WhatsApp

A guide to uninstall WhatsApp from your system

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove WhatsApp for Windows. The Windows release was created by WhatsApp. Go over here where you can get more info on WhatsApp. WhatsApp is frequently set up in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp folder, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the program. The full command line for removing WhatsApp is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file is named WhatsApp.exe and its approximative size is 662.70 KB (678608 bytes).

The executables below are part of WhatsApp. They take about 219.10 MB (229746912 bytes) on disk.

• squirrel.exe (2.15 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (662.70 KB)
• squirrel.exe (2.15 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (106.01 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (106.01 MB)

This page is about WhatsApp version 2.2126.15 only. Click on the links below for other WhatsApp versions:

• 2.2126.10
• 1.0.1
• 2.2124.6
• 2.2025.7
• 2.2132.6
• 0.2.1061
• Unknown
• 2.2228.4
• 0.2.6426
• 2.2117.5
• 0.2.9928
• 2.2202.12
• 2.2206.4
• 2.2246.6
• 2.2244.6
• 2.2304.7
• 0.2.5093
• 2.2214.12
• 2.2043.21
• 2.2202.5
• 2.2235.0
• 0.2.7315
• 2.2047.11
• 0.2.8000
• 2.2246.10
• 2.2204.1
• 2.2216.8
• 2.2047.13
• 2.2244.3
• 2.2139.6
• 2.2106.16
• 0.2.2732
• 2.2021.2
• 0.3.953
• 2.2102.9
• 2.2219.1
• 2.2100.7
• 2.2207.0
• 2.2238.2
• 2.2035.14
• 0.4.1307
• 2.2047.7
• 2.2222.2
• 2.2222.3
• 0.3.4375
• 2.2017.6
• 2.2121.7
• 2.2110.12
• 2.2147.10
• 2.2126.1
• 2.2027.10
• 2.2229.2
• 0.2.1454
• 2.2239.1
• 0.3.3330
• 2.2228.8
• 2.2149.4
• 2.2224.4
• 0.2.2244
• 2.2310.1
• 2.2031.4
• 2.2135.1
• 2.2212.8
• 2.2228.14
• 2.2236.10
• 0.2.6968
• 0.2.7314
• 2.2230.6
• 2.2211.2
• 2.2226.1
• 2.2216.7
• 0.3.1242
• 2.2229.0
• 0.2.9229
• 0.2.8505
• 2.2019.6
• 2.2102.8
• 2.2314.3
• 2.2023.2
• 2.2142.5
• 2.2144.11
• 0.2.777
• 2.2037.5
• 0.2.9008
• 2.2130.3
• 2.2138.14
• 2.2138.2
• 0.2.2729
• 2.2210.1
• 2.2245.2
• 0.2.2731
• 2.2237.0
• 2.2114.8
• 2.2213.5
• 0.3.3328
• 2.2128.1
• 2.2232.8
• 2.2029.4
• 0.4.1302
• 2.2212.1

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Several files, folders and registry entries will be left behind when you remove WhatsApp from your PC.

Directories that were found:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WhatsApp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\com_squirrel_WhatsApp_WhatsApp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WhatsApp\WhatsApp.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Code Cache\js\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Code Cache\wasm\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Crashpad\metadata
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Crashpad\reports\18536546-4e2a-42ab-bfbb-3ed302edc3a0.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Crashpad\reports\18e6f164-d562-43c7-8f3c-99dab082c11f.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Crashpad\reports\46bf9c48-f710-48db-a25c-31d7ce008200.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Crashpad\reports\8483dcee-ea35-4963-b760-697374c9ec35.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Crashpad\reports\d210b31a-328e-4a46-b01e-c1d0fa502b46.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Crashpad\reports\f14be7a1-caee-46f8-b937-d24cd0f38721.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Crashpad\settings.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\databases\Databases.db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Dictionaries\en-US-9-0.bdic
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\GPUCache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\GPUCache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\GPUCache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\GPUCache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\GPUCache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Local Storage\leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Local Storage\leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Local Storage\leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Local Storage\leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\main-process.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Network Persistent State
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Preferences
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\QuotaManager
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Service Worker\CacheStorage\3e8ad32ef6e0ff2c8dfb0722a7a862f0a1038fb3\222f6887-de95-405d-b3e9-fcdb54b08025\2a2b7cbbc61290b4_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Service Worker\CacheStorage\3e8ad32ef6e0ff2c8dfb0722a7a862f0a1038fb3\222f6887-de95-405d-b3e9-fcdb54b08025\6ea66fa5b36b4157_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Service Worker\CacheStorage\3e8ad32ef6e0ff2c8dfb0722a7a862f0a1038fb3\222f6887-de95-405d-b3e9-fcdb54b08025\e6039a61e4d2a504_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Service Worker\CacheStorage\3e8ad32ef6e0ff2c8dfb0722a7a862f0a1038fb3\222f6887-de95-405d-b3e9-fcdb54b08025\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Service Worker\CacheStorage\3e8ad32ef6e0ff2c8dfb0722a7a862f0a1038fb3\index.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Session Storage\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Session Storage\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Session Storage\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Session Storage\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Session Storage\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\settings.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\TransportSecurity

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\whatsapp
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WhatsApp
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\WhatsApp Installer_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\WhatsApp Installer_RASMANCS

Additional values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2870570530-3049808786-3061425007-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2126.15\WhatsApp.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2870570530-3049808786-3061425007-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\WhatsApp Installer.exe

A way to uninstall WhatsApp using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WhatsApp is a program offered by WhatsApp. Sometimes, people try to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is difficult because doing this by hand requires some skill regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK procedure to uninstall WhatsApp is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find WhatsApp or simply activate the Search feature and type in "WhatsApp". If it exists on your system the WhatsApp app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click WhatsApp in the list of apps, some data regarding the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding WhatsApp, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall WhatsApp.


8. After removing WhatsApp, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong WhatsApp that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling WhatsApp with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove WhatsApp by WhatsApp from your computer, we are not saying that WhatsApp by WhatsApp is not a good application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove WhatsApp 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.