WhatsApp

How to uninstall WhatsApp from your PC

You can find below details on how to remove WhatsApp for Windows. The Windows release was developed by WhatsApp. You can find out more on WhatsApp or check for application updates here. WhatsApp is commonly installed in the C:\Users\wilfr\AppData\Local\WhatsApp directory, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the program. The complete uninstall command line for WhatsApp is C:\Users\wilfr\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe. The program's main executable file has a size of 654.92 KB (670640 bytes) on disk and is called WhatsApp.exe.

WhatsApp is composed of the following executables which take 192.51 MB (201861152 bytes) on disk:

• squirrel.exe (2.15 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (654.92 KB)
• WhatsApp.exe (95.70 MB)
• squirrel.exe (2.15 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (89.72 MB)

The current page applies to WhatsApp version 0.4.1299 alone. You can find here a few links to other WhatsApp releases:

• 2.2126.10
• 2.2126.15
• 1.0.1
• 2.2124.6
• 2.2025.7
• 2.2132.6
• 0.2.1061
• Unknown
• 2.2228.4
• 0.2.6426
• 2.2117.5
• 0.2.9928
• 2.2202.12
• 2.2206.4
• 2.2246.6
• 2.2244.6
• 2.2304.7
• 0.2.5093
• 2.2214.12
• 2.2043.21
• 2.2202.5
• 2.2235.0
• 0.2.7315
• 2.2047.11
• 0.2.8000
• 2.2246.10
• 2.2204.1
• 2.2216.8
• 2.2047.13
• 2.2244.3
• 2.2139.6
• 2.2106.16
• 0.2.2732
• 2.2021.2
• 0.3.953
• 2.2102.9
• 2.2219.1
• 2.2100.7
• 2.2207.0
• 2.2238.2
• 2.2035.14
• 0.4.1307
• 2.2047.7
• 2.2222.2
• 2.2222.3
• 0.3.4375
• 2.2017.6
• 2.2121.7
• 2.2110.12
• 2.2147.10
• 2.2126.1
• 2.2027.10
• 2.2229.2
• 0.2.1454
• 2.2239.1
• 0.3.3330
• 2.2228.8
• 2.2149.4
• 2.2224.4
• 0.2.2244
• 2.2310.1
• 2.2031.4
• 2.2135.1
• 2.2212.8
• 2.2228.14
• 2.2236.10
• 0.2.6968
• 0.2.7314
• 2.2230.6
• 2.2211.2
• 2.2226.1
• 2.2216.7
• 0.3.1242
• 2.2229.0
• 0.2.9229
• 0.2.8505
• 2.2019.6
• 2.2102.8
• 2.2314.3
• 2.2023.2
• 2.2142.5
• 2.2144.11
• 0.2.777
• 2.2037.5
• 0.2.9008
• 2.2130.3
• 2.2138.14
• 2.2138.2
• 0.2.2729
• 2.2210.1
• 2.2245.2
• 0.2.2731
• 2.2237.0
• 2.2114.8
• 2.2213.5
• 0.3.3328
• 2.2128.1
• 2.2232.8
• 2.2029.4
• 0.4.1302

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Part_A few of these are listed below.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall WhatsApp:

• 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
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp

The files below remain on your disk when you remove WhatsApp:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\COM_SQUIRREL_WHATSAPP_WHATSAPP
• 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-0.4.1299\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.4.1299\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.4.1299\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.4.1299\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.4.1299\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.4.1299\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.4.1299\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.4.1299\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.4.1299\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.4.1299\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.4.1299\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.4.1299\resources.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.4.1299\resources\app.asar.unpacked\node_modules\spellchecker\build\Release\spellchecker.node
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.4.1299\snapshot_blob.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.4.1299\squirrel.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.4.1299\SquirrelSetup.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.4.1299\v8_context_snapshot.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.4.1299\WhatsApp.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\WhatsApp.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WhatsApp\WhatsApp.lnk
• 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\Code Cache\wasm\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Crashpad\metadata
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Crashpad\settings.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\databases\Databases.db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\000\t\Paths\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\000\t\Paths\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\000\t\Paths\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\000\t\Paths\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\000\t\Paths\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\MANIFEST-000001
• 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\f_000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\GPUCache\f_000002
• 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
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\main-process.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Network Persistent State
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Preferences
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\QuotaManager
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Service Worker\CacheStorage\3e8ad32ef6e0ff2c8dfb0722a7a862f0a1038fb3\bb8872c6-87e3-4743-b8c8-71bf8c8ca724\6ea66fa5b36b4157_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Service Worker\CacheStorage\3e8ad32ef6e0ff2c8dfb0722a7a862f0a1038fb3\bb8872c6-87e3-4743-b8c8-71bf8c8ca724\e6039a61e4d2a504_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Service Worker\CacheStorage\3e8ad32ef6e0ff2c8dfb0722a7a862f0a1038fb3\bb8872c6-87e3-4743-b8c8-71bf8c8ca724\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Service Worker\CacheStorage\3e8ad32ef6e0ff2c8dfb0722a7a862f0a1038fb3\index.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Session Storage\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Session Storage\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Session Storage\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Session Storage\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Session Storage\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\settings.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\TransportSecurity

Generally the following registry data will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\whatsapp
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WhatsApp

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1778801487-4261747918-1109058063-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.4.1299\WhatsApp.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1778801487-4261747918-1109058063-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2232.8\WhatsApp.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1778801487-4261747918-1109058063-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-2.2234.13\WhatsApp.exe

How to erase WhatsApp with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WhatsApp is a program released by WhatsApp. Frequently, people decide to uninstall it. Sometimes this can be efortful because uninstalling this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE way to uninstall WhatsApp is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





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

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate WhatsApp or simply activate the Search field and type in "WhatsApp". If it is installed on your PC the WhatsApp application will be found very quickly. After you select WhatsApp in the list , some data about the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about WhatsApp, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall 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 of WhatsApp that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling WhatsApp with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove WhatsApp by WhatsApp from your PC, nor are we saying that WhatsApp by WhatsApp is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove WhatsApp supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.