XAMPP
A way to uninstall XAMPP from your system
XAMPP is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by
Apache Friends. More data about Apache Friends can be found
here. More data about the software XAMPP can be seen at
http://apachefriends.org. Usually the XAMPP application is to be found in the C:\Program Files\xampp directory, depending on the user's option during install. XAMPP's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\xampp\uninstall.exe. XAMPP's main file takes about 116.00 KB (118784 bytes) and its name is xampp_start.exe.
The following executables are installed alongside XAMPP. They take about 173.06 MB (
181468628 bytes) on disk.
- service.exe (59.50 KB)
- uninstall.exe (6.28 MB)
- xampp-control.exe (3.21 MB)
- xampp_start.exe (116.00 KB)
- xampp_stop.exe (116.00 KB)
- ab.exe (96.50 KB)
- abs.exe (108.00 KB)
- ApacheMonitor.exe (42.00 KB)
- curl.exe (3.92 MB)
- htcacheclean.exe (99.50 KB)
- htdbm.exe (121.50 KB)
- htdigest.exe (84.00 KB)
- htpasswd.exe (116.00 KB)
- httpd.exe (30.00 KB)
- httxt2dbm.exe (64.00 KB)
- logresolve.exe (57.00 KB)
- openssl.exe (538.00 KB)
- pv.exe (60.00 KB)
- rotatelogs.exe (77.00 KB)
- wintty.exe (18.00 KB)
- FileZilla Server Interface.exe (1,020.50 KB)
- FileZillaServer.exe (617.50 KB)
- Uninstall.exe (45.83 KB)
- awk.exe (136.00 KB)
- mailtodisk.exe (985.82 KB)
- desetup.exe (112.18 KB)
- desetup2.exe (57.18 KB)
- fsynonym.exe (19.50 KB)
- limits.exe (118.68 KB)
- loader.exe (66.50 KB)
- malias.exe (42.82 KB)
- mbxmaint.exe (171.68 KB)
- mbxmaint_ui.exe (182.68 KB)
- mercury.exe (744.50 KB)
- msendto.exe (87.50 KB)
- newmail.exe (22.54 KB)
- pconfig.exe (266.92 KB)
- pmgrant.exe (29.92 KB)
- pmsort.exe (16.97 KB)
- setpmdefault.exe (456.69 KB)
- setreg.exe (59.18 KB)
- sqlite3.exe (464.00 KB)
- unins000.exe (700.95 KB)
- urlproxy.exe (9.14 KB)
- winpm-32.exe (5.16 MB)
- wpmmapi.exe (301.05 KB)
- wsendto.exe (73.18 KB)
- wssetup.exe (119.68 KB)
- clamwallsetup.exe (670.57 KB)
- graywallsetup.exe (934.65 KB)
- spamhaltersetup.exe (2.20 MB)
- rescom.exe (88.00 KB)
- aria_chk.exe (4.20 MB)
- aria_dump_log.exe (3.80 MB)
- aria_ftdump.exe (4.03 MB)
- aria_pack.exe (4.07 MB)
- aria_read_log.exe (4.18 MB)
- innochecksum.exe (3.33 MB)
- mariabackup.exe (14.89 MB)
- mbstream.exe (3.27 MB)
- myisamchk.exe (3.56 MB)
- myisamlog.exe (3.45 MB)
- myisampack.exe (3.47 MB)
- myisam_ftdump.exe (3.43 MB)
- mysql.exe (3.61 MB)
- mysqladmin.exe (3.51 MB)
- mysqlbinlog.exe (3.64 MB)
- mysqlcheck.exe (3.52 MB)
- mysqld.exe (15.78 MB)
- mysqldump.exe (3.60 MB)
- mysqlimport.exe (3.50 MB)
- mysqlshow.exe (3.50 MB)
- mysqlslap.exe (3.52 MB)
- mysql_install_db.exe (5.31 MB)
- mysql_ldb.exe (3.17 MB)
- mysql_plugin.exe (3.25 MB)
- mysql_tzinfo_to_sql.exe (3.27 MB)
- mysql_upgrade.exe (3.36 MB)
- mysql_upgrade_service.exe (3.25 MB)
- mysql_upgrade_wizard.exe (2.55 MB)
- my_print_defaults.exe (3.26 MB)
- perror.exe (3.38 MB)
- replace.exe (3.24 MB)
- sst_dump.exe (1.40 MB)
- nssm_32.exe (288.00 KB)
- nssm_64.exe (323.50 KB)
- perl5.32.1.exe (39.00 KB)
- perlglob.exe (17.00 KB)
- wperl.exe (39.00 KB)
- dlrun.exe (37.50 KB)
- deplister.exe (134.50 KB)
- php-cgi.exe (67.50 KB)
- php-win.exe (37.50 KB)
- php.exe (139.00 KB)
- phpdbg.exe (273.00 KB)
- sendmail.exe (911.00 KB)
- tomcat8.exe (142.02 KB)
- tomcat8w.exe (126.02 KB)
- wcmgr.exe (1,001.99 KB)
- webalizer.exe (1.53 MB)
...click to view all...The current web page applies to XAMPP version
8.2.40 only. You can find below a few links to other XAMPP versions:
If you're planning to uninstall XAMPP you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.
Folders left behind when you uninstall XAMPP:Usually, the following files remain on disk:- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\C__xampp_htdocs
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\C__xampp_xampp-control_exe
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\https___bitnami_com_stack_xampp_utm_source=bitnami&utm_medium=installer&utm_campaign=XAMPP%2BInstaller
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\xampp.lnk
- C:\xampp\anonymous\onefile.html
- C:\xampp\apache\ABOUT_APACHE.txt
- C:\xampp\apache\apache_installservice.bat
- C:\xampp\apache\apache_uninstallservice.bat
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\ab.exe
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\abs.exe
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\ApacheMonitor.exe
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\apr_crypto_openssl-1.dll
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\apr_dbd_odbc-1.dll
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\apr_ldap-1.dll
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\curl.exe
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\curl-ca-bundle.crt
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\dbmmanage.pl
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\htcacheclean.exe
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\htdbm.exe
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\htdigest.exe
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\htpasswd.exe
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\httxt2dbm.exe
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\_tbl_simple.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\adobe-stdenc.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\adobe-zdingbats.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp037.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp038.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp10006.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp10007.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp10029.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp1006.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp10079.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp10081.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp1026.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp273.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp274.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp275.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp277.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp278.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp280.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp281.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp284.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp285.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp290.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp297.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp420.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp423.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp424.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp437.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp500.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp737.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp775.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp850.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp851.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp852.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp855.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp856.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp857.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp860.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp861.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp862.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp863.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp864.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp865.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp866.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp868.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp869.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp870.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp871.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp874.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp875.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp880.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp891.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp903.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp904.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp905.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp918.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\dec-mcs.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-at-de.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-at-de-a.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-ca-fr.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-dk-no.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-dk-no-a.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-es.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-es-a.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-es-s.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-fi-se.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-fi-se-a.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-fr.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-it.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-pt.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-uk.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-us.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\euc-jp.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\euc-kr.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\euc-tw.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\gb2312.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\hp-roman8.so
- C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\iso-10646-ucs-2.so
Registry that is not cleaned:- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\xampp
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\xampp
Additional values that you should remove:- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe.ApplicationCompany
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe.FriendlyAppName
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\xampp\filezillaftp\filezillaserver.exe.ApplicationCompany
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\xampp\filezillaftp\filezillaserver.exe.FriendlyAppName
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe.FriendlyAppName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3698887600-3015026442-3542994863-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\xampp\php\php.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3698887600-3015026442-3542994863-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\xampp\xampp-control.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{146E2371-1DB3-4E46-B22E-6D2A01FACAFA}C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{B038638E-B9E2-4022-B712-9CCD1FD3625D}C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{C0099C7F-0F50-4CEB-8013-CCA05B4F1A38}C:\xampp\filezillaftp\filezillaserver.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{0C54C3F7-55E9-41D2-BC50-D27A6D0BFE6C}C:\xampp\filezillaftp\filezillaserver.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{A6C9A6EB-FC67-481F-AE95-ED461852BED9}C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{BE2B2581-660C-4B7B-B14F-3417A6DA3815}C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe
How to delete XAMPP with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO
XAMPP is a program released by the software company Apache Friends. Some users try to uninstall this program. This can be troublesome because deleting this by hand requires some advanced knowledge regarding PCs. One of the best QUICK manner to uninstall XAMPP 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 an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your PC.
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- download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
- install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.
3. Press the General Tools category

4. Press the Uninstall Programs button

5. All the applications installed on the PC will appear
6. Scroll the list of applications until you find XAMPP or simply activate the Search feature and type in "XAMPP". If it is installed on your PC the XAMPP program will be found automatically. After you click XAMPP in the list , some data regarding the program is shown to you:
- Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding XAMPP, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Reviews by other people - Press 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 XAMPP:
- The web site of the program is: http://apachefriends.org
- The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\xampp\uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove XAMPP.

8. After uninstalling XAMPP, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong XAMPP which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling XAMPP using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.
Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.
Disclaimer
This page is not a recommendation to uninstall XAMPP by Apache Friends from your PC, nor are we saying that XAMPP by Apache Friends is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall XAMPP in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.
Last update on: 2023-06-03 06:07:23.867