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A way to uninstall WD Discovery from your PC

WD Discovery is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. It is written by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Additional info about Western Digital Technologies, Inc. can be seen here. Please open if you want to read more on WD Discovery on Western Digital Technologies, Inc.'s website. The program is usually located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current folder. Take into account that this path can vary depending on the user's choice. You can remove WD Discovery by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Discovery.exe --uninstall. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. WD Discovery's primary file takes about 77.61 MB (81376496 bytes) and is called WD Discovery.exe.

The following executables are contained in WD Discovery. They occupy 90.86 MB (95277912 bytes) on disk.

  • dotNetFx45_Full_setup.exe (1.07 MB)
  • Launch WD Discovery.exe (487.23 KB)
  • rclone.exe (10.29 MB)
  • Update WD Discovery Utilities.exe (507.23 KB)
  • WD Discovery.exe (77.61 MB)
  • WDDiscoveryMonitor.exe (25.73 KB)
  • notifu.exe (252.73 KB)
  • notifu64.exe (302.73 KB)
  • SnoreToast.exe (291.23 KB)
  • WDDiscoveryService.exe (73.73 KB)
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The current page applies to WD Discovery version 3.4.89 only. For more WD Discovery versions please click below:

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A considerable amount of files, folders and Windows registry entries will be left behind when you want to remove WD Discovery from your computer.

Folders remaining:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\1590003690871\WD Discovery
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WD Discovery Crashes
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery

Files remaining:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\chrome_200_percent.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\Contents\img\icon.png
  • 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\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\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\osmesa.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\rclone.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\resources.pak
  • 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\Service\Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Service\Nancy.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Service\Nancy.Hosting.Self.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Service\NLog.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Service\WDDiscoveryService.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\snapshot_blob.bin
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\swiftshader\libEGL.dll

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WDDiscovery


A way to erase WD Discovery from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WD Discovery is a program offered by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Sometimes, people decide to uninstall it. Sometimes this is efortful because deleting this manually requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK procedure to uninstall WD Discovery is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is 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 the best uninstaller and general utility to clean your system.

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  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

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


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs existing on your computer will appear

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


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding WD Discovery, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the app you wish to remove, by pressing 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. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove WD Discovery.
Uninstall WD Discovery


8. After uninstalling WD Discovery, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong WD Discovery that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling WD Discovery with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall WD Discovery by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that WD Discovery by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall WD Discovery supposing 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.

2019-08-24 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2019-08-24 01:34:58.093