XAMPP
How to uninstall XAMPP from your computer
This page contains detailed information on how to uninstall XAMPP for Windows. It was created for Windows by Bitnami. More information about Bitnami can be found here. You can get more details on XAMPP at http://apachefriends.org. XAMPP is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\xampp directory, subject to the user's option. The full command line for removing XAMPP is C:\Program Files (x86)\xampp\uninstall.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for admin rights. The application's main executable file occupies 3.21 MB (3368448 bytes) on disk and is titled xampp-control.exe.The executables below are part of XAMPP. They take about 178.02 MB (186668856 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 (95.00 KB)
- abs.exe (106.50 KB)
- ApacheMonitor.exe (41.50 KB)
- curl.exe (3.92 MB)
- htcacheclean.exe (98.50 KB)
- htdbm.exe (121.00 KB)
- htdigest.exe (83.00 KB)
- htpasswd.exe (115.00 KB)
- httpd.exe (29.00 KB)
- httxt2dbm.exe (63.50 KB)
- logresolve.exe (55.50 KB)
- openssl.exe (531.00 KB)
- pv.exe (60.00 KB)
- rotatelogs.exe (75.50 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 (4.17 MB)
- aria_dump_log.exe (3.77 MB)
- aria_ftdump.exe (3.99 MB)
- aria_pack.exe (4.03 MB)
- aria_read_log.exe (4.15 MB)
- innochecksum.exe (3.34 MB)
- mariabackup.exe (14.84 MB)
- mbstream.exe (3.27 MB)
- myisamchk.exe (3.57 MB)
- myisamlog.exe (3.46 MB)
- myisampack.exe (3.48 MB)
- myisam_ftdump.exe (3.44 MB)
- mysql.exe (3.61 MB)
- mysqladmin.exe (3.52 MB)
- mysqlbinlog.exe (3.65 MB)
- mysqlcheck.exe (3.53 MB)
- mysqld.exe (15.72 MB)
- mysqldump.exe (3.60 MB)
- mysqlimport.exe (3.51 MB)
- mysqlshow.exe (3.51 MB)
- mysqlslap.exe (3.52 MB)
- mysql_install_db.exe (4.72 MB)
- mysql_ldb.exe (3.18 MB)
- mysql_plugin.exe (3.26 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 (2.53 MB)
- my_print_defaults.exe (3.26 MB)
- perror.exe (3.38 MB)
- replace.exe (3.24 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 (117.00 KB)
- php-cgi.exe (70.50 KB)
- php-win.exe (36.50 KB)
- php.exe (126.50 KB)
- phpdbg.exe (339.00 KB)
- sendmail.exe (911.00 KB)
- tomcat8.exe (134.58 KB)
- tomcat8w.exe (122.08 KB)
- wcmgr.exe (1,001.99 KB)
- webalizer.exe (1.53 MB)
The information on this page is only about version 7.4.291 of XAMPP. Click on the links below for other XAMPP versions:
- 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
- 7.2.270
- 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
When planning to uninstall XAMPP you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.
Directories that were found:
- C:\xampp
Usually, the following files remain on disk:
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\xampp-control.exe.10436.dmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\xampp-control.exe.10456.dmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\xampp-control.exe.11356.dmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\xampp-control.exe.1496.dmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\xampp-control.exe.4780.dmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\xampp-control.exe.8956.dmp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\C__xampp_htdocs
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\C__xampp_xampp-control_exe
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\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\data\mysql.pid
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\mysql_error.log
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\db.opt
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_commentmeta.frm
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_commentmeta.ibd
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_comments.frm
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_comments.ibd
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_links.frm
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_links.ibd
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_options.frm
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_options.ibd
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_postmeta.frm
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_postmeta.ibd
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_posts.frm
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_posts.ibd
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_term_relationships.frm
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_term_relationships.ibd
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_term_taxonomy.frm
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_term_taxonomy.ibd
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_termmeta.frm
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_termmeta.ibd
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_terms.frm
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_terms.ibd
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_usermeta.frm
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_usermeta.ibd
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_users.frm
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\test1\wp_users.ibd
- C:\xampp\mysql\scripts\ctl.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\af.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\af-NA.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\af-ZA.pl
- C:\XAMPP\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\agq.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\agq-CM.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ak-GH.pl
- C:\XAMPP\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\am.pl
- C:\XAMPP\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ar-BH.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ar-DZ.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ar-EG.pl
- C:\XAMPP\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ar-EH.pl
- C:\XAMPP\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ar-JO.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ar-KW.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ar-LB.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ar-MA.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ar-PS.pl
- C:\XAMPP\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ar-QA.pl
- C:\XAMPP\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ar-SO.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ar-SY.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ar-TD.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ar-TN.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ar-YE.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\asa-TZ.pl
- C:\XAMPP\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\as-IN.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ast.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ast-ES.pl
- C:\XAMPP\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\az.pl
- C:\XAMPP\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\az-Cyrl.pl
- C:\XAMPP\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\bez-TZ.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\bg.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\bg-BG.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\bm.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\bm-ML.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\bn-IN.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\bo.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\bo-CN.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\br-FR.pl
- C:\XAMPP\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\brx.pl
- C:\XAMPP\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\bs-Cyrl.pl
- C:\XAMPP\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\bs-Latn-BA.pl
- C:\XAMPP\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ca-ES.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ca-FR.pl
- C:\XAMPP\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ca-IT.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ccp.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ceb.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ce-RU.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\chr.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ckb-IQ.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\ckb-IR.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\cs-CZ.pl
- C:\XAMPP\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\cy-GB.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\da.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\da-DK.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\dav.pl
- C:\XAMPP\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\de.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\de-AT.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\de-DE.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\vendor\lib\auto\share\dist\DateTime-Locale\de-LI.pl
Generally the following registry keys will not be removed:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\xampp
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\xampp
Open regedit.exe to delete the values below from the Windows Registry:
- 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\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe.FriendlyAppName
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\Downloads\Programs\xampp-windows-x64-7.4.29-1-VC15-installer.exe.ApplicationCompany
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\Downloads\Programs\xampp-windows-x64-7.4.29-1-VC15-installer.exe.FriendlyAppName
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe.ApplicationCompany
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe.FriendlyAppName
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe.FriendlyAppName
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\xampp\xampp-control.exe.FriendlyAppName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{4987C8DB-BCF5-4561-BAB6-76BF0738B140}D:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{5D5CA899-D237-4BE6-8236-12D03F67E9C7}C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{76EF7655-9731-411E-A36E-C405F010421A}D:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{F9484FA2-5676-4795-96DF-6B7E55069E07}C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{29FC1A74-BE0E-48F4-BD7D-EEA84A221D0F}D:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{8BFAAFC7-4452-450F-951B-A8D4C4BDBE5D}C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{D0F5761B-2B42-4EF7-8EFC-3B0B9E51FF91}D:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{FD4AE4E6-F46C-4D40-ABB0-B9CF08B33486}C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe
How to uninstall XAMPP from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO
XAMPP is an application marketed by the software company Bitnami. Some people decide to remove it. Sometimes this is troublesome because deleting this by hand requires some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE practice to remove XAMPP is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to clean your system.
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- navigate to Download Link
- download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
- set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
3. Press the General Tools category
4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature
5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will be shown to you
6. Scroll the list of programs until you find XAMPP or simply activate the Search feature and type in "XAMPP". If it exists on your system the XAMPP app will be found automatically. When you select XAMPP in the list , the following data regarding the application is available to you:
- Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding XAMPP, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
- Technical information regarding the program you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
- The publisher is: http://apachefriends.org
- The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\xampp\uninstall.exe
8. After removing XAMPP, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong XAMPP which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing XAMPP with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.
Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.
Disclaimer
The text above is not a piece of advice to remove XAMPP by Bitnami from your PC, we are not saying that XAMPP by Bitnami is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove 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.
2022-07-05 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO
follow @DanielStatescuLast update on: 2022-07-05 16:27:05.363