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A guide to uninstall WhatsApp from your PC

WhatsApp is a Windows application. Read more about how to remove it from your computer. It is written by WhatsApp. More data about WhatsApp can be read here. The application is frequently placed in the C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp folder. Take into account that this path can differ depending on the user's preference. The full command line for uninstalling WhatsApp is C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file occupies 663.42 KB (679344 bytes) on disk and is named WhatsApp.exe.

WhatsApp contains of the executables below. They take 206.67 MB (216707616 bytes) on disk.




  • squirrel.exe (2.15 MB)
  • WhatsApp.exe (663.42 KB)
  • squirrel.exe (2.15 MB)
  • WhatsApp.exe (99.79 MB)
  • WhatsApp.exe (99.79 MB)


The information on this page is only about version 2.2047.13 of WhatsApp. For other WhatsApp versions please click below:

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WhatsApp has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories found on disk:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp

Files remaining:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\ffmpeg.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\LICENSE
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\am.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\da.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\de.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\el.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\es.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\et.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\he.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\id.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\it.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\te.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\th.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\msvcp140.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\resources.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\resources\app.asar
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\snapshot_blob.bin
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\squirrel.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\SquirrelSetup.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\v8_context_snapshot.bin
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\vcruntime140.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\vcruntime140_1.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\vk_swiftshader.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2047.13\WhatsApp.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\packages\RELEASES
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\packages\WhatsApp-2.2047.13-full.nupkg
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\SquirrelSetup.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\WhatsApp.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\ba4d77a0-6975-4992-9d9f-33821479c000.tmp
  • 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\databases\Databases.db
  • 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

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\whatsapp
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WhatsApp


A way to erase WhatsApp using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WhatsApp is a program marketed by WhatsApp. Some computer users try to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be efortful because performing this manually requires some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. 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 Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows computer.

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  • visit Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW 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 number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

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


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs existing on the computer 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". The WhatsApp program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select WhatsApp in the list of applications, the following data about the application is made available 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".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the application you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall WhatsApp.
Uninstall WhatsApp


8. After removing WhatsApp, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong WhatsApp which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling WhatsApp using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove WhatsApp by WhatsApp from your PC, we are not saying that WhatsApp by WhatsApp is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove WhatsApp in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2020-12-04 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2020-12-04 12:04:52.537