WhatsApp

A guide to uninstall WhatsApp from your PC

This info is about WhatsApp for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It was created for Windows by WhatsApp. More info about WhatsApp can be seen here. WhatsApp is commonly set up in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp folder, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the program. You can uninstall WhatsApp by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe --uninstall. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 1.85 MB (1942800 bytes) on disk and is called squirrel.exe.

The following executables are installed together with WhatsApp. They take about 173.96 MB (182410576 bytes) on disk.

• squirrel.exe (1.85 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (84.20 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (84.20 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 0.2.5371 of WhatsApp. You can find here a few links to other WhatsApp releases:

• 2.2126.10
• 2.2126.15
• 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

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Directories left on disk:

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

The files below are left behind on your disk by WhatsApp's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\dahcpdmnbfoceimaadohmmbgjdjmfiba\10.6_0\img\topbar\icon-whatsapp.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\dahcpdmnbfoceimaadohmmbgjdjmfiba\10.6_0\img\topbar\icon-whatsapp-notify.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp Crashes\operation_log.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\content_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\content_shell.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\fake-bidi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\th.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\node.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\resources\app.asar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\resources\electron.asar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\snapshot_blob.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\squirrel.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\SquirrelSetup.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\ui_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\views_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\WhatsApp.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.5371\xinput1_3.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\packages\RELEASES
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\packages\WhatsApp-0.2.5371-full.nupkg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\packages\WhatsApp-2.2323.4-full.nupkg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\SquirrelSetup.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WhatsApp\WhatsApp (Outdated).lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WhatsApp\WhatsApp.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Extensions\fflehnfncoejkfdgijbaodohlmnhlndo\10.3_0\img\topbar\icon-whatsapp.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Extensions\fflehnfncoejkfdgijbaodohlmnhlndo\10.3_0\img\topbar\icon-whatsapp-notify.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Extensions\fflehnfncoejkfdgijbaodohlmnhlndo\10.3_0\img\web_store_whatsapp_download.png
• 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\f_000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\f_000002
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\f_000003
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\f_000004
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\f_000005
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\f_000006
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\f_000007
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\f_000008

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\whatsapp
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WhatsApp

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\WhatsApp.exe

How to erase WhatsApp from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WhatsApp is a program offered by WhatsApp. Frequently, computer users want to erase this program. Sometimes this is easier said than done because uninstalling this by hand takes some knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK solution to erase WhatsApp 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 system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your computer.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find WhatsApp or simply click the Search feature and type in "WhatsApp". If it is installed on your PC the WhatsApp program will be found very quickly. After you select WhatsApp in the list of programs, the following information about the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about WhatsApp, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall WhatsApp.


8. After uninstalling WhatsApp, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of WhatsApp that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing WhatsApp using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove WhatsApp by WhatsApp from your computer, nor are we saying that WhatsApp by WhatsApp is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove WhatsApp supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.