XAMPP

A guide to uninstall XAMPP from your system

XAMPP is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your computer. It is made by Bitnami. You can read more on Bitnami or check for application updates here. Click on http://apachefriends.org to get more facts about XAMPP on Bitnami's website. XAMPP is normally installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\xampp folder, but this location may differ a lot depending on the user's option while installing the program. You can uninstall XAMPP by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\xampp\uninstall.exe. Note that you might be prompted for admin rights. XAMPP's main file takes around 3.21 MB (3368448 bytes) and is called xampp-control.exe.

XAMPP is comprised of the following executables which take 176.66 MB (185245064 bytes) on disk:

• service.exe (59.50 KB)
• uninstall.exe (11.94 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 (83.50 KB)
• htpasswd.exe (116.50 KB)
• httpd.exe (29.00 KB)
• httxt2dbm.exe (64.50 KB)
• logresolve.exe (57.00 KB)
• openssl.exe (537.50 KB)
• pv.exe (60.00 KB)
• rotatelogs.exe (76.50 KB)
• wintty.exe (18.50 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 (4.12 MB)
• aria_dump_log.exe (3.72 MB)
• aria_ftdump.exe (3.95 MB)
• aria_pack.exe (3.99 MB)
• aria_read_log.exe (4.10 MB)
• innochecksum.exe (3.30 MB)
• mariabackup.exe (14.76 MB)
• mbstream.exe (3.23 MB)
• myisamchk.exe (3.53 MB)
• myisamlog.exe (3.42 MB)
• myisampack.exe (3.43 MB)
• myisam_ftdump.exe (3.40 MB)
• mysql.exe (3.57 MB)
• mysqladmin.exe (3.48 MB)
• mysqlbinlog.exe (3.61 MB)
• mysqlcheck.exe (3.49 MB)
• mysqld.exe (15.64 MB)
• mysqldump.exe (3.56 MB)
• mysqlimport.exe (3.47 MB)
• mysqlshow.exe (3.47 MB)
• mysqlslap.exe (3.48 MB)
• mysql_install_db.exe (4.68 MB)
• mysql_ldb.exe (3.19 MB)
• mysql_plugin.exe (3.22 MB)
• mysql_tzinfo_to_sql.exe (3.23 MB)
• mysql_upgrade.exe (3.32 MB)
• mysql_upgrade_service.exe (3.21 MB)
• mysql_upgrade_wizard.exe (2.54 MB)
• my_print_defaults.exe (3.22 MB)
• perror.exe (3.34 MB)
• replace.exe (3.20 MB)
• sst_dump.exe (1.38 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 (134.00 KB)
• php-cgi.exe (68.50 KB)
• php-win.exe (38.50 KB)
• php.exe (137.50 KB)
• phpdbg.exe (272.50 KB)
• sendmail.exe (911.00 KB)
• tomcat8.exe (128.00 KB)
• tomcat8w.exe (117.50 KB)
• wcmgr.exe (1,001.99 KB)
• webalizer.exe (1.53 MB)

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The current page applies to XAMPP version 8.1.11 alone. For more XAMPP versions please click below:

• 5.6.241
• 7.3.71
• 8.1.12
• 8.1.50
• 8.0.70
• 8.1.20
• 7.0.10
• 5.6.400
• 7.1.90
• 7.0.130
• 7.2.120
• 8.1.100
• 5.6.300
• 8.1.60
• 7.1.70
• 8.0.90
• 7.2.20
• 7.3.40
• 8.1.00
• 1.8.34
• 7.3.250
• 7.1.271
• 8.0.01
• 7.4.30
• 7.4.291
• 7.2.270
• 7.4.250
• 7.3.261
• 7.4.80
• 1.8.30
• 7.3.10
• 1.8.25
• 8.0.03
• 7.3.270
• 8.1.41
• 7.0.90
• 7.4.120
• 5.6.280
• 1.8.33
• 7.2.40
• 7.1.330
• 8.1.40
• 7.2.260
• 7.4.20
• 8.0.130
• 7.3.313
• 7.4.50
• 5.6.230
• 7.2.50
• 7.0.21
• 7.1.100
• 5.6.210
• 1.8.31
• 5.6.152
• 7.4.11
• 7.0.91
• 7.2.310
• 1.8.24
• 7.4.130
• 1.8.32
• 7.2.10
• 7.1.60
• 8.0.60
• 8.0.02
• 5.6.110
• 7.2.311
• 7.2.110
• 8.0.230
• 8.0.112
• 7.4.110
• 7.3.30
• 5.6.200
• 7.3.130
• 8.0.20
• 5.6.140
• 5.6.360
• 5.5.300
• 7.2.00
• 7.3.90
• 1.8.35
• 8.0.11
• 7.3.110
• 7.4.40
• 7.1.110
• 7.4.41
• 8.0.30
• 7.2.340
• 7.2.280
• 7.3.100
• 7.0.131
• 5.5.280
• 1.8.26
• 7.4.140
• 7.2.170
• 7.3.101
• 5.6.301
• 8.0.120
• 8.0.80
• 5.6.80
• 5.5.271

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When 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:

• C:\xampp

The files below remain on your disk by XAMPP's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\250\C__xampp_htdocs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\250\C__xampp_xampp-control_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\250\https___bitnami_com_stack_xampp_utm_source=bitnami&utm_medium=installer&utm_campaign=XAMPP%2BInstaller
• C:\xampp\apache\logs\access.log
• C:\xampp\apache\logs\error.log
• C:\xampp\apache\logs\ssl_request.log
• C:\xampp\apache\scripts\ctl.bat
• C:\xampp\install\install.sys
• C:\xampp\mysql\scripts\ctl.bat
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Alien\GMP\GMP.txt
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Alien\Libxml2\Libxml2.txt
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\B\COW\COW.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\B\Hooks\OP\Check\Check.a
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\B\Hooks\OP\Check\Check.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\B\Utils\Utils.a
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\B\Utils\Utils.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\BerkeleyDB\BerkeleyDB.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Class\Load\XS\XS.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Clone\autosplit.ix
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Clone\Clone.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Compress\Raw\Lzma\autosplit.ix
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Compress\Raw\Lzma\Lzma.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Compress\unLZMA\unLZMA.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Cpanel\JSON\XS\XS.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\Blowfish\Blowfish.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\CAST5_PP\autosplit.ix
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\CAST5_PP\decrypt.al
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\CAST5_PP\encrypt.al
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\CAST5_PP\init.al
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\DES\DES.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\IDEA\IDEA.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\OpenSSL\AES\AES.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\OpenSSL\Bignum\Bignum.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\OpenSSL\DSA\DSA.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\OpenSSL\Random\Random.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\OpenSSL\RSA\autosplit.ix
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\OpenSSL\RSA\get_key_parameters.al
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\OpenSSL\RSA\import_random_seed.al
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\OpenSSL\RSA\new_key_from_parameters.al
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\OpenSSL\RSA\new_public_key.al
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\OpenSSL\RSA\RSA.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\OpenSSL\X509\X509.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\RC6\RC6.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\Rijndael\Rijndael.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\RIPEMD160\autosplit.ix
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\RIPEMD160\RIPEMD160.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\Serpent\Serpent.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\SSLeay\SSLeay.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Crypt\Twofish\Twofish.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\CryptX\CryptX.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Data\Dump\Streamer\Streamer.bs
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Data\Dump\Streamer\Streamer.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DateTime\DateTime.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DB_File\DB_File.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBD\mysql\mysql.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBD\ODBC\ODBC.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\dbdimp.h
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\mk.pm
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\ocitrace.h
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.h
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBD\Oracle\Oracle.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBD\Pg\Pg.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBD\SQLite\SQLite.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBI\dbd_xsh.h
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBI\DBI.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBI\dbi_sql.h
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBI\dbipport.h
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBI\dbivport.h
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBI\DBIXS.h
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBI\dbixs_rev.h
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBI\Driver.xst
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\DBI\Driver_xst.h
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Devel\Declare\Declare.a
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Devel\Declare\Declare.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Digest\MD2\MD2.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Digest\SHA1\SHA1.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Digest\Whirlpool\Whirlpool.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Email\Address\XS\XS.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\FCGI\FCGI.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\FFI\Platypus\Constant\Constant.txt
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\FFI\Platypus\Memory\Memory.txt
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\FFI\Platypus\Platypus.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\FFI\Platypus\Record\Meta\Meta.txt
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\FFI\Raw\Raw.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\File\Map\Map.bs
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\File\Map\Map.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\GD\autosplit.ix
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\GD\GD.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\HTML\Parser\Parser.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Imager\CountColor\CountColor.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Imager\File\GIF\GIF.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Imager\File\ICO\ICO.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Imager\File\JPEG\JPEG.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Imager\File\PNG\PNG.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Imager\File\SGI\SGI.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Imager\File\TIFF\TIFF.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Imager\Filter\DynTest\DynTest.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Imager\Filter\Flines\Flines.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Imager\Filter\Mandelbrot\Mandelbrot.xs.dll
• C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\Imager\Font\FT2\FT2.xs.dll

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\xampp
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\xampp

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-985990852-1669827156-740045723-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\xampp\php\php.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-985990852-1669827156-740045723-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\xampp\xampp-control.exe

A way to delete XAMPP with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

XAMPP is an application released by the software company Bitnami. Frequently, people decide to erase it. This can be troublesome because doing this by hand requires some experience regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK approach to erase XAMPP is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to take care of your PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs existing on your computer will appear

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

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding XAMPP, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for XAMPP:

• The web site of the application is: http://apachefriends.org
• The uninstall string is: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\xampp\uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove XAMPP.


8. After uninstalling XAMPP, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of XAMPP that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling XAMPP using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall XAMPP by Bitnami from your computer, nor are we saying that XAMPP by Bitnami is not a good software application. This text only 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 other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.