WD Security

How to uninstall WD Security from your computer

This page contains detailed information on how to uninstall WD Security for Windows. It is produced by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. More data about Western Digital Technologies, Inc. can be seen here. More details about WD Security can be found at http://support.wdc.com. Usually the WD Security program is to be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Security directory, depending on the user's option during setup. MsiExec.exe /X{17ACCE47-D22B-42A1-9750-07072F6D1A59} is the full command line if you want to remove WD Security. The program's main executable file is called WDSecurity.exe and its approximative size is 6.24 MB (6539264 bytes).

The following executables are contained in WD Security. They occupy 11.05 MB (11591168 bytes) on disk.

• WD Quick Formatter.exe (4.82 MB)
• WDSecurity.exe (6.24 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 2.1.3.304 of WD Security. You can find below info on other releases of WD Security:

• 2.0.0.76
• 2.0.0.48
• 2.0.0.63
• 2.1.2.167
• 2.1.0.115
• 1.1.1.3
• 2.1.0.130
• 1.4.0.92
• 2.1.4.358
• 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
• 2.1.4.308
• 1.1.0.51

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Security
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security

The files below are 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\Local\Temp\WD_Security_20250320225756.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WD_Security_20250320225756_000_DriveSecuritySetup.log
• 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\wd_security.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\back.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\front.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\CS-CZ.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\DA-DK.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\DE-DE.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\EL-GR.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\EN-US.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\ES-ES.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\FI-FI.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\FR-FR.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\HE-IL.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\HU-HU.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\IT-IT.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\JA-JP.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\KO-KR.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\NB-NO.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\NL-NL.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\PL-PL.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\PT-BR.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\RU-RU.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\SK-SK.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\SV-SE.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\TR-TR.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\ZH-CN.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\locale\ZH-TW.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\manifest.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.security\current\WDUnlocker.bin

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

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

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

WD Security is a program released by the software company Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Sometimes, users decide to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is efortful because performing this manually takes some know-how regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE practice to uninstall WD Security is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate WD Security or simply activate the Search field and type in "WD Security". If it is installed on your PC the WD Security application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click WD Security in the list , some information about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about WD Security, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for WD Security:

• The publisher is: http://support.wdc.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{17ACCE47-D22B-42A1-9750-07072F6D1A59}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall WD Security.


8. After uninstalling WD Security, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of WD Security that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling WD Security using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove WD Security by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that WD Security by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove WD Security supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.