WinRAR archiver

How to uninstall WinRAR archiver from your system

This page contains thorough information on how to remove WinRAR archiver for Windows. It was coded for Windows by win.rar GmbH. You can read more on win.rar GmbH or check for application updates here. Usually the WinRAR archiver program is installed in the C:\Program Files\WinRAR folder, depending on the user's option during setup. You can uninstall WinRAR archiver by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\uninstall.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for admin rights. WinRAR.exe is the WinRAR archiver's main executable file and it occupies close to 1.34 MB (1408088 bytes) on disk.

WinRAR archiver contains of the executables below. They occupy 2.27 MB (2385248 bytes) on disk.

• Rar.exe (487.59 KB)
• Uninstall.exe (162.59 KB)
• UnRAR.exe (304.09 KB)
• WinRAR.exe (1.34 MB)

The current web page applies to WinRAR archiver version 5.21.0 only. You can find below info on other versions of WinRAR archiver:

• 5.00.1
• 5.00.7
• 5.90.3
• 4.10.1
• 4.00.6
• 5.20.0
• 5.01.1
• 5.50.5
• 5.60.2
• 5.60.3
• 4.01
• 5.61.0
• 5.21.1
• 6.01.1
• 4.20.0
• 6.24.0
• 5.20.1
• 5.61.1
• 5.20.2
• 5.80.0
• 5.00.6
• 5.50.0
• 6.02.0
• 5.70.1
• 5.20.3
• 5.70.2
• 6.23.0
• 6.01.0
• 5.10.1
• 4.00.5
• 4.20.3
• 5.00.3
• 5.91.0
• 5.50.1
• 5.10.0
• 5.50.4
• 5.90.0
• 5.00.5
• 4.10.3
• 4.10.5
• 6.00.1
• 5.11.1
• 4.20.1
• 4.00.2
• 4.10.2
• 7.00.0
• 5.30.1
• 5.01.0
• 5.00.4
• 5.50.6
• 4.00.3
• 6.00.0
• 5.00.2
• 4.10.0
• 5.30.6
• 5.30.3
• 5.80.2
• 5.31.1
• 5.31.0
• 5.71.0
• 4.11.0
• 6.10.3
• 5.0.8.0
• 5.20.4
• 5.80.3
• 5.30.4
• 5.40.2
• 6.00.2
• 4.01.1
• 4.20.2
• 4.10.4
• 6.11.0
• 6.21.0
• 5.60.5
• 6.11.1
• 4.01.0
• 5.40.1
• 5.11.0
• 5.10.2
• 4.0.0
• 5.00.0
• 5.60.0
• 4.00.1
• 5.50.2
• 5.40.0
• 5.10.3
• 4.00.4
• 6.20.2
• 5.40.3
• 5.60.1
• 5.21.2
• 6.22.0
• 6.10.0
• 5.10.4
• 5.70.0
• 4.00.7
• 5.80.1
• 5.30.0
• 5.40.4
• 5.0.1.0

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Many files, folders and registry entries will not be removed when you want to remove WinRAR archiver from your PC.

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files\WinRAR
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WinRAR

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\WinRAR\7zxa.dll
• C:\Program Files\WinRAR\CoNowego.txt
• C:\Program Files\WinRAR\CzytajTo.txt
• C:\Program Files\WinRAR\Licencja.txt

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WinRAR
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WinRAR
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\DragDropHandlers\WinRAR
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\DragDropHandlers\WinRAR

How to delete WinRAR archiver with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WinRAR archiver is an application marketed by win.rar GmbH. Sometimes, people want to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is troublesome because deleting this manually takes some knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. The best EASY manner to uninstall WinRAR archiver 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 PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to clean your system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs installed on your PC will appear

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

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding WinRAR archiver, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove WinRAR archiver.


8. After uninstalling WinRAR archiver, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of WinRAR archiver which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing WinRAR archiver using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove WinRAR archiver by win.rar GmbH from your PC, nor are we saying that WinRAR archiver by win.rar GmbH is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove WinRAR archiver in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.