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A way to uninstall WhatsApp from your PC

This web page contains complete information on how to uninstall WhatsApp for Windows. It was created for Windows by WhatsApp. More information on WhatsApp can be seen here. WhatsApp is typically installed in the C:\Users\fe_12\AppData\Local\WhatsApp directory, but this location may differ a lot depending on the user's option while installing the application. The full command line for removing WhatsApp is C:\Users\fe_12\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for admin rights. WhatsApp.exe is the WhatsApp's main executable file and it occupies close to 663.72 KB (679648 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of WhatsApp. They occupy an average of 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 current web page applies to WhatsApp version 2.2244.6 alone. Click on the links below for other WhatsApp versions:

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Some files, folders and registry entries will not be deleted when you are trying to remove WhatsApp from your PC.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall WhatsApp:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WhatsApp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall WhatsApp:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Extensions\kkkldohdhcfhpjchcefpkfhjfeapdmek\3.1.0_0\assets\img\icon\svg\share-whatsapp.svg
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\ActionCenterCache\com-squirrel-whatsapp-whatsapp_107_0.png
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\ActionCenterCache\com-squirrel-whatsapp-whatsapp_109_0.png
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\ActionCenterCache\com-squirrel-whatsapp-whatsapp_78_0.png
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\ActionCenterCache\com-squirrel-whatsapp-whatsapp_87_0.png
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\ActionCenterCache\com-squirrel-whatsapp-whatsapp_89_0.png
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\ActionCenterCache\com-squirrel-whatsapp-whatsapp_91_0.png
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\com_squirrel_WhatsApp_WhatsApp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app.ico
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2242.6\ffmpeg.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2242.6\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2242.6\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2242.6\LICENSE
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2242.6\resources\app.asar
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2242.6\squirrel.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2242.6\SquirrelSetup.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2242.6\vk_swiftshader.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2242.6\vulkan-1.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2242.6\WhatsApp.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\ffmpeg.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\LICENSE
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\am.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\da.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\de.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\el.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\es.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\et.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\he.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\id.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\it.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\te.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\th.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\resources.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\resources\app.asar
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\snapshot_blob.bin
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\squirrel.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\SquirrelSetup.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\v8_context_snapshot.bin
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\vcruntime140.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\vcruntime140_1.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\vk_swiftshader.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\vulkan-1.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\WhatsApp.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\packages\RELEASES
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\packages\WhatsApp-2.2244.6-full.nupkg
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\SquirrelSetup.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\WhatsApp.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\WhatsApp.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WhatsApp\WhatsApp.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\blob_storage\e70ee473-233e-47e0-85c2-de8f1b1e4beb\0
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\blob_storage\e70ee473-233e-47e0-85c2-de8f1b1e4beb\1
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\blob_storage\e70ee473-233e-47e0-85c2-de8f1b1e4beb\2

Registry keys:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\whatsapp
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WhatsApp
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\WhatsApp.exe

Additional registry values that you should remove:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-486211706-4000560291-964058628-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2242.6\WhatsApp.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-486211706-4000560291-964058628-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2244.6\WhatsApp.exe


A way to erase WhatsApp from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WhatsApp is a program offered by the software company WhatsApp. Sometimes, people try to uninstall this application. This is efortful because doing this by hand takes some experience related to Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY way to uninstall 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 already installed on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to take care of your computer.

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  • download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs installed on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate WhatsApp or simply click the Search field and type in "WhatsApp". If it exists on your system the WhatsApp app will be found very quickly. After you click WhatsApp in the list of programs, the following information regarding the program is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding WhatsApp, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the program you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove WhatsApp.
Uninstall WhatsApp


8. After uninstalling WhatsApp, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong WhatsApp that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing WhatsApp using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall WhatsApp by WhatsApp from your computer, nor are we saying that WhatsApp by WhatsApp is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall WhatsApp in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2022-11-22 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2022-11-21 22:25:19.420