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How to uninstall WD Discovery from your computer

You can find on this page details on how to uninstall WD Discovery for Windows. The Windows version was developed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Further information on Western Digital Technologies, Inc. can be seen here. You can see more info related to WD Discovery at . The program is often placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current directory. Keep in mind that this path can differ depending on the user's decision. WD Discovery's complete uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Discovery.exe --uninstall. WD Discovery's primary file takes around 54.46 MB (57102816 bytes) and is called WD Discovery.exe.

WD Discovery is composed of the following executables which take 66.80 MB (70050104 bytes) on disk:

  • dotNetFx45_Full_setup.exe (1.06 MB)
  • Launch WD Discovery.exe (486.97 KB)
  • rclone.exe (10.29 MB)
  • Update WD Discovery Utilities.exe (505.97 KB)
  • WD Discovery.exe (54.46 MB)
  • WDDiscoveryMonitor.exe (21.47 KB)
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The current web page applies to WD Discovery version 2.1.378 alone. For other WD Discovery versions please click below:

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

Directories found on disk:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WDTEMP\WDDiscovery.exe-sfx\WD Discovery
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall WD Discovery:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\content_resources_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\content_shell.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\cs-CZ\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\da-DK\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\de-DE\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\el-GR\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\en-US\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\es-ES\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\fi-FI\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\fr-FR\EULA.htm
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\hu-HU\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\it-IT\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\ja-JP\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\ko-KR\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\nb-NO\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\nl-NL\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\pl-PL\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\pt-BR\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\ru-RU\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\sk-SK\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\sv-SE\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\tr-TR\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\zh-CN\EULA.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\zh-TW\EULA.htm
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\dotNetFx45_Full_setup.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\ffmpeg.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Install WD Discovery Utilities.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Launch WD Discovery.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\LICENSE
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\am.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\da.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\de.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\el.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\es.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\et.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\fake-bidi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\he.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\id.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\it.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\te.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\th.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\manifest.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\natives_blob.bin
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\node.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\pdf_viewer_resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\rclone.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\resources\app.asar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\resources\electron.asar
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\snapshot_blob.bin
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\ui_resources_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\version
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\views_resources_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Discovery.exe

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WDDiscovery


A way to delete WD Discovery using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WD Discovery is an application released by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Frequently, people decide to remove it. Sometimes this is hard because uninstalling this manually requires some know-how regarding PCs. The best QUICK action to remove WD Discovery 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications existing on your PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate WD Discovery or simply click the Search field and type in "WD Discovery". The WD Discovery program will be found automatically. Notice that when you select WD Discovery in the list , some data about the application is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about WD Discovery, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the app you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for WD Discovery:





  • The publisher 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 page will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove WD Discovery.
Uninstall WD Discovery


8. After removing WD Discovery, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with 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 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall WD Discovery by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that WD Discovery by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall WD Discovery 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' computers.

2018-01-18 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2018-01-18 12:47:27.833