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A guide to uninstall FortiClient from your computer

You can find below detailed information on how to uninstall FortiClient for Windows. It is made by Fortinet Technologies Inc. You can read more on Fortinet Technologies Inc or check for application updates here. FortiClient is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient directory, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the program. The full uninstall command line for FortiClient is MsiExec.exe /X{0585AC39-48EF-4984-B0D1-6C9C76A2A77B}. FortiClient.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 154.84 MB (162366528 bytes) on disk.

FortiClient installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 181.58 MB (190403512 bytes) on disk.

  • AzureToken.exe (27.35 KB)
  • certutil.exe (155.06 KB)
  • EPCUserAvatar.exe (184.09 KB)
  • FCAuth.exe (113.09 KB)
  • FCCOMInt.exe (290.59 KB)
  • FCConfig.exe (568.09 KB)
  • FCDBLog.exe (1.26 MB)
  • FCVbltScan.exe (520.09 KB)
  • FortiAvatar.exe (60.06 KB)
  • FortiClient.exe (154.84 MB)
  • FortiClientConsole.exe (132.95 KB)
  • FortiClientSecurity.exe (118.06 KB)
  • FortiClient_Diagnostic_Tool.exe (5.13 MB)
  • FortiElevate.exe (84.06 KB)
  • FortiESNAC.exe (6.29 MB)
  • fortifws.exe (535.59 KB)
  • FortiScand.exe (609.09 KB)
  • FortiSettings.exe (272.59 KB)
  • FortiSSLVPNdaemon.exe (697.09 KB)
  • FortiSSLVPNsys.exe (127.59 KB)
  • FortiTray.exe (2.41 MB)
  • FortiVPNSt.exe (831.09 KB)
  • ipsec.exe (1.22 MB)
  • pk12util.exe (65.06 KB)
  • SamlAuthWB.exe (104.56 KB)
  • scheduler.exe (462.09 KB)
  • submitv.exe (833.59 KB)
  • update_task.exe (26.59 KB)
  • vcm2.exe (3.78 MB)
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The information on this page is only about version 7.0.12.0572 of FortiClient. For other FortiClient versions please click below:

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A considerable amount of files, folders and Windows registry entries can not be deleted when you remove FortiClient from your computer.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall FortiClient from your PC:
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient

Generally, the following files are left on disk:
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\AzureToken.exe.config
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\firefox_ext.xpi
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiAvatar.exe.config
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\am.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\da.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\de.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\el.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\es.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\et.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\he.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\id.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\it.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\ja.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\kn.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\ko.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\lt.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\lv.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\ml.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\mr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\ms.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\nb.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\nl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\pl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\pt-BR.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\pt-PT.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\ro.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\ru.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\sk.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\sl.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\sr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\sv.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\sw.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\ta.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\te.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\th.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\tr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\uk.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\vi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\zh-CN.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\zh-TW.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\resources.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\resources\app.asar
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\SecurityProductInformation.ini
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\setting.ini
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\snapshot_blob.bin
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\v8_context_snapshot.bin
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\vir_sig\cleandb
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\vir_sig\geo.dat
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\vir_sig\ids.dat
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\vir_sig\irdb.dat
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\vir_sig\isdb_app.txt
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\vir_sig\isdb_map.dat
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\vir_sig\mdare_sig
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\vir_sig\vcm.dat
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\vir_sig\vir_ai_pallas
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\vir_sig\vir_ext
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\vir_sig\vir_heuristics
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\vir_sig\vir_high
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\vir_sig\vir_type\vir_high
  • C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\x86\setting.ini
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\FortiClient00000.log
  • C:\Windows\Installer\{0585AC39-48EF-4984-B0D1-6C9C76A2A77B}\Icon_FCTLogo

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FortiClient.VPN
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Fortinet\FortiClient
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\93CA5850FE8448940B1DC6C9672A7AB7
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Fortinet\FortiClient
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{0585AC39-48EF-4984-B0D1-6C9C76A2A77B}

Supplementary values that are not cleaned:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\93CA5850FE8448940B1DC6C9672A7AB7\ProductName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{0585AC39-48EF-4984-B0D1-6C9C76A2A77B}\
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FA_Scheduler\Description
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FA_Scheduler\DisplayName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FA_Scheduler\ImagePath
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FCT_SecSvr\DisplayName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FCT_SecSvr\ImagePath
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\fortiapd\Description
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FortiAptFilter\Description
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\fortimon3\Description
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Fortips\Description
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FortiTransCtrl\Description
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FortiWF\Description


How to delete FortiClient from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

FortiClient is an application released by the software company Fortinet Technologies Inc. Sometimes, users want to remove this program. This can be efortful because deleting this by hand requires some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY approach to remove FortiClient 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 Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find FortiClient or simply click the Search field and type in "FortiClient". If it exists on your system the FortiClient app will be found automatically. When you select FortiClient in the list of apps, some data about the application is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about FortiClient, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the program you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall FortiClient.
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8. After uninstalling FortiClient, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of FortiClient which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing FortiClient with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall FortiClient by Fortinet Technologies Inc from your PC, nor are we saying that FortiClient by Fortinet Technologies Inc is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall FortiClient supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2024-04-24 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2024-04-24 12:29:30.030