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How to uninstall CCleaner from your system

You can find below details on how to remove CCleaner for Windows. The Windows version was created by Piriform. Take a look here where you can get more info on Piriform. CCleaner is typically set up in the C:\Program Files\CCleaner64 directory, depending on the user's choice. CCleaner's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\CCleaner64\uninst.exe. CCleaner's primary file takes around 42.89 MB (44970408 bytes) and is named CCleaner64.exe.

The executable files below are installed alongside CCleaner. They occupy about 93.86 MB (98417200 bytes) on disk.

  • CCleaner.exe (37.13 MB)
  • CCleaner64.exe (42.89 MB)
  • CCleanerBugReport.exe (4.84 MB)
  • CCleanerPerformanceOptimizerService.exe (1.04 MB)
  • CCleanerReactivator.exe (188.41 KB)
  • CCUpdate.exe (809.97 KB)
  • uninst.exe (2.15 MB)
  • wa_3rd_party_host_32.exe (2.15 MB)
  • wa_3rd_party_host_64.exe (2.70 MB)
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The information on this page is only about version 6.26 of CCleaner. For more CCleaner versions please click below:

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are shown below.

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Software\Piriform\CCleaner
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Piriform\CCleaner
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\CCleaner
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Piriform\CCleaner


How to uninstall CCleaner from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CCleaner is an application released by Piriform. Sometimes, users decide to uninstall this application. This can be troublesome because doing this manually takes some skill related to PCs. One of the best SIMPLE approach to uninstall CCleaner is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your computer.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs existing on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate CCleaner or simply click the Search feature and type in "CCleaner". If it exists on your system the CCleaner program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select CCleaner in the list of applications, some information about the program is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about CCleaner, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall CCleaner.
Uninstall CCleaner


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

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove CCleaner by Piriform from your computer, nor are we saying that CCleaner by Piriform is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove CCleaner in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2024-07-17 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2024-07-17 10:46:43.803