Windscribe

A way to uninstall Windscribe from your system

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove Windscribe for Windows. It was created for Windows by Windscribe Limited. More information about Windscribe Limited can be seen here. More information about the application Windscribe can be seen at http://www.windscribe.com/. Windscribe is normally installed in the C:\Program Files\Windscribe directory, depending on the user's option. C:\Program Files\Windscribe\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Windscribe. Windscribe.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 7.83 MB (8210032 bytes) on disk.

Windscribe contains of the executables below. They take 24.14 MB (25312576 bytes) on disk.

• devcon.exe (91.11 KB)
• tapctl.exe (40.61 KB)
• uninstall.exe (575.61 KB)
• windscribe-cli.exe (284.61 KB)
• Windscribe.exe (7.83 MB)
• windscribectrld.exe (5.79 MB)
• WindscribeInstallHelper.exe (67.61 KB)
• windscribeopenvpn.exe (945.11 KB)
• WindscribeService.exe (559.61 KB)
• windscribewstunnel.exe (7.84 MB)
• WireguardService.exe (55.11 KB)
• ws_com_server.exe (122.11 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2.11.9 of Windscribe. You can find below info on other versions of Windscribe:

• 2.9.9
• 2.14.5
• 2.15.7
• 1.8028
• 2.10.11
• 2.4.6
• 2.316
• 2.8.6
• 1.8033
• 2.11.8
• 2.6.14
• 2.5.14
• 2.6.5
• 2.10.5
• 2.9.2
• 1.8320
• 2.4.10
• 1.8317
• 2.210
• 1.838
• 2.7.3
• 2.11.5
• 2.7.4
• 2.042
• 1.8026
• 2.4.5
• 2.13.2
• 2.10.15
• 2.21
• 2.014
• 1.8130
• 2.14.8
• 1.8113
• 1.8217
• 1.8024
• 2.019
• 1.826
• 2.7.11
• 2.10.6
• 2.13.5
• 2.310
• 2.24
• 2.5.8
• 2.8.5
• 2.4.8
• 2.032
• 2.039
• 2.5.12
• 2.13.8
• 1.8032
• 2.8.1
• 2.14.3
• 2.13
• 2.7.5
• 2.12.3
• 2.7.12
• 2.13.3
• 2.6.6
• 2.12.4
• 2.14.7
• 2.42
• 2.315
• 2.5.17
• 2.10.16
• 2.038
• 2.7.14
• 2.12.1
• 2.8.2
• 1.8141
• 2.12.7
• 2.4.11
• 2.41
• 2.5.1
• 1.8030
• 2.11.11
• 1.8110
• 1.8139
• 2.5.18
• 2.7.9
• 2.43
• 1.83.1.20
• 2.022
• 2.14.9
• 2.7.10
• 2.7.6
• 2.11.4
• 2.33
• 2.13.7
• 2.9.7
• 1.8144
• 2.5.10
• 2.9.6
• 2.5.6
• 2.10.7
• 2.25
• 2.14.10
• 2.6.12
• 2.13.4
• 2.5.7
• 2.10.14

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Numerous files, folders and registry entries can not be uninstalled when you remove Windscribe from your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Windscribe from your PC:

• C:\Program Files\Windscribe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Windscribe

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

• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\boost_serialization-vc142-mt-x64-1_85.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\cares.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\concrt140.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\config\config.ovpn
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\config\log.bin
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\devcon.exe
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\fmt.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\imageformats\qgif.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\imageformats\qico.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\imageformats\qjpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\imageformats\qsvg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\libcrypto-3-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\libcurl.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\libssl-3-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\log_installer.txt
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\msvcp140.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\msvcp140_1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\msvcp140_2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\networkinformation\qnetworklistmanager.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\open_source_licenses.txt
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\openssl.cnf
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\openvpndco\win10\ovpn-dco.cat
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\openvpndco\win10\ovpn-dco.inf
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\openvpndco\win10\ovpn-dco.sys
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\openvpndco\win11\ovpn-dco.cat
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\openvpndco\win11\ovpn-dco.inf
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\openvpndco\win11\ovpn-dco.sys
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\oqsprovider.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\platforms\qwindows.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\qt.conf
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\Qt6Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\Qt6Core5Compat.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\Qt6Gui.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\Qt6Network.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\Qt6Svg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\Qt6Widgets.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\spdlog.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\splittunnel\windscribesplittunnel.cat
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\splittunnel\windscribesplittunnel.inf
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\splittunnel\windscribesplittunnel.sys
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\styles\qwindowsvistastyle.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\tapctl.exe
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\tls\qschannelbackend.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\tunnel.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\ucrtbase.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\uninstall.exe
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\vccorlib140.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\vcruntime140.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\vcruntime140_1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\Windscribe.exe
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\windscribe-cli.exe
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\windscribectrld.exe
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\WindscribeInstallHelper.exe
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\windscribeopenvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\WindscribeService.exe
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\windscribeservice.log
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\windscribewstunnel.exe
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\wintun.dll
• C:\Program Files\Windscribe\wireguard.dll

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Windscribe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Windscribe_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Windscribe_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{fa690e90-ddb0-4f0c-b3f1-136c084e5fc7}_is1

Additional values that you should remove:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Windscribe\Windscribe.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Windscribe\Windscribe.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Windows\Temp\WindscribeInstaller7549\Windscribe_2.10.16.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Windows\Temp\WindscribeInstaller7549\Windscribe_2.10.16.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Windows\Temp\WindscribeInstaller8927\Windscribe_2.11.9_beta.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Windows\Temp\WindscribeInstaller8927\Windscribe_2.11.9_beta.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WindscribeService\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WindscribeService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WindscribeSplitTunnel\DisplayName

How to delete Windscribe from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Windscribe is a program marketed by the software company Windscribe Limited. Some people try to remove this program. Sometimes this is hard because removing this by hand takes some experience regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK solution to remove Windscribe 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Windscribe or simply click the Search feature and type in "Windscribe". The Windscribe app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Windscribe in the list , some data regarding the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Windscribe, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Windscribe:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.windscribe.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Windscribe\uninstall.exe

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


8. After uninstalling Windscribe, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Windscribe which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Windscribe with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Windscribe by Windscribe Limited from your computer, nor are we saying that Windscribe by Windscribe Limited is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Windscribe 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.