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A way to uninstall iTunes from your PC

This web page contains thorough information on how to uninstall iTunes for Windows. It was created for Windows by Apple Inc.. Open here for more details on Apple Inc.. Detailed information about iTunes can be seen at . The program is often placed in the C:\Program Files\iTunes folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall iTunes by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /I{DDDE0BE3-0CBE-4BF6-B75A-E3F69C947843}. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. iTunes.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 13.60 MB (14258472 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed beside iTunes. They take about 13.87 MB (14548048 bytes) on disk.

  • iTunes.exe (13.60 MB)
  • iTunesHelper.exe (282.79 KB)


This data is about iTunes version 8.0.1.11 alone. For other iTunes versions please click below:

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you remove iTunes.

Directories that were found:
  • C:\Program Files\iTunes
  • C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\iTunes
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Apple Computer\iTunes
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes

Generally, the following files are left on disk:
  • C:\Program Files\iTunes\CD Configuration\gcdrdll.cfg
  • C:\Program Files\iTunes\CD Configuration\gcdroem.cfg
  • C:\Program Files\iTunes\CD Configuration\gcdrtype.cfg
  • C:\Program Files\iTunes\CD Configuration\gearcdrdll.cfg

Frequently the following registry data will not be cleaned:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.aa\OpenWithList\iTunes.exe
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.aax\OpenWithList\iTunes.exe
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.aif\OpenWithList\iTunes.exe
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.aifc\OpenWithList\iTunes.exe

Additional values that are not removed:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\iTunes.exe\DefaultIcon\
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\iTunes.exe\shell\open\command\
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\iTunes.exe\shell\play\command\
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{08A6AF6A-8FF2-4a3b-BECF-C2FAC8630BBF}\InprocServer32\


How to delete iTunes with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

iTunes is a program by the software company Apple Inc.. Sometimes, people want to remove this application. Sometimes this is hard because performing this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best EASY practice to remove iTunes is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to clean your computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate iTunes or simply activate the Search feature and type in "iTunes". The iTunes application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select iTunes in the list of applications, some data regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding iTunes, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for iTunes:





  • The publisher is: http://www.apple.com/
  • The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{DDDE0BE3-0CBE-4BF6-B75A-E3F69C947843}
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove iTunes.
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8. After removing iTunes, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of iTunes which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing iTunes with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows XP (5.1)
  • Windows Vista (6.0)
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • 10.0
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove iTunes by Apple Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that iTunes by Apple Inc. is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove iTunes in case 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-08-29 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-08-29 18:07:53.317