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A way to uninstall WhatsApp from your system

This page contains thorough information on how to uninstall WhatsApp for Windows. It was developed for Windows by WhatsApp. You can read more on WhatsApp or check for application updates here. The program is often found in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp folder. Take into account that this location can vary being determined by the user's preference. C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe is the full command line if you want to remove WhatsApp. The application's main executable file has a size of 663.72 KB (679648 bytes) on disk and is called WhatsApp.exe.

The executable files 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)


This web page is about WhatsApp version 2.2232.8 alone. You can find below a few links to other WhatsApp versions:

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

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall WhatsApp:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb
  • 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

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall WhatsApp:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000010.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000013.ldb
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\tempa\lib\net45\WhatsApp.exe.bsdiff
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\tempa\lib\net45\WhatsApp.exe.diff
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\tempa\lib\net45\WhatsApp.exe.shasum
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\tempa\lib\net45\WhatsApp_ExecutionStub.exe.diff
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\tempa\lib\net45\WhatsApp_ExecutionStub.exe.shasum
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\tempa\WhatsApp.nuspec
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\tempb\lib\net45\WhatsApp.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\tempb\lib\net45\WhatsApp_ExecutionStub.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\SquirrelTemp\tempb\WhatsApp.nuspec
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp Crashes\CrashpadMetrics.pma
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp Crashes\CrashpadMetrics-active.pma
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp Crashes\metadata
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp Crashes\operation_log.txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp Crashes\settings.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app.ico
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\ffmpeg.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\LICENSE
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\am.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\da.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\de.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\el.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\es.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\et.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\he.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\id.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\it.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\te.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\th.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\msvcp140.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\resources.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\resources\app.asar
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\snapshot_blob.bin
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\squirrel.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\SquirrelSetup.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\v8_context_snapshot.bin
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\vcruntime140.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\vcruntime140_1.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\vk_swiftshader.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\vulkan-1.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2228.14\WhatsApp.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2232.8\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2232.8\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2232.8\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2232.8\ffmpeg.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2232.8\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2232.8\libEGL.dll

Frequently the following registry keys will not be cleaned:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\whatsapp
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WhatsApp
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\WhatsApp.exe

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\WhatsApp.exe


How to erase WhatsApp from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WhatsApp is an application marketed by the software company WhatsApp. Sometimes, users want to erase this program. This is difficult because removing this manually requires some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE manner 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 an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your system.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications installed on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate WhatsApp or simply click the Search feature and type in "WhatsApp". The WhatsApp program will be found very quickly. After you select WhatsApp in the list of programs, the following information about the program is 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 - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the program you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove WhatsApp.
Uninstall WhatsApp


8. After removing WhatsApp, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform 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 removing WhatsApp with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready 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 application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall WhatsApp in case 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2022-09-02 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2022-09-02 04:21:43.107