Zscaler

How to uninstall Zscaler from your PC

This page contains thorough information on how to remove Zscaler for Windows. It is written by Zscaler Inc.. Further information on Zscaler Inc. can be seen here. Zscaler is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler folder, regulated by the user's decision. The full command line for uninstalling Zscaler is C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAInstaller\uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for administrator rights. ZSATray.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 3.18 MB (3338160 bytes) on disk.

Zscaler contains of the executables below. They occupy 64.86 MB (68008928 bytes) on disk.

• certutil.exe (230.50 KB)
• zscalerchecksumverifier.exe (82.80 KB)
• npcap-0.99-r7-oem.exe (732.98 KB)
• npcap-0.9984-oem.exe (832.59 KB)
• Zscaler-Network-Adapter-1.0.1.0.exe (536.04 KB)
• Zscaler-Network-Adapter-1.0.2.0.exe (521.54 KB)
• Zscaler-Network-Adapter-Win10-1.0.2.0.exe (544.06 KB)
• zscalerappupdater.exe (8.67 MB)
• Zscaler-windows-2.1.2.81-installer.exe (31.33 MB)
• ZSAHelper.exe (657.42 KB)
• uninstall.exe (5.80 MB)
• ZSAService.exe (2.44 MB)
• ZSATray.exe (3.18 MB)
• ZSATunnel.exe (6.54 MB)
• ZSAUpdater.exe (2.78 MB)

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This info is about Zscaler version 2.1.2.81 only. You can find below info on other application versions of Zscaler:

• 2.1.2.740
• 1.1.2.000025
• 1.1.4.000006
• 4.2.0.217
• 3.7.2.18
• 2.1.2.113
• 1.2.3.000005
• 3.7.1.44
• 1.4.1.6
• 2.1.2.71
• 1.4.2.12
• 4.2.0.209
• 1.5.2.7
• 3.7.96.20
• 3.9.0.191
• 3.6.0.26
• 1.2.0.000316
• 3.7.0.88
• 4.2.0.149
• 4.0.0.80
• 1.1.1.000000
• 3.7.2.19
• 1.4.0.188
• 3.7.1.54
• 3.4.0.124
• 3.1.0.96
• 3.4.0.101
• 3.4.1.4
• 3.2.0.73
• 4.2.0.601
• 3.9.0.156
• 1.5.1.8
• 4.3.0.181
• 4.2.1.173
• 1.4.3.1
• 4.3.0.151
• 3.7.1.53
• 3.1.0.781
• 1.5.2.10
• 4.3.0.131
• 3.0.0.195
• 4.3.0.161
• 2.1.2.92
• 4.1.0.85
• 3.6.1.26
• 3.1.0.103
• 3.6.1.25
• 3.1.0.129
• 4.1.0.62
• 4.2.0.198
• 1.5.0.332
• 3.5.0.108
• 1.3.1.0
• 2.2.1.77
• 2.1.2.112
• 4.0.0.89
• 1.5.2.5
• 3.9.0.183
• 1.2.1.000015
• 2.0.1.32
• 3.1.0.88
• 3.4.0.120
• 3.8.0.102
• 3.7.49.11
• 3.9.0.160
• 3.6.1.23
• 1.5.2.501
• 1.5.2.8
• 1.1.0.000213
• 3.0.2.14
• 1.1.3.000016
• 4.2.0.190
• 4.2.1.194
• 3.7.0.92
• 1.2.3.000009
• 1.2.3.000011
• 2.0.1.33
• 3.6.1.17
• 3.2.0.87
• 4.4.0.265
• 2.1.2.105
• 1.3.0.262
• 3.7.2.16
• 3.9.0.175
• 4.1.0.82
• 2.1.3.25
• 1.2.2.000004
• 2.1.0.210
• 1.2.4.000030
• 3.8.0.100
• 3.8.0.93
• 3.1.0.111
• 3.6.1.20
• 1.4.2.10
• 4.2.4456.5
• 1.4.0.185
• 1.5.0.336
• 1.1.2.000036
• 4.0.0.70
• 3.1.0.117

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Some of these are shown below.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Zscaler:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler

The files below are left behind on your disk by Zscaler when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\Common\lib\ZSAAuth.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\Common\lib\ZSALogger.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\Common\resources\ZscalerApp.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\Common\resources\ZscalerApp.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\Common\resources\ZscalerAppSplash.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\Common\resources\ZscalerAppTop.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ThirdParty\CertUtil\certutil.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ThirdParty\CertUtil\freebl3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ThirdParty\CertUtil\msvcr120.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ThirdParty\CertUtil\nspr4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ThirdParty\CertUtil\nss3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ThirdParty\CertUtil\nssdbm3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ThirdParty\CertUtil\nssutil3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ThirdParty\CertUtil\plc4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ThirdParty\CertUtil\plds4.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ThirdParty\CertUtil\smime3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ThirdParty\CertUtil\softokn3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ThirdParty\CertUtil\sqlite3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ThirdParty\CertUtil\ssl3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ThirdParty\Npcap\npcap-0.9984-oem.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ThirdParty\PacParser\pacparser.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ThirdParty\TAPDriver\Zscaler-Network-Adapter-1.0.1.0.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ThirdParty\TAPDriver\Zscaler-Network-Adapter-1.0.2.0.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ThirdParty\TAPDriver\Zscaler-Network-Adapter-Win10-1.0.2.0.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\Updater\md5.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\Updater\tmp\Zscaler-windows-3.8.0.102-installer.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\Updater\update.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\Updater\validinstaller
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\Updater\zscalerappupdater.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\Updater\zscalerchecksumverifier.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\10.0\x64\zapprd.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\10.0\x64\zapprd.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\10.0\x64\zapprd.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\10.0\x86\zapprd.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\10.0\x86\zapprd.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\10.0\x86\zapprd.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\6.1\x64\zapprd.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\6.1\x64\zapprd.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\6.1\x64\zapprd.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\6.1\x86\zapprd.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\6.1\x86\zapprd.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\6.1\x86\zapprd.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\6.2\x64\zapprd.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\6.2\x64\zapprd.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\6.2\x64\zapprd.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\6.2\x86\zapprd.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\6.2\x86\zapprd.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\6.2\x86\zapprd.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\6.3\x64\zapprd.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\6.3\x64\zapprd.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\6.3\x64\zapprd.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\6.3\x86\zapprd.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\6.3\x86\zapprd.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAFilterDriver\6.3\x86\zapprd.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAHelper\ZSAHelper.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAInstaller\uninstall.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAInstaller\uninstall.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAInstaller\Zscaler-installLog.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAService\ZSAService.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSATray\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSATray\ZSATray.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSATunnel\ZSATunnel.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSAUpdater\ZSAUpdater.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Zscaler_ZSAInstaller_uninstall_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Zscaler-uninstallation.log

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Zscaler
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\E59A291BB22345A44B6CDDB5BD6A4699
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Zscaler
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Zscaler Inc.

Open regedit.exe to remove the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\E59A291BB22345A44B6CDDB5BD6A4699\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-12-1-2952045963-1165118645-724135839-2032682387\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\Zscaler\ZSATray\ZSATray.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\zapprd\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\zapprd\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ZSAService\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ZSATunnel\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ZSAUpdater\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ztap\DisplayName

How to uninstall Zscaler from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Zscaler is an application marketed by Zscaler Inc.. Frequently, computer users want to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be efortful because uninstalling this manually takes some skill related to Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE action to uninstall Zscaler 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, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Zscaler or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Zscaler". If it exists on your system the Zscaler application will be found very quickly. When you click Zscaler in the list , some data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Zscaler, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Zscaler.


8. After uninstalling Zscaler, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Zscaler which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Zscaler using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Zscaler by Zscaler Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that Zscaler by Zscaler Inc. is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Zscaler in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.