eset@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\magisto.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\magisto@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\plex.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\plex@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\security.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\security.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\security_disabled.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\security_hover.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\security_hover.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\smartware.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\smartware.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\smartware_disabled.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\smartware_hover.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\smartware_hover.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\sync.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\sync.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\sync_disabled.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\sync_hover.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\sync_hover.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\upthere.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\upthere@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\wd_backup.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\wd_backup@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\wd_security.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\wd_security@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\wd_utilities.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\wd_utilities@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\devices\0110.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\devices\0111.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\devices\070A.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\devices\070B.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\devices\070C.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\devices\071A.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\devices\071C.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\devices\071D.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\devices\0730.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\devices\0732.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\devices\0740.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\devices\0741.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\devices\0742.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\devices\0743.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\devices\0746.png

Generally the following registry keys will not be removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WDDiscovery

Supplementary values that are not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Discovery.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Discovery.exe.FriendlyAppName

How to delete WD Discovery from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WD Discovery is a program marketed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Frequently, computer users try to remove this program. Sometimes this is efortful because uninstalling this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY approach to remove WD Discovery 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 PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your computer.

DOWNLOAD NOW

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications installed on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find WD Discovery or simply click the Search feature and type in "WD Discovery". If it exists on your system the WD Discovery app will be found automatically. After you click WD Discovery in the list of applications, some data about the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about WD Discovery, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for WD Discovery:

• The software company is: http://support.wdc.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Discovery.exe --uninstall

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove WD Discovery.


8. After removing WD Discovery, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong WD Discovery that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing WD Discovery using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall WD Discovery by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that WD Discovery by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall WD Discovery in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.