Dell Touchpad

A guide to uninstall Dell Touchpad from your PC

Dell Touchpad is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by ELAN Microelectronic Corp.. Further information on ELAN Microelectronic Corp. can be seen here. You can read more about on Dell Touchpad at www.emc.com.tw. Usually the Dell Touchpad program is to be found in the C:\Program Files\Elantech folder, depending on the user's option during setup. You can uninstall Dell Touchpad by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line %ProgramFiles%\Elantech\ETDUn_inst.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file is called DellDevices.exe and it has a size of 4.84 MB (5070160 bytes).

Dell Touchpad installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 13.80 MB (14472416 bytes) on disk.

• CallMainCpl.exe (15.83 KB)
• DellDevices.exe (4.84 MB)
• ETDCtrl.exe (2.14 MB)
• ETDCtrlHelper.exe (1.57 MB)
• ETDDeviceInformation.exe (1.67 MB)
• ETDGesture.exe (1.71 MB)
• ETDService.exe (83.33 KB)
• ETDTouch.exe (72.33 KB)
• ETDUn_inst.exe (1.70 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 11.3.8.2 of Dell Touchpad. You can find here a few links to other Dell Touchpad releases:

• 11.3.16.1
• 11.3.13.2
• 11.3.17.3
• 15.3.3.6
• 11.3.15.4
• 11.3.7.2
• 11.3.2.5
• 11.3.11.2
• 11.3.9.6
• 11.3.1.4
• 15.3.0.14
• 10.3.0.49
• 11.3.10.2
• 11.3.3.5
• 11.3.5.4
• 11.3.4.3
• 15.3.2.14
• 10.3.2.2
• 15.3.1.1

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

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Elantech

A way to uninstall Dell Touchpad with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Dell Touchpad is an application released by the software company ELAN Microelectronic Corp.. Some computer users try to uninstall it. This can be troublesome because removing this by hand takes some knowledge regarding PCs. The best SIMPLE approach to uninstall Dell Touchpad 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to clean your PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Dell Touchpad or simply activate the Search field and type in "Dell Touchpad". If it is installed on your PC the Dell Touchpad application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Dell Touchpad in the list , the following data about the program is shown to you:

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

For example you can see that for Dell Touchpad:

• The software company is: www.emc.com.tw
• The uninstall string is: %ProgramFiles%\Elantech\ETDUn_inst.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Dell Touchpad.


8. After uninstalling Dell Touchpad, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Dell Touchpad that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Dell Touchpad with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Dell Touchpad by ELAN Microelectronic Corp. from your computer, nor are we saying that Dell Touchpad by ELAN Microelectronic Corp. is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Dell Touchpad in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.