XAMPP

A guide to uninstall XAMPP from your PC

This web page is about XAMPP for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by Bitnami. You can read more on Bitnami or check for application updates here. More details about the software XAMPP can be found at http://apachefriends.org. The program is often installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\XAMPP folder. Keep in mind that this path can differ being determined by the user's decision. XAMPP's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\XAMPP\uninstall.exe. The program's main executable file occupies 3.25 MB (3403776 bytes) on disk and is named xampp-control.exe.

XAMPP is comprised of the following executables which occupy 160.40 MB (168194556 bytes) on disk:

• service.exe (59.50 KB)
• uninstall.exe (8.18 MB)
• xampp-control.exe (3.25 MB)
• xampp_start.exe (116.00 KB)
• xampp_stop.exe (116.00 KB)
• ab.exe (85.50 KB)
• abs.exe (95.50 KB)
• ApacheMonitor.exe (37.50 KB)
• curl.exe (2.47 MB)
• htcacheclean.exe (84.00 KB)
• htdbm.exe (99.00 KB)
• htdigest.exe (68.50 KB)
• htpasswd.exe (95.50 KB)
• httpd.exe (25.00 KB)
• httxt2dbm.exe (53.50 KB)
• logresolve.exe (47.50 KB)
• openssl.exe (469.50 KB)
• pv.exe (60.00 KB)
• rotatelogs.exe (66.00 KB)
• wintty.exe (15.50 KB)
• FileZilla Server Interface.exe (1.03 MB)
• FileZillaServer.exe (617.50 KB)
• Uninstall.exe (45.83 KB)
• awk.exe (136.00 KB)
• mailtodisk.exe (985.82 KB)
• desetup.exe (147.68 KB)
• desetup2.exe (57.18 KB)
• fsynonym.exe (19.50 KB)
• limits.exe (154.18 KB)
• loader.exe (66.50 KB)
• malias.exe (42.82 KB)
• mbxmaint.exe (171.68 KB)
• mbxmaint_ui.exe (218.18 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 (492.19 KB)
• setreg.exe (59.18 KB)
• sqlite3.exe (464.00 KB)
• unins000.exe (736.45 KB)
• urlproxy.exe (9.14 KB)
• winpm-32.exe (5.16 MB)
• wpmmapi.exe (301.05 KB)
• wsendto.exe (73.18 KB)
• wssetup.exe (155.18 KB)
• clamwallsetup.exe (706.07 KB)
• graywallsetup.exe (970.15 KB)
• spamhaltersetup.exe (2.24 MB)
• rescom.exe (88.00 KB)
• aria_chk.exe (3.66 MB)
• aria_dump_log.exe (3.28 MB)
• aria_ftdump.exe (3.47 MB)
• aria_pack.exe (3.51 MB)
• aria_read_log.exe (3.62 MB)
• echo.exe (102.41 KB)
• innochecksum.exe (3.18 MB)
• mariabackup.exe (10.35 MB)
• mbstream.exe (3.17 MB)
• myisamchk.exe (3.45 MB)
• myisamlog.exe (3.34 MB)
• myisampack.exe (3.36 MB)
• myisam_ftdump.exe (3.32 MB)
• mysql.exe (3.60 MB)
• mysqladmin.exe (3.54 MB)
• mysqlbinlog.exe (3.62 MB)
• mysqlcheck.exe (3.54 MB)
• mysqld.exe (11.00 MB)
• mysqldump.exe (3.59 MB)
• mysqlimport.exe (3.53 MB)
• mysqlshow.exe (3.53 MB)
• mysqlslap.exe (3.55 MB)
• mysqltest.exe (3.92 MB)
• mysql_client_test.exe (3.93 MB)
• mysql_install_db.exe (3.75 MB)
• mysql_plugin.exe (3.17 MB)
• mysql_tzinfo_to_sql.exe (3.17 MB)
• mysql_upgrade.exe (3.24 MB)
• mysql_upgrade_service.exe (3.17 MB)
• mysql_upgrade_wizard.exe (2.01 MB)
• my_print_defaults.exe (3.17 MB)
• perror.exe (3.23 MB)
• replace.exe (3.15 MB)
• perl5.16.3.exe (35.50 KB)
• perlglob.exe (12.50 KB)
• wperl.exe (35.50 KB)
• tidyp.exe (387.44 KB)
• deplister.exe (106.50 KB)
• php-cgi.exe (61.00 KB)
• php-win.exe (31.50 KB)
• php.exe (104.00 KB)
• phpdbg.exe (288.00 KB)
• openssl.exe (316.00 KB)
• sendmail.exe (911.00 KB)
• tomcat7.exe (84.63 KB)
• tomcat7w.exe (143.13 KB)
• wcmgr.exe (1,001.99 KB)
• webalizer.exe (1.53 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 7.2.120 of XAMPP. You can find below a few links to other XAMPP releases:

• 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
• 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
• 8.1.11
• 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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If you are manually uninstalling XAMPP we suggest you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Registry keys:

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

Supplementary registry values that are not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\MicrosoftEdgeDownloads\0a51e825-b006-48f3-b6f6-5d65309e6035\xampp-win32-7.2.12-0-VC15-installer.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\MicrosoftEdgeDownloads\0a51e825-b006-48f3-b6f6-5d65309e6035\xampp-win32-7.2.12-0-VC15-installer.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\xampp\php\php.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\xampp\php\php.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1449864563-1467953249-61330071-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\xampp\php\php.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1449864563-1467953249-61330071-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\xampp\xampp-control.exe

How to delete XAMPP from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

XAMPP is a program released by Bitnami. Sometimes, people try to uninstall it. Sometimes this can be efortful because removing this by hand requires some knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK action 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 Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate XAMPP or simply activate the Search field and type in "XAMPP". If it exists on your system the XAMPP program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click XAMPP in the list of apps, some information about the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about XAMPP, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for XAMPP:

• The software company is: http://apachefriends.org
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\XAMPP\uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept 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 a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong XAMPP that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing XAMPP with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove XAMPP by Bitnami from your PC, nor are we saying that XAMPP by Bitnami is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove XAMPP 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.