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A way to uninstall WhatsApp from your computer

This web page is about WhatsApp for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was created for Windows by WhatsApp. Go over here for more information on WhatsApp. The application is often located in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp folder (same installation drive as Windows). The entire uninstall command line for WhatsApp is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe. WhatsApp.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 663.72 KB (679648 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of WhatsApp. They take about 257.94 MB (270469952 bytes) on disk.

  • squirrel.exe (2.15 MB)
  • WhatsApp.exe (663.72 KB)
  • squirrel.exe (2.15 MB)
  • WhatsApp.exe (125.42 MB)
  • WhatsApp.exe (125.42 MB)


The information on this page is only about version 2.2304.7 of WhatsApp. You can find here a few links to other WhatsApp versions:

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Several files, folders and Windows registry entries will not be removed when you want to remove WhatsApp from your computer.

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\PackageRepository\Extensions\windows.protocol\whatsapp
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\PackageRepository\Packages\5319275A.WhatsAppDesktop_2.2401.5.0_x64__cv1g1gvanyjgm\5319275A.WhatsAppDesktop_cv1g1gvanyjgm!App\windows.protocol\whatsapp
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\whatsapp
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WhatsApp

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following values:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\Repository\Packages\5319275A.WhatsAppDesktop_2.2401.5.0_x64__cv1g1gvanyjgm\App\Capabilities\URLAssociations\whatsapp
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2246.10\WhatsApp.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2246.10\WhatsApp.exe.FriendlyAppName


How to uninstall WhatsApp using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WhatsApp is a program marketed by WhatsApp. Some users want to erase this application. This is troublesome because doing this by hand takes some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK procedure to erase WhatsApp is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to optimize your computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find WhatsApp or simply activate the Search feature and type in "WhatsApp". The WhatsApp app will be found automatically. When you click WhatsApp in the list of programs, some data regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding WhatsApp, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the program you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove WhatsApp.
Uninstall WhatsApp


8. After removing WhatsApp, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong WhatsApp that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing WhatsApp using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall WhatsApp by WhatsApp from your computer, we are not saying that WhatsApp by WhatsApp is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall WhatsApp supposing 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.

2023-01-27 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2023-01-27 03:01:42.803