Box

A guide to uninstall Box from your computer

This page contains detailed information on how to remove Box for Windows. It is written by Box, Inc.. Open here where you can read more on Box, Inc.. Box is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\Box\Box folder, depending on the user's decision. The full command line for removing Box is MsiExec.exe /X{81CF6CA3-E8CA-410E-A23D-8C3A19D2F196}. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for admin rights. Box's main file takes around 9.41 MB (9871752 bytes) and its name is Box.exe.

The following executable files are contained in Box. They occupy 41.75 MB (43781928 bytes) on disk.

• Box.Desktop.UpdateService.exe (97.79 KB)
• Box.exe (9.41 MB)
• Box_console_logging_enabled.exe (9.42 MB)
• InstallerHelper.exe (24.29 KB)
• streem.exe (5.09 MB)
• cfctl.exe (1.19 MB)
• streem.exe (7.53 MB)
• BoxPrompt.exe (535.79 KB)
• BoxUI.exe (8.46 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2.38.172 of Box. You can find here a few links to other Box versions:

• 1.10.77
• 2.26.323
• 2.37.142
• 1.6.171
• 2.41.226
• 1.0.9
• 1.17.116
• 2.35.95
• 2.8.204
• 1.7.199
• 2.24.198
• 2.9.369
• 1.10.71
• 2.34.84
• 2.0.70
• 2.25.306
• 2.38.165
• 2.20.136
• 1.8.56
• 2.27.221
• 2.19.291
• 2.3.175
• 2.42.209
• 1.14.133
• 1.9.36
• 2.40.333
• 2.16.298
• 2.28.292
• 2.36.107
• 2.14.378
• 2.33.128
• 2.7.242
• 2.21.202
• 2.23.428
• 2.8.207
• 1.4.92
• 1.0.31
• 2.5.127
• 2.1.107
• 2.32.112
• 2.41.225
• 1.2.93
• 1.16.88
• 2.11.46
• 2.10.219
• 2.22.445
• 2.27.242
• 2.38.173
• 2.12.594
• 1.11.98
• 2.7.241
• 2.1.105
• 2.31.64
• 2.13.518
• 1.18.104
• 2.42.213
• 2.35.97
• 1.17.120
• 2.19.292
• 1.8.57
• 2.25.304
• 2.32.110
• 1.12.88
• 2.11.18
• 2.11.34
• 2.33.130
• 2.24.193
• 1.15.131
• 2.29.112
• 2.24.207
• 1.5.233
• 2.21.201
• 2.17.176
• 1.19.166
• 2.26.348
• 2.42.212
• 1.13.83
• 2.41.219
• 2.4.153
• 2.23.422
• 2.1.106
• 2.12.604
• 2.26.330
• 2.15.121
• 2.19.294
• 1.13.84
• 2.12.600
• 2.6.186
• 2.30.87
• 2.41.224
• 2.26.346
• 2.2.167
• 2.14.377
• 1.3.124
• 2.27.220
• 2.39.174
• 2.24.208
• 2.21.200
• 2.11.42
• 2.18.117

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you remove Box.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Box:

• C:\Program Files\Box\Box

The files below were left behind on your disk by Box's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\_asyncio.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\_bz2.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\_cffi_backend.cp311-win_amd64.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\_ctypes.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\_decimal.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\_elementtree.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\_hashlib.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\_lzma.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\_multiprocessing.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\_overlapped.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\_queue.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\_socket.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\_sqlite3.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\_ssl.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\_win32sysloader.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\_yappi.cp311-win_amd64.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\base_library.zip
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\Box.Desktop.UpdateService.exe
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\Box.exe.manifest
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\Box.Updater.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\Box_console_logging_enabled.exe
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\BoxAvailableOffline.ico
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\BoxLocked.ico
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\BoxLockedByOther.ico
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\BoxNotes.ico
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\BoxProblem.ico
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\BoxShellExt-2.38.173.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\BoxShellExt32-2.38.173.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\BoxShellExtShim-2.38.173.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\BoxShellExtShim32-2.38.173.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\BoxSynced.ico
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\BoxSyncing.ico
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\BoxWCollabLock.ico
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\certifi\cacert.pem
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\clr_loader\ffi\dlls\amd64\ClrLoader.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\cryptography\hazmat\bindings\_rust.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\FS\cbfsconnect.cab
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\FS\cf\BoxDrive.msix
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\FS\cf\cfctl.exe
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\FS\cf\streem.exe
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\FS\streem.exe
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\InstallerHelper.exe
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\libcrypto-3.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\libffi-8.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\libssl-3.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\Logger.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\md.cp311-win_amd64.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\MetricsCollector.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\PostureCheck.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\psutil\_psutil_windows.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\pyexpat.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\python3.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\python311.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\pythoncom311.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\pythonnet\runtime\Python.Runtime.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\pywintypes311.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\select.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\sqlite3.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\TBD15CB.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\TBD161A.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\TBD5891.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\TBD58B0.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\TBD590F.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\TBDA5C2.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\TBDA621.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\TBDB50D.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\TBDB56B.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\TBDE3D7.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\TBDE427.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\TBDE995.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\TBDE9F4.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\thrift\protocol\fastbinary.cp311-win_amd64.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\bn-IN\BoxPrompt.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\bn-IN\BoxUI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\BoxPrompt.exe
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\BoxUI.exe
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\CommandLine.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\da-DK\BoxPrompt.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\da-DK\BoxUI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\de-DE\BoxPrompt.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\de-DE\BoxUI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\en-GB\BoxPrompt.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\en-GB\BoxUI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\es-ES\BoxPrompt.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\es-ES\BoxUI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\fi-FI\BoxPrompt.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\fi-FI\BoxUI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\fr-FR\BoxPrompt.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\fr-FR\BoxUI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\hi-IN\BoxPrompt.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\hi-IN\BoxUI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\it-IT\BoxPrompt.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\it-IT\BoxUI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\ja-JP\BoxPrompt.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\ja-JP\BoxUI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\ko-KR\BoxPrompt.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\ko-KR\BoxUI.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.WinForms.dll
• C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Wpf.dll

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{81CF6CA3-E8CA-410E-A23D-8C3A19D2F196}

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Box\Box\Box.Desktop.UpdateService.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Box\Box\Box.Desktop.UpdateService.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Box\Box\Box.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Box\Box\Box.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\BoxPrompt.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\BoxUI.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Box\Box\UI\BoxUI.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Box\Box\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{81CF6CA3-E8CA-410E-A23D-8C3A19D2F196}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\BoxUpdateSvc\ImagePath

A way to delete Box with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Box is an application offered by the software company Box, Inc.. Sometimes, computer users decide to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is hard because uninstalling this manually requires some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK solution to uninstall Box 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 PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to clean your system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Box or simply click the Search field and type in "Box". The Box program will be found automatically. After you click Box in the list of apps, some information about the program is shown to you:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Box.


8. After uninstalling Box, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Box that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Box with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Box by Box, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that Box by Box, Inc. is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Box in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.