Wireshark

How to uninstall Wireshark from your PC

This page contains thorough information on how to remove Wireshark for Windows. It is produced by The Wireshark developer community, https://www.wireshark.org. Check out here for more info on The Wireshark developer community, https://www.wireshark.org. You can get more details related to Wireshark at https://www.wireshark.org. Wireshark is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\Wireshark directory, depending on the user's decision. You can remove Wireshark by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Wireshark\uninstall.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file is named Wireshark.exe and it has a size of 7.68 MB (8049832 bytes).

Wireshark contains of the executables below. They take 11.19 MB (11732056 bytes) on disk.

• capinfos.exe (337.16 KB)
• dftest.exe (29.16 KB)
• dumpcap.exe (421.16 KB)
• editcap.exe (348.16 KB)
• mergecap.exe (325.16 KB)
• mmdbresolve.exe (29.16 KB)
• rawshark.exe (396.16 KB)
• reordercap.exe (320.66 KB)
• text2pcap.exe (344.66 KB)
• tshark.exe (574.16 KB)
• uninstall.exe (422.35 KB)
• Wireshark.exe (7.68 MB)
• USBPcapCMD.exe (47.93 KB)

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This page is about Wireshark version 3.0.0 alone. Click on the links below for other Wireshark versions:

• 2.6.0

A way to delete Wireshark with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Wireshark is an application offered by the software company The Wireshark developer community, https://www.wireshark.org. Sometimes, people decide to remove this application. This is easier said than done because doing this by hand takes some know-how related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK way to remove Wireshark 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 Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Wireshark or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Wireshark". If it exists on your system the Wireshark program will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Wireshark in the list , some information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding Wireshark, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Wireshark:

• The software company is: https://www.wireshark.org
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Wireshark\uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Wireshark.


8. After removing Wireshark, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Wireshark which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Wireshark using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Wireshark by The Wireshark developer community, https://www.wireshark.org from your PC, nor are we saying that Wireshark by The Wireshark developer community, https://www.wireshark.org is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Wireshark in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.