FortiClient

How to uninstall FortiClient from your system

FortiClient is a computer program. This page holds details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by Fortinet Technologies Inc. Further information on Fortinet Technologies Inc can be found here. The application is often found in the C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient folder (same installation drive as Windows). MsiExec.exe /X{8699D5AB-E232-4261-8120-1C6B528DFF11} is the full command line if you want to uninstall FortiClient. FortiClient's primary file takes around 154.85 MB (162375808 bytes) and its name is FortiClient.exe.

The following executables are contained in FortiClient. They take 242.16 MB (253918344 bytes) on disk.

• artifactcollector.exe (25.19 MB)
• av_task.exe (540.15 KB)
• AzureToken.exe (26.63 KB)
• EPCUserAvatar.exe (3.76 MB)
• fcappdb.exe (478.65 KB)
• fcaptmon.exe (655.65 KB)
• FCAuth.exe (137.15 KB)
• FCCOMInt.exe (320.65 KB)
• FCConfig.exe (635.15 KB)
• FCDBLog.exe (1.30 MB)
• fcmonitor.exe (611.65 KB)
• FctSecSvr.exe (3.74 MB)
• FCVbltScan.exe (526.65 KB)
• fmon.exe (203.15 KB)
• FortiAvatar.exe (60.63 KB)
• FortiClient.exe (154.85 MB)
• FortiClientConsole.exe (117.63 KB)
• FortiClientSecurity.exe (117.63 KB)
• FortiClient_Diagnostic_Tool.exe (534.15 KB)
• FortiClient_Diagnostic_Tool_cmdline.exe (4.60 MB)
• FortiElevate.exe (84.13 KB)
• FortiESNAC.exe (6.48 MB)
• FortiFS.exe (5.29 MB)
• fortifws.exe (563.15 KB)
• FortiGuardAgent.exe (4.07 MB)
• FortiProxy.exe (1.45 MB)
• FortiScand.exe (674.65 KB)
• FortiSettings.exe (262.65 KB)
• FortiSSLVPNdaemon.exe (1.33 MB)
• FortiSSLVPNsys.exe (131.65 KB)
• FortiTcs.exe (9.42 MB)
• FortiTray.exe (2.63 MB)
• FortiUSBmon.exe (180.65 KB)
• FortiVPN.exe (1.13 MB)
• fortivrs.exe (1.28 MB)
• FortiWF.exe (398.15 KB)
• FSSOMA.exe (416.65 KB)
• ipsec.exe (906.65 KB)
• SamlAuthWB.exe (111.13 KB)
• scheduler.exe (560.15 KB)
• submitv.exe (1.38 MB)
• update_task.exe (27.15 KB)
• vcm2.exe (4.02 MB)
• fortivrs.exe (1.17 MB)

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The current web page applies to FortiClient version 7.2.7.1116 alone. You can find below info on other application versions of FortiClient:

• 7.2.6.1076
• 6.4.2.1580
• 7.4.1.1736
• 6.0.6.0242
• 7.2.0.0690
• 7.0.1.0083
• 7.2.9.1185
• 6.4.7.3097
• 6.0.1.0099
• 6.0.0.0067
• 6.0.5.0209
• 6.0.2.0128
• 7.4.3.1790
• 7.0.8.0427
• 6.2.2.0877
• 6.2.7.9032
• 7.0.14.0585
• 7.2.3.6427
• 7.0.11.0569
• 6.2.8.1012
• 7.2.5.1053
• 6.4.1.1519
• 7.2.4.0972
• 6.0.7.0243
• 6.4.6.1658
• 7.0.13.0577
• 6.4.5.1657
• 6.4.6.9958
• 6.2.5.0933
• 6.0.10.0297
• 6.4.3.1608
• 7.0.10.0538
• 6.0.4.0182
• 6.2.7.0984
• 7.0.5.0238
• 7.4.2.1737
• 6.4.4.1655
• 7.2.3.0929
• 6.4.0.1464
• 6.0.3.0155
• 6.4.10.1821
• 6.0.10.8707
• 7.0.12.0572
• 6.2.9.1032
• 7.0.9.0493
• 7.0.0.0029
• 7.0.6.0290
• 7.2.1.0779
• 7.2.5.1052
• 6.2.1.0831
• 7.0.2.0090
• 7.0.3.0193
• 6.2.0.0780
• 6.2.4.0931
• 6.2.6.0951
• 6.4.8.1755
• 6.4.9.1797
• 7.2.8.1140
• 7.0.10.7776
• 6.4.7.1713
• 7.0.3.5164
• 6.2.3.0912
• 7.0.3.0190
• 6.0.9.0277
• 7.4.0.1658
• 7.0.7.0345
• 6.0.8.0261
• 7.2.2.0864

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If you're planning to uninstall FortiClient you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\FortiClient
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\FortiClient

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\artifactcollector.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\atl110.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\AzureToken.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\CommandLine.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\concrt140.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\EPCUserAvatar.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCAuth.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCCOMInt.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCCOMIntDLL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCConfig.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCCryptDLL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCDBLog.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fcp.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCVbltScan.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiAuth.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiAvatar.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClient.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClient_Diagnostic_Tool.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClient_Diagnostic_Tool_cmdline.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClientConsole.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClientSecurity.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiCliSh.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiCredentialProvider2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiElevate.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiESNAC.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiFS.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fortifws.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiScand.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiSettings.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiSSLVPNdaemon.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiSSLVPNsys.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiTray.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiTrayResc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiVPN.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\ipsec.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\legacy.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libcfg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libcrypto-3-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libcurl.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libssl-3-x64.dll
• 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

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\FortiClient
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\FortiClient
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\forticlient
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Fortinet\FortiClient
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\BA5D9968232E16241802C1B625D8FF11
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Fortinet\FortiClient
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{8699D5AB-E232-4261-8120-1C6B528DFF11}

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following registry values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClient.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClient.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\BA5D9968232E16241802C1B625D8FF11\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\{8699D5AB-E232-4261-8120-1C6B528DFF11}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1298365514-1248444550-3975844765-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClient.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1298365514-1248444550-3975844765-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiTray.exe
• 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\Fortips\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FortiTransCtrl\Description

A way to remove FortiClient with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

FortiClient is a program marketed by the software company Fortinet Technologies Inc. Frequently, users try to erase it. This can be easier said than done because doing this by hand takes some skill related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK practice to erase FortiClient is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your computer.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find FortiClient or simply activate the Search feature and type in "FortiClient". The FortiClient application will be found automatically. After you click FortiClient in the list , the following information about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have about FortiClient, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove FortiClient.


8. After uninstalling FortiClient, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong FortiClient which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling FortiClient with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation 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 text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall FortiClient supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.