YouTube

A guide to uninstall YouTube from your system

YouTube is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your computer. It is produced by Google\Chrome. Check out here where you can get more info on Google\Chrome. YouTube is normally set up in the C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application directory, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's option while installing the program. The full command line for uninstalling YouTube is C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is titled chrome_pwa_launcher.exe and its approximative size is 1.55 MB (1624408 bytes).

YouTube is comprised of the following executables which take 16.02 MB (16793960 bytes) on disk:

• chrome.exe (2.50 MB)
• chrome_proxy.exe (960.34 KB)
• chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.55 MB)
• elevation_service.exe (1.42 MB)
• notification_helper.exe (1.14 MB)
• setup.exe (4.23 MB)

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This data is about YouTube version 1.0 only. YouTube has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders left behind when you uninstall YouTube:

• C:\Program Files\AMD\CNext\CNext\youtube

The files below are left behind on your disk by YouTube's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\AMD\CNext\CNext\youtube\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• C:\Program Files\AMD\CNext\CNext\youtube\YoutubeAPIWrapper.exe
• C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\playlist\youtube.luac
• C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\AppUp.IntelGraphicsExperience_1.100.5435.0_x64__8j3eq9eme6ctt\Assets\home_youtube_logo.png
• C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Windows.Photos_2021.21090.10008.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Assets\YouTube_light_color_icon_SQUARE.png

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\df416676f55400c08ccad929ad720ab4

Supplementary registry values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\AMD\CNext\CNext\youtube\

How to remove YouTube from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

YouTube is an application released by the software company Google\Chrome. Some users want to uninstall this program. This is hard because performing this manually takes some knowledge related to PCs. The best EASY solution to uninstall YouTube 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate YouTube or simply activate the Search field and type in "YouTube". If it is installed on your PC the YouTube app will be found automatically. Notice that when you click YouTube in the list of programs, some information regarding the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding YouTube, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove YouTube.


8. After uninstalling YouTube, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong YouTube that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing YouTube with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove YouTube by Google\Chrome from your computer, nor are we saying that YouTube by Google\Chrome is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove YouTube 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.