Bitwarden

How to uninstall Bitwarden from your system

This info is about Bitwarden for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows release was created by Bitwarden Inc.. More information on Bitwarden Inc. can be seen here. The application is often found in the C:\Program Files\Bitwarden directory. Take into account that this path can differ depending on the user's preference. The full command line for removing Bitwarden is C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\Uninstall Bitwarden.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for admin rights. Bitwarden's main file takes around 120.33 MB (126179968 bytes) and its name is Bitwarden.exe.

The executable files below are part of Bitwarden. They take an average of 120.62 MB (126478896 bytes) on disk.

• Bitwarden.exe (120.33 MB)
• Uninstall Bitwarden.exe (178.80 KB)
• elevate.exe (113.13 KB)

The current web page applies to Bitwarden version 1.26.3 alone. You can find below a few links to other Bitwarden releases:

• 1.23.0
• 1.33.0
• 2023.3.2
• 2023.8.2
• 2024.4.1
• 2024.10.2
• 2024.11.2
• 2024.11.0
• 2023.8.4
• 2022.5.0
• 1.22.1
• 1.28.1
• 2024.4.0
• 2023.1.1
• 2024.1.0
• 1.26.0
• 1.21.0
• 2022.6.0
• 1.24.4
• 1.18.0
• 2024.3.0
• 1.31.3
• 1.31.2
• 2022.10.0
• 1.29.1
• 1.24.1
• 2023.12.1
• 1.20.1
• 1.27.0
• 2024.2.1
• 2023.7.0
• 2024.2.0
• 2023.1.0
• 2022.6.1
• 1.25.1
• 2024.4.3
• 2024.10.1
• 2022.9.0
• 1.26.5
• 1.31.0
• 2023.9.3
• 2023.5.1
• 1.20.0
• 2023.4.0
• 1.28.0
• 2024.8.1
• 2024.11.1
• 2024.6.3
• 2024.8.2
• 1.25.0
• 1.22.2
• 2024.5.0
• 2022.5.1
• 1.30.0
• 2023.9.0
• 2023.7.1
• 2022.8.1
• 2024.8.0
• 2023.3.1
• 1.27.1
• 2023.3.0
• 2024.6.0
• 1.26.4
• 1.24.6
• 2024.7.0
• 1.29.0
• 1.32.0
• 2023.5.0
• 2022.12.0
• 1.17.2
• 2024.9.0
• 1.31.1
• 2023.10.0
• 2023.9.2
• 2022.10.1
• 1.28.2
• 2023.2.0
• 2024.6.2
• 1.19.0
• 1.23.1
• 1.32.1
• 2022.9.1
• 1.17.1
• 2023.10.1
• 2024.3.2
• 1.28.3
• 2024.6.1
• 2024.6.4
• 2024.7.1
• 2022.8.0
• 2023.9.1
• 2022.6.2
• 2023.8.3
• 2022.11.0
• 2023.12.0

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

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\bitwarden-updater
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Bitwarden

The files below remain on your disk by Bitwarden when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\Bitwarden.exe
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\LICENSE.electron.txt
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\LICENSES.chromium.html
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\resources\app.asar
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\resources\app-update.yml
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\resources\elevate.exe
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\resources\native-messaging.bat
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\resources\regedit\vbs\ArchitectureAgnosticRegistry.vbs
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\resources\regedit\vbs\ArchitectureSpecificRegistry.vbs
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\resources\regedit\vbs\JsonSafeTest.wsf
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\resources\regedit\vbs\regCreateKey.wsf
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\resources\regedit\vbs\regDeleteKey.wsf
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\resources\regedit\vbs\regList.wsf
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\resources\regedit\vbs\regListStream.wsf
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\resources\regedit\vbs\regPutValue.wsf
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\resources\regedit\vbs\regUtil.vbs
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\resources\regedit\vbs\util.vbs
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\snapshot_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\swiftshader\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\swiftshader\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\Uninstall Bitwarden.exe
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\v8_context_snapshot.bin
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\vk_swiftshader.dll
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\vk_swiftshader_icd.json
• C:\Program Files\Bitwarden\vulkan-1.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\bitwarden-updater\package.7z
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\bitwarden-updater\pending\Bitwarden-Installer-1.26.3.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\bitwarden-updater\pending\update-info.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\User Data\Default\Web Applications\_crx_nngceckbapebfimnlniiiahkandclblb\Bitwarden - Free Password Manager.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\com_bitwarden_desktop
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Bitwarden\app.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Bitwarden\browsers\chrome.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Bitwarden\browsers\firefox.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Bitwarden\Cache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Bitwarden\Cache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Bitwarden\Cache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Bitwarden\Cache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Bitwarden\Cache\f_000003
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Bitwarden\Cache\index

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\bitwarden
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Chrome\NativeMessagingHosts\com.8bit.bitwarden
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\173a9bac-6f0d-50c4-8202-4744c69d091a

Additional registry values that you should delete:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-784574436-3019528175-2128550702-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Bitwarden\Bitwarden.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-784574436-3019528175-2128550702-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\bitwarden-updater\pending\Bitwarden-Installer-1.26.3.exe

A way to delete Bitwarden using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Bitwarden is a program marketed by the software company Bitwarden Inc.. Frequently, people decide to uninstall this program. This can be easier said than done because uninstalling this manually requires some knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE approach to uninstall Bitwarden 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 a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on the PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Bitwarden or simply click the Search feature and type in "Bitwarden". If it exists on your system the Bitwarden app will be found very quickly. After you click Bitwarden in the list of apps, some information about the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about Bitwarden, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Bitwarden.


8. After uninstalling Bitwarden, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Bitwarden which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Bitwarden using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Bitwarden by Bitwarden Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that Bitwarden by Bitwarden Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Bitwarden in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.