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A way to uninstall CurseForge from your system

This page contains complete information on how to uninstall CurseForge for Windows. It is developed by Overwolf app. You can read more on Overwolf app or check for application updates here. The application is often located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Overwolf folder (same installation drive as Windows). CurseForge's complete uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\Overwolf\OWUninstaller.exe --uninstall-app=cchhcaiapeikjbdbpfplgmpobbcdkdaphclbmkbj. The program's main executable file has a size of 1.75 MB (1831432 bytes) on disk and is labeled OverwolfLauncher.exe.

CurseForge is composed of the following executables which occupy 5.22 MB (5470208 bytes) on disk:

  • Overwolf.exe (51.01 KB)
  • OverwolfLauncher.exe (1.75 MB)
  • OWUninstaller.exe (119.09 KB)
  • OverwolfBenchmarking.exe (71.51 KB)
  • OverwolfBrowser.exe (217.51 KB)
  • OverwolfCrashHandler.exe (65.01 KB)
  • ow-overlay.exe (1.78 MB)
  • OWCleanup.exe (56.01 KB)
  • OWUninstallMenu.exe (260.51 KB)
  • owver64.exe (610.34 KB)
  • OverwolfLauncherProxy.exe (275.51 KB)
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This info is about CurseForge version 1.255.0.2 alone. You can find here a few links to other CurseForge releases:

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall CurseForge:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\c255g8lf.default-release-1724372486323\storage\default\https+++www.curseforge.com

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove CurseForge:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\CurseForge.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\ffmpeg.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\LICENSE.electron.txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\LICENSES.chromium.html
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\af.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\am.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\da.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\de.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\el.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\es.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\et.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\he.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\id.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\it.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\te.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\th.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\ur.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\owutility.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\resources.pak
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\resources\app.asar
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\resources\app-update.yml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\resources\elevate.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\snapshot_blob.bin
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\Uninstall CurseForge.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\v8_context_snapshot.bin
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\vk_swiftshader.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\vk_swiftshader_icd.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\CurseForge Windows\vulkan-1.dll
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\CurseForge.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\c255g8lf.default-release-1724372486323\storage\default\https+++www.curseforge.com\ls\data.sqlite
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\c255g8lf.default-release-1724372486323\storage\default\https+++www.curseforge.com\ls\usage

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\curseforge
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Overwolf_cchhcaiapeikjbdbpfplgmpobbcdkdaphclbmkbj
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Overwolf\CurseForge
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\CurseForge.exe

Supplementary registry values that are not removed:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{76A813A7-BBF1-4127-B9C9-D01D359BD138}C:\users\UserName\curseforge\minecraft\install\runtime\java-runtime-gamma\windows-x64\java-runtime-gamma\bin\javaw.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{C9A47E42-1CD4-418D-8075-0AD834F40567}C:\users\UserName\curseforge\minecraft\install\runtime\java-runtime-gamma\windows-x64\java-runtime-gamma\bin\javaw.exe


A way to remove CurseForge from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CurseForge is an application marketed by Overwolf app. Frequently, users try to remove this program. This can be troublesome because uninstalling this by hand requires some know-how regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE action to remove CurseForge is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to optimize your PC.

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2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Click on the General Tools button
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4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

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


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about CurseForge, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the program you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall CurseForge.
Uninstall CurseForge


8. After removing CurseForge, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of CurseForge that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling CurseForge using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall CurseForge by Overwolf app from your PC, nor are we saying that CurseForge by Overwolf app is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall CurseForge supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2024-06-27 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2024-06-27 20:33:57.020