XAMPP

A guide to uninstall XAMPP from your PC

This page is about XAMPP for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by Bitnami. More data about Bitnami can be found here. You can get more details related to XAMPP at http://apachefriends.org. XAMPP is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\XAMPP folder, regulated by the user's decision. XAMPP's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\XAMPP\uninstall.exe. The application's main executable file is named xampp_start.exe and it has a size of 116.00 KB (118784 bytes).

The executable files below are part of XAMPP. They occupy about 174.21 MB (182675256 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 (96.00 KB)
• abs.exe (108.00 KB)
• ApacheMonitor.exe (42.00 KB)
• curl.exe (3.92 MB)
• htcacheclean.exe (99.00 KB)
• htdbm.exe (121.00 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 (536.50 KB)
• pv.exe (60.00 KB)
• rotatelogs.exe (76.50 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 (3.77 MB)
• aria_dump_log.exe (3.35 MB)
• aria_ftdump.exe (3.58 MB)
• aria_pack.exe (3.63 MB)
• aria_read_log.exe (3.75 MB)
• innochecksum.exe (3.30 MB)
• mariabackup.exe (14.56 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 (15.45 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 (2.93 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 (2.53 MB)
• my_print_defaults.exe (3.22 MB)
• perror.exe (3.34 MB)
• replace.exe (3.20 MB)
• sst_dump.exe (1.30 MB)
• nssm_32.exe (288.00 KB)
• nssm_64.exe (323.50 KB)
• perl5.32.0.exe (39.00 KB)
• perlglob.exe (17.00 KB)
• wperl.exe (39.00 KB)
• dlrun.exe (37.50 KB)
• deplister.exe (118.00 KB)
• php-cgi.exe (69.50 KB)
• php-win.exe (37.00 KB)
• php.exe (136.00 KB)
• phpdbg.exe (334.00 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 web page applies to XAMPP version 8.0.60 only. 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
• 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
• 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
• 8.0.02
• 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 recommend you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall XAMPP from your computer:

• C:\xampp

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• 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\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\Class\XSAccessor\XSAccessor.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

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\xampp
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\xampp
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\xampp

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following registry values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\XAMPP.8.0.6.x64\xampp-windows-x64-8.0.6-0-VS16-installer.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Desktop\XAMPP.8.0.6.x64\xampp-windows-x64-8.0.6-0-VS16-installer.exe.FriendlyAppName
• 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_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{18C13BA5-262B-4C14-8481-8137D39D6A6C}C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{AF3238BA-1747-4894-8A2B-B4C419F88BD7}C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{7F6AA2C6-437C-4B02-9265-5AC940D4B7AE}C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{EA2A7584-2282-42E2-87D1-9989CFE044C4}C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe

How to uninstall XAMPP using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

XAMPP is a program marketed by the software company Bitnami. Some people want to uninstall this application. This is easier said than done because deleting this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK approach to uninstall 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate 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 click XAMPP in the list , the following information regarding the application is available 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".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for XAMPP:

• The publisher is: http://apachefriends.org
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\XAMPP\uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall XAMPP.


8. After removing XAMPP, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of XAMPP which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling XAMPP with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall XAMPP by Bitnami from your PC, nor are we saying that XAMPP by Bitnami is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall XAMPP supposing you want to. 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.