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A way to uninstall WireShark from your system

This web page is about WireShark for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by The Wireshark developer community, http://www.wireshark.org. More information about The Wireshark developer community, http://www.wireshark.org can be seen here. You can read more about related to WireShark at . The application is frequently found in the C:\Program Files\Wireshark directory. Keep in mind that this path can vary depending on the user's choice. The full command line for uninstalling WireShark is "C:\Program Files\Wireshark\uninstall.exe". Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for administrator rights. Wireshark.exe is the WireShark's main executable file and it occupies about 2.94 MB (3081136 bytes) on disk.

WireShark installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 6.10 MB (6392080 bytes) on disk.

  • capinfos.exe (314.92 KB)
  • dumpcap.exe (382.42 KB)
  • editcap.exe (318.92 KB)
  • mergecap.exe (304.42 KB)
  • rawshark.exe (342.92 KB)
  • reordercap.exe (299.92 KB)
  • text2pcap.exe (331.92 KB)
  • tshark.exe (531.42 KB)
  • uninstall.exe (406.47 KB)
  • Wireshark.exe (2.94 MB)
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The information on this page is only about version 1.12.3 of WireShark. For other WireShark versions please click below:




A way to uninstall WireShark using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WireShark is a program by the software company The Wireshark developer community, http://www.wireshark.org. Frequently, users decide to erase this application. This can be hard because performing this manually takes some knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK way to erase WireShark is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





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

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  • download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

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


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications existing on your PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate WireShark or simply activate the Search field and type in "WireShark". If it exists on your system the WireShark application will be found automatically. Notice that when you click WireShark in the list of programs, some information about the application is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about WireShark, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the program you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for WireShark:





  • The web site of the application is: http://www.wireshark.org
  • The uninstall string is: "C:\Program Files\Wireshark\uninstall.exe"
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove WireShark.
Uninstall WireShark


8. After removing WireShark, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong WireShark that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling WireShark using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove WireShark by The Wireshark developer community, http://www.wireshark.org from your computer, we are not saying that WireShark by The Wireshark developer community, http://www.wireshark.org is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove WireShark supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2015-02-23 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-02-23 20:30:34.583