WD Security

A guide to uninstall WD Security from your PC

WD Security is a software application. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. More data about Western Digital Technologies, Inc. can be found here. More information about the app WD Security can be seen at http://support.wdc.com. Usually the WD Security program is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Security folder, depending on the user's option during install. MsiExec.exe /X{9CC1378D-FDA5-49EF-B2AE-7DF54DECCC26} is the full command line if you want to uninstall WD Security. The program's main executable file has a size of 6.25 MB (6555248 bytes) on disk and is named WDSecurity.exe.

The following executable files are contained in WD Security. They occupy 11.16 MB (11701504 bytes) on disk.

• WD Quick Formatter.exe (4.91 MB)
• WDSecurity.exe (6.25 MB)

This data is about WD Security version 2.0.0.63 only. You can find below info on other versions of WD Security:

• 2.0.0.76
• 2.0.0.48
• 2.1.2.167
• 2.1.0.115
• 1.1.1.3
• 2.1.0.130
• 1.4.0.92
• 2.0.0.44
• 1.4.3.13
• 1.3.0.16
• 1.3.0.17
• 2.1.2.146
• 1.0.7.3
• 1.0.5.7
• 2.0.0.70
• 1.3.1.2
• 1.2.0.83
• 1.0.6.3
• 1.0.3.3
• 1.4.3.37
• 2.1.0.20
• 2.0.0.26
• 2.1.0.142
• 1.4.1.51
• 1.4.2.11
• 1.3.0.18
• 2.1.2.295
• 2.1.2.165
• 1.0.4.11
• 1.1.0.51

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Some files, folders and Windows registry data can not be deleted when you want to remove WD Security from your computer.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Security

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

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Western Digital_WD Security_WDSecurity_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\WD Security.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\wd_security_setup_for_web_2.0.0.63.zip.lnk

A way to uninstall WD Security from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WD Security is an application by the software company Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Some users want to uninstall it. This can be troublesome because performing this by hand requires some experience regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE solution to uninstall WD Security 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 good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to clean your Windows system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications installed on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find WD Security or simply click the Search field and type in "WD Security". If it exists on your system the WD Security application will be found very quickly. When you click WD Security in the list , some data about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about WD Security, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for WD Security:

• The web site of the application is: http://support.wdc.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{9CC1378D-FDA5-49EF-B2AE-7DF54DECCC26}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall WD Security.


8. After uninstalling WD Security, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of WD Security which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing WD Security using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove WD Security by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that WD Security by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. is not a good application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove WD Security in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.