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How to uninstall WD Drive Utilities from your system

This page contains complete information on how to remove WD Drive Utilities for Windows. It is produced by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Take a look here where you can find out more on Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Please follow if you want to read more on WD Drive Utilities on Western Digital Technologies, Inc.'s page. Usually the WD Drive Utilities program is to be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Utilities folder, depending on the user's option during install. You can uninstall WD Drive Utilities by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{45BDDAE8-E34D-46D7-AC23-39C567A719B9}. Note that you might get a notification for admin rights. WDDriveUtilities.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 6.29 MB (6600192 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are installed beside WD Drive Utilities. They take about 13.27 MB (13913600 bytes) on disk.

  • WD Quick Formatter.exe (4.82 MB)
  • WDDriveUtilities.exe (6.29 MB)
  • WDDriveUtilitiesHelper.exe (2.16 MB)


The current page applies to WD Drive Utilities version 2.1.2.167 alone. Click on the links below for other WD Drive Utilities versions:

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Part_A few of these are listed below.

The files below remain on your disk when you remove WD Drive Utilities:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WD_Drive_Utilities_20240421194032.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WD_Drive_Utilities_20240421194032_000_DriveUtilitiesSetup.log


A way to erase WD Drive Utilities from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WD Drive Utilities is a program marketed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Sometimes, people choose to remove it. This can be easier said than done because doing this manually requires some skill regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY action to remove WD Drive Utilities 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows system.

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  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful 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 installed on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate WD Drive Utilities or simply click the Search feature and type in "WD Drive Utilities". If it is installed on your PC the WD Drive Utilities application will be found automatically. After you select WD Drive Utilities in the list of apps, some information about the program is shown to you:


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





  • The publisher is: http://support.wdc.com
  • The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{45BDDAE8-E34D-46D7-AC23-39C567A719B9}
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall WD Drive Utilities.
Uninstall WD Drive Utilities


8. After uninstalling WD Drive Utilities, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong WD Drive Utilities that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing WD Drive Utilities using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove WD Drive Utilities by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that WD Drive Utilities by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove WD Drive Utilities supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2024-01-20 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2024-01-20 18:24:32.533