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A guide to uninstall balenaEtcher from your PC

balenaEtcher is a Windows application. Read below about how to uninstall it from your computer. It is produced by Balena Ltd. . Further information on Balena Ltd. can be seen here. Usually the balenaEtcher application is to be found in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\balena_etcher folder, depending on the user's option during install. The full command line for uninstalling balenaEtcher is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\Update.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is called balenaEtcher.exe and occupies 621.59 KB (636512 bytes).

balenaEtcher installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 382.33 MB (400904080 bytes) on disk.

  • balenaEtcher.exe (621.59 KB)
  • squirrel.exe (2.17 MB)
  • balenaEtcher.exe (169.10 MB)
  • etcher-util.exe (208.28 MB)


This data is about balenaEtcher version 2.1.0 only. You can find below info on other versions of balenaEtcher:

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Numerous files, folders and registry data can be left behind when you remove balenaEtcher from your computer.

Directories left on disk:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\IDM\DwnlData\UserName\balenaEtcher-2.1.0.S_258

The files below remain on your disk by balenaEtcher's application uninstaller when you removed it:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app.ico
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\balenaEtcher.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\ffmpeg.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\LICENSE
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\af.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\am.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\da.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\de.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\el.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\es.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\et.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\he.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\id.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\it.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\te.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\th.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\ur.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\resources.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\resources\app.asar
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\resources\etcher-util.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\resources\sudo-askpass.osascript-en.js
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\resources\sudo-askpass.osascript-zh.js
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\snapshot_blob.bin
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\squirrel.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\Squirrel-UpdateSelf.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\v8_context_snapshot.bin
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\vk_swiftshader.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\vk_swiftshader_icd.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\vulkan-1.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\balenaEtcher.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\packages\balena_etcher-2.1.0-full.nupkg
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\packages\RELEASES
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\Squirrel-Shortcut.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\Update.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Cache\Cache_Data\data_0
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Cache\Cache_Data\data_1
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Cache\Cache_Data\data_2
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Cache\Cache_Data\data_3
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000001
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Cache\Cache_Data\index
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Code Cache\js\index
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Code Cache\wasm\index
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Crashpad\metadata
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Crashpad\settings.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\DawnGraphiteCache\data_0
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\DawnGraphiteCache\data_1
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\DawnGraphiteCache\data_2
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\DawnGraphiteCache\data_3
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\DawnGraphiteCache\index
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\DawnWebGPUCache\data_0
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\DawnWebGPUCache\data_1
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\DawnWebGPUCache\data_2

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\balena_etcher

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-990522210-2164290701-1444879651-1000\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.0\balenaEtcher.exe


How to uninstall balenaEtcher from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

balenaEtcher is a program marketed by the software company Balena Ltd. . Sometimes, users want to erase it. This is efortful because doing this manually requires some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE approach to erase balenaEtcher 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 on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications existing on your PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find balenaEtcher or simply activate the Search field and type in "balenaEtcher". If it exists on your system the balenaEtcher application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select balenaEtcher in the list of apps, the following data about the program is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about balenaEtcher, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall balenaEtcher.
Uninstall balenaEtcher


8. After uninstalling balenaEtcher, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong balenaEtcher which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling balenaEtcher using 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 run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove balenaEtcher by Balena Ltd. from your PC, we are not saying that balenaEtcher by Balena Ltd. is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove balenaEtcher in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2025-03-01 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2025-03-01 05:19:44.010