Advanced SystemCare

How to uninstall Advanced SystemCare from your computer

Advanced SystemCare is a Windows program. Read more about how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was created by IObit. You can read more on IObit or check for application updates here. Click on https://www.iobit.com/ to get more data about Advanced SystemCare on IObit's website. Advanced SystemCare is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare directory, subject to the user's option. You can remove Advanced SystemCare by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\unins000.exe. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for admin rights. ASC.exe is the Advanced SystemCare's main executable file and it takes about 10.43 MB (10938376 bytes) on disk.

Advanced SystemCare contains of the executables below. They take 89.99 MB (94357240 bytes) on disk.

• About.exe (707.06 KB)
• ActionCenterDownloader.exe (2.36 MB)
• ASC.exe (10.43 MB)
• ASCDownload.exe (1.40 MB)
• ASCFeature.exe (163.63 KB)
• ASCInit.exe (845.06 KB)
• ASCService.exe (1.79 MB)
• ASCTray.exe (5.14 MB)
• ASCUpgrade.exe (1.36 MB)
• ASCVER.exe (2.59 MB)
• AutoCare.exe (2.98 MB)
• AutoRamClean.exe (1.21 MB)
• AutoReactivator.exe (306.56 KB)
• AutoSweep.exe (1.67 MB)
• AutoUpdate.exe (3.38 MB)
• BrowserCleaner.exe (1.56 MB)
• BrowserProtect.exe (1.73 MB)
• delayLoad.exe (289.06 KB)
• DiskDefrag.exe (32.13 KB)
• DiskScan.exe (219.13 KB)
• Display.exe (155.56 KB)
• DNSProtect.exe (820.56 KB)
• FeedBack.exe (2.17 MB)
• IObitLiveUpdate.exe (2.81 MB)
• LocalLang.exe (229.13 KB)
• Monitor.exe (5.19 MB)
• MonitorDisk.exe (144.06 KB)
• PPUninstaller.exe (1.14 MB)
• PrivacyShield.exe (1.38 MB)
• QuickSettings.exe (1.06 MB)
• RealTimeProtector.exe (1.06 MB)
• Register.exe (2.87 MB)
• ReProcess.exe (153.63 KB)
• RescueCenter.exe (2.27 MB)
• sdproxy.exe (97.63 KB)
• SendBugReportNew.exe (984.06 KB)
• smBootTime.exe (2.09 MB)
• smBootTimeBase.exe (1.59 MB)
• SoftUpdateTip.exe (990.56 KB)
• StartupInfo.exe (792.56 KB)
• unins000.exe (1.15 MB)
• UninstallInfo.exe (3.73 MB)
• RegistryDefragBootTime.exe (45.87 KB)
• RegistryDefragBootTime.exe (65.93 KB)
• RegistryDefragBootTime.exe (42.75 KB)
• RegistryDefragBootTime.exe (28.38 KB)
• RegistryDefragBootTime.exe (48.41 KB)
• RegistryDefragBootTime.exe (25.33 KB)
• RegistryDefragBootTime.exe (28.38 KB)
• RegistryDefragBootTime.exe (25.33 KB)
• RegistryDefragBootTime.exe (27.36 KB)
• RegistryDefragBootTime.exe (24.83 KB)
• RegistryDefragBootTime.exe (28.38 KB)
• RegistryDefragBootTime.exe (24.83 KB)
• ICONPIN32.exe (1,016.13 KB)
• ICONPIN64.exe (29.63 KB)
• SPNativeMessage_Edge.exe (1.44 MB)
• PluginInstall.exe (1.37 MB)
• SPUpdate.exe (1.39 MB)
• ascevent.exe (2.09 MB)
• ascmom.exe (2.30 MB)
• rmuin.exe (4.20 MB)

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The current page applies to Advanced SystemCare version 16.4.0 alone. You can find below info on other releases of Advanced SystemCare:

• 18.1.0.201
• 14.0.1
• 5.4.0
• 18.0.0
• 15.5.0.267
• 16.5.0
• 17.4.0
• 13.0.1
• 16.3.0
• 18.3.0
• 13.2.0
• 15.2.0
• 15.0.1.125
• 10.5.0
• 17.4.0.242
• 16.4.0.225
• 17.3.0
• 17.6.0
• 14.6.0
• 15.6.0
• 17.0.1.107
• 15.4.0.250
• 13.7.0.308
• 15.5.0
• 18.1.0
• 17.1.0.157
• 13.5.0
• 14.4.0
• 16.2.0
• 11.00
• 13.6.0
• 14.0.0
• 14.5.0
• 14.3.0
• 15.0.0
• 15.4.0.246
• 17.0.1
• 13.3.0
• 15.3.0
• 15.1.0
• 16.4.0.226
• 17.2.0.191
• 17.6.0.322
• 18.2.0
• 17.1.0
• 14.1.0
• 15.4.0
• 13.1.0
• 16.0.0
• 13.0.0
• 16.0.1
• 16.1.0
• 13.7.0
• 18.0.1.156
• 17.5.0
• 15.3.0.226
• 16.5.0.237
• 17.0.0
• 17.3.0.204
• 18.2.0.222
• 13.4.0
• 6.4
• 15.0.1
• 13.0.2
• 17.5.0.255
• 17.2.0
• 18.0.1
• 14.2.0
• 15.2.0.201
• 15.6.0.274
• 15.1.0.183
• 10.4.0
• 16.0.1.82
• 16.6.0.259
• 15.3.0.228
• 14.0.2
• 8.2.0.795
• 16.6.0

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

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\IObit\Advanced SystemCare
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\IObit\IObit\Advanced SystemCare

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\About.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\ActionCenter\idricon.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\ActionCenter\idroffer.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\ActionCenterDownloader.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\ASC.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\ASCDownload.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\ASCExtMenu.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\ASCExtMenu_64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\ASCFeature.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\ASCInit.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\ASCService.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\ASCService.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\ASCTray.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\ASCUpgrade.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\ASCVER.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\AutoCare.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\AutoRamClean.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\AutoReactivator.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\AutoSweep.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\AutoUpdate.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\AutoUpdate.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\BrowserCleaner.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\BrowserProtect.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\cbtntips.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Config\BigUpgrade.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Config\Common.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\CPUIDInterface.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\cpuidsdk.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Database\HomepageWhite.dbd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Database\HomepageWhiteExe.dbd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Database\InBoxDriverFeature\vista32.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Database\InBoxDriverFeature\vista64.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Database\InBoxDriverFeature\win1032.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Database\InBoxDriverFeature\win1064.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Database\InBoxDriverFeature\win732.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Database\InBoxDriverFeature\win764.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Database\InBoxDriverFeature\win8_132.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Database\InBoxDriverFeature\win8_164.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Database\InBoxDriverFeature\Win832.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Database\InBoxDriverFeature\Win864.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\dataexchange.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\DataRecoveryTips.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\datastate.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\delayLoad.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\DetectionEx.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\DiskDefrag.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\DiskScan.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Display.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\DNSProtect.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Downloader.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\DPMRCTips.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\DriverClean.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\Monitor_win10_x64.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\Monitor_win7_x64.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\Monitor_x86.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win10_amd64\AscFileControl.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win10_amd64\AscFileFilter.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win10_amd64\AscRegistryFilter.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win10_amd64\RegistryDefragBootTime.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win10_ia64\AscFileControl.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win10_ia64\AscFileFilter.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win10_ia64\AscRegistryFilter.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win10_ia64\RegistryDefragBootTime.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win10_x86\AscFileControl.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win10_x86\AscFileFilter.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win10_x86\AscRegistryFilter.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win10_x86\RegistryDefragBootTime.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win7_amd64\AscFileControl.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win7_amd64\AscFileFilter.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win7_amd64\AscRegistryFilter.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win7_amd64\RegistryDefragBootTime.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win7_ia64\AscFileControl.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win7_ia64\AscFileFilter.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win7_ia64\AscRegistryFilter.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win7_ia64\RegistryDefragBootTime.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win7_x86\AscFileControl.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win7_x86\AscFileFilter.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win7_x86\AscRegistryFilter.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\win7_x86\RegistryDefragBootTime.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\wlh_amd64\RegistryDefragBootTime.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\wlh_x86\RegistryDefragBootTime.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\wnet_amd64\RegistryDefragBootTime.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\wnet_x86\RegistryDefragBootTime.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\wxp_amd64\RegistryDefragBootTime.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\drivers\wxp_x86\RegistryDefragBootTime.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\fctlextend.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\FeedBack.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\filectl.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\FreeBigupgrade172.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\HardwareLib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\HomepageSvc.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\InfoHelp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\IObitLiveUpdate.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\JumpListDll.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\libcrypto-1_1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\libssl-1_1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\License.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\LiveUpdateSrvUpt.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\LocalLang.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Monitor.exe

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Advanced SystemCare
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Advanced SystemCare
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Advanced SystemCare
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Advanced SystemCare
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\Advanced SystemCare
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\IObit\Advanced SystemCare
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Advanced SystemCare_is1

Additional registry values that you should clean:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\ASC.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\ASC.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\AutoUpdate.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\AutoUpdate.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Monitor.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Monitor.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Pub\hatennap.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Pub\hatennap.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Pub\SafeTips.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\Pub\SafeTips.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\SoftUpdateTip.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\SoftUpdateTip.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\UninstallInfo.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\UninstallInfo.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AdvancedSystemCareService16\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AscFileFilter\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AscRegistryFilter\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\iobit_monitor_server2021\ImagePath

How to remove Advanced SystemCare from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Advanced SystemCare is an application by IObit. Some users decide to remove this application. Sometimes this can be difficult because doing this manually takes some skill related to Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE practice to remove Advanced SystemCare is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your 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 category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Advanced SystemCare or simply click the Search feature and type in "Advanced SystemCare". The Advanced SystemCare app will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Advanced SystemCare in the list of apps, the following information regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding Advanced SystemCare, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Advanced SystemCare:

• The software company is: https://www.iobit.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Advanced SystemCare\unins000.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Advanced SystemCare.


8. After uninstalling Advanced SystemCare, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Advanced SystemCare that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Advanced SystemCare using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Advanced SystemCare by IObit from your computer, nor are we saying that Advanced SystemCare by IObit is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Advanced SystemCare supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.