Audacity 2.0

A guide to uninstall Audacity 2.0 from your computer

This page is about Audacity 2.0 for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by Audacity Team. Go over here for more information on Audacity Team. Please open http://audacity.sourceforge.net if you want to read more on Audacity 2.0 on Audacity Team's website. Audacity 2.0 is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity directory, but this location can vary a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the application. You can remove Audacity 2.0 by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\unins000.exe. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. The application's main executable file has a size of 6.80 MB (7130624 bytes) on disk and is named audacity.exe.

The following executables are contained in Audacity 2.0. They take 8.20 MB (8596385 bytes) on disk.

• audacity.exe (6.80 MB)
• unins000.exe (1.40 MB)

The current page applies to Audacity 2.0 version 2.0 only. After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Audacity 2.0 from your PC:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Audacity

The files below remain on your disk by Audacity 2.0's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\Languages\ca@valencia\Audacity.mo
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\Nyquist\bug.lsp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Audacity_audacity_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Audacity\audacity.cfg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Audacity\plugins.cfg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Audacity\pluginsettings.cfg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Audacity\Tags.xml

Generally the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\Domains\www-audacity.com
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap\EscDomains\www-audacity.com
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Audacity
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Lame For Audacity
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Audacity_is1

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3350963388-1290299369-2479322214-1003\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\unins000.exe

How to remove Audacity 2.0 from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Audacity 2.0 is a program marketed by Audacity Team. Frequently, users decide to uninstall this program. This can be difficult because performing this manually takes some experience regarding PCs. The best QUICK action to uninstall Audacity 2.0 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, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on your PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Audacity 2.0 or simply click the Search field and type in "Audacity 2.0". If it exists on your system the Audacity 2.0 app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Audacity 2.0 in the list of programs, some data about the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about Audacity 2.0, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Audacity 2.0:

• The publisher is: http://audacity.sourceforge.net
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\unins000.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Audacity 2.0.


8. After removing Audacity 2.0, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Audacity 2.0 that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Audacity 2.0 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Audacity 2.0 by Audacity Team from your PC, we are not saying that Audacity 2.0 by Audacity Team is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove Audacity 2.0 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' computers.