WhatsApp

How to uninstall WhatsApp from your computer

WhatsApp is a computer program. This page holds details on how to remove it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by Google\Chrome. Check out here for more info on Google\Chrome. WhatsApp is typically set up in the C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application folder, regulated by the user's option. You can uninstall WhatsApp by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is labeled chrome_pwa_launcher.exe and it has a size of 1.55 MB (1624408 bytes).

The following executable files are incorporated in WhatsApp. They occupy 16.02 MB (16793960 bytes) on disk.

• chrome.exe (2.50 MB)
• chrome_proxy.exe (960.34 KB)
• chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.55 MB)
• elevation_service.exe (1.42 MB)
• notification_helper.exe (1.14 MB)
• setup.exe (4.23 MB)

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This data is about WhatsApp version 1.0 alone. Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you remove WhatsApp.

Folders left behind when you uninstall WhatsApp:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ggcb3mto.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com

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

• C:\Program Files\MuMu\emulator\nemu\EmulatorShell\keymap_config\AppIcon\com.whatsapp.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Web Applications\_crx_hnpfjngllnobngcgfapefoaidbinmjnm\WhatsApp Web.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 1\Web Applications\_crx_hnpfjngllnobngcgfapefoaidbinmjnm\WhatsApp.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.blob\f\00\2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000169.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000174.ldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000175.ldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000176.ldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000177.ldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000178.ldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000179.ldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000181.ldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000182.ldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000183.ldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\WhatsApp Image 2024-06-06 at 4.15.53 PM.jpeg.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ggcb3mto.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\ls\data.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ggcb3mto.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\ls\usage

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\whatsapp
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\f1030604e14c0572d59fdf132ca99d6d
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\whatsapp
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\WhatsApp.exe

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\GoogleChromeElevationService\ImagePath

A way to uninstall WhatsApp using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WhatsApp is an application offered by Google\Chrome. Sometimes, users try to remove this program. This is troublesome because performing this manually requires some knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE procedure to remove WhatsApp 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 good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your system.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find WhatsApp or simply click the Search field and type in "WhatsApp". If it is installed on your PC the WhatsApp application will be found automatically. When you click WhatsApp in the list of applications, the following information about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about WhatsApp, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove 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 Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove WhatsApp by Google\Chrome from your PC, nor are we saying that WhatsApp by Google\Chrome is not a good application for your PC. This page simply 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.