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How to uninstall Windscribe from your PC

This page is about Windscribe for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is developed by Windscribe Limited. Check out here for more information on Windscribe Limited. Please follow if you want to read more on Windscribe on Windscribe Limited's page. Windscribe is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Windscribe directory, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's option when installing the program. The full command line for uninstalling Windscribe is C:\Program Files (x86)\Windscribe\uninstall.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file is labeled WindscribeLauncher.exe and occupies 322.88 KB (330624 bytes).

The executables below are part of Windscribe. They take an average of 36.82 MB (38608112 bytes) on disk.

  • ChangeIcs.exe (163.38 KB)
  • subinacl.exe (289.88 KB)
  • tstunnel.exe (231.38 KB)
  • uninstall.exe (517.38 KB)
  • windscribe-cli.exe (2.55 MB)
  • Windscribe.exe (5.41 MB)
  • WindscribeEngine.exe (4.48 MB)
  • WindscribeInstallHelper.exe (337.88 KB)
  • WindscribeLauncher.exe (322.88 KB)
  • windscribeopenvpn_2_5_4.exe (736.38 KB)
  • WindscribeService.exe (1.28 MB)
  • windscribewireguard.exe (2.35 MB)
  • wstunnel.exe (17.93 MB)
  • ws_com_server.exe (92.88 KB)
  • tapinstall.exe (97.99 KB)
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The information on this page is only about version 2.316 of Windscribe. You can find below info on other versions of Windscribe:

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When planning to uninstall Windscribe you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Registry that is not cleaned:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Windscribe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{fa690e90-ddb0-4f0c-b3f1-136c084e5fc7}_is1

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\tapwindscribe0901\DisplayName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WindscribeSplitTunnel\Description
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\windtun420\Description


How to delete Windscribe using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Windscribe is a program offered by the software company Windscribe Limited. Sometimes, people decide to uninstall this application. This can be hard because performing this by hand requires some know-how regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE way to uninstall Windscribe is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows system.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

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


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Windscribe or simply click the Search feature and type in "Windscribe". If it exists on your system the Windscribe program will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Windscribe in the list of apps, the following data regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding Windscribe, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Windscribe:





  • The web site of the application is: http://www.windscribe.com/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windscribe\uninstall.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Windscribe.
Uninstall Windscribe


8. After removing Windscribe, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Windscribe that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Windscribe with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Windscribe by Windscribe Limited from your PC, nor are we saying that Windscribe by Windscribe Limited is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Windscribe in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2022-01-06 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2022-01-06 17:23:26.843