balenaEtcher version 2.1.2 by Balena Ltd. <hello@balena.io>

How to uninstall balenaEtcher from your computer

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. balenaEtcher is typically set up in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\balena_etcher directory, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the application. C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\Update.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall balenaEtcher. The program's main executable file has a size of 621.59 KB (636512 bytes) on disk and is titled balenaEtcher.exe.

balenaEtcher installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 382.33 MB (400900440 bytes) on disk.

balenaEtcher.exe (621.59 KB)
squirrel.exe (2.17 MB)
balenaEtcher.exe (169.10 MB)
etcher-util.exe (208.27 MB)

This data is about balenaEtcher version 2.1.2 alone. Click on the links below for other balenaEtcher versions:

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Many files, folders and registry data will not be uninstalled when you are trying to remove balenaEtcher from your computer.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall balenaEtcher:

C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\com_squirrel_balena_etcher_balenaEtcher
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\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\config.json
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
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\DawnWebGPUCache\data_3
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\DawnWebGPUCache\index
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\GPUCache\data_0
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\GPUCache\data_1
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\GPUCache\data_2
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\GPUCache\data_3
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\GPUCache\index
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Local State
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Local Storage\leveldb\000003.log
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Local Storage\leveldb\CURRENT
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Local Storage\leveldb\LOCK
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Local Storage\leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Network\Cookies
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Network\Network Persistent State
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Network\NetworkDataMigrated
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Network\TransportSecurity
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Network\Trust Tokens
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Code Cache\js\dddc74b375ac99d9_0
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Code Cache\js\f147090466f1a98b_0
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Code Cache\js\index
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Code Cache\wasm\index
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\DawnGraphiteCache\data_0
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\DawnGraphiteCache\data_1
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\DawnGraphiteCache\data_2
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\DawnGraphiteCache\data_3
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\DawnGraphiteCache\index
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\DawnWebGPUCache\data_0
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\DawnWebGPUCache\data_1
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\DawnWebGPUCache\data_2
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\DawnWebGPUCache\data_3
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\DawnWebGPUCache\index
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\GPUCache\data_0
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\GPUCache\data_1
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\GPUCache\data_2
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\GPUCache\data_3
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\GPUCache\index
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Local Storage\leveldb\000003.log
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Local Storage\leveldb\CURRENT
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Local Storage\leveldb\LOCK
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Local Storage\leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Network\Cookies
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Network\Network Persistent State
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Network\NetworkDataMigrated
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Network\Trust Tokens
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Preferences
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Session Storage\000003.log
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Session Storage\CURRENT
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Session Storage\LOCK
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Session Storage\LOG
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Session Storage\MANIFEST-000001
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Shared Dictionary\cache\index
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\Shared Dictionary\db
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Partitions\success-banner\SharedStorage
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Preferences
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\sentry\queue\queue.json
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\sentry\scope_v3.json
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\sentry\session.json
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Session Storage\000003.log
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Session Storage\CURRENT
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Session Storage\LOCK
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Session Storage\LOG
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Session Storage\MANIFEST-000001
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Shared Dictionary\cache\index
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\Shared Dictionary\db
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\balenaEtcher\SharedStorage
C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Balena Ltd\balenaEtcher.lnk

Registry that is not cleaned:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\balena_etcher

Supplementary values that are not removed:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\balenaEtcher.exe.ApplicationCompany
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\balenaEtcher.exe.FriendlyAppName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1919907696-1253150688-3636761512-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume9\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\balena_etcher\app-2.1.2\balenaEtcher.exe

How to erase balenaEtcher from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

balenaEtcher is a program released by the software company Balena Ltd. . Some users choose to erase this application. Sometimes this is easier said than done because performing this by hand takes some knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE solution to erase balenaEtcher is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:

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6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate balenaEtcher or simply click the Search feature and type in "balenaEtcher". The balenaEtcher program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select balenaEtcher in the list of apps, some data about the application is shown to you:

Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about balenaEtcher, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
Technical information about the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

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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 for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove balenaEtcher 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.

2025-05-09 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2025-05-09 19:32:26.370

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