FortiClient

How to uninstall FortiClient from your system

This page contains detailed information on how to remove FortiClient for Windows. It is written by Fortinet Technologies Inc. Go over here where you can read more on Fortinet Technologies Inc. Usually the FortiClient program is installed in the C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient directory, depending on the user's option during setup. The entire uninstall command line for FortiClient is MsiExec.exe /X{E0FD453C-15E3-4067-B032-F526DEE143FF}. FortiClient.exe is the FortiClient's primary executable file and it takes close to 47.16 MB (49449368 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of FortiClient. They take an average of 62.63 MB (65671696 bytes) on disk.

• certutil.exe (118.90 KB)
• EPCUserAvatar.exe (18.40 KB)
• FCAuth.exe (49.42 KB)
• FCCOMInt.exe (96.92 KB)
• FCConfig.exe (148.42 KB)
• FCDBLog.exe (358.92 KB)
• FCVbltScan.exe (172.42 KB)
• FCWsc.exe (62.42 KB)
• FCWscD7.exe (182.32 KB)
• FortiAvatar.exe (56.90 KB)
• FortiClient.exe (47.16 MB)
• FortiClientConsole.exe (67.90 KB)
• FortiClientSecurity.exe (73.40 KB)
• FortiClient_Diagnostic_Tool.exe (769.92 KB)
• FortiElevate.exe (26.50 KB)
• FortiESNAC.exe (7.14 MB)
• fortifws.exe (266.92 KB)
• FortiScand.exe (432.92 KB)
• FortiSettings.exe (171.92 KB)
• FortiSSLVPNdaemon.exe (218.92 KB)
• FortiTray.exe (1.76 MB)
• FortiVPNSt.exe (347.92 KB)
• ipsec.exe (572.42 KB)
• scheduler.exe (111.42 KB)
• submitv.exe (353.92 KB)
• update_task.exe (319.92 KB)
• vcm2.exe (1.65 MB)
• vpcd.exe (40.42 KB)

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This data is about FortiClient version 6.0.2.0128 alone. You can find below info on other versions of FortiClient:

• 6.4.2.1580
• 6.0.6.0242
• 7.2.0.0690
• 7.0.1.0083
• 6.4.7.3097
• 6.0.1.0099
• 6.0.0.0067
• 6.0.5.0209
• 7.0.8.0427
• 6.2.2.0877
• 6.2.7.9032
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 7.0.10.7776
• 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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FortiClient has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall FortiClient:

• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient

Files remaining:

• 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\atl110.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\cacert.pem
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\certutil.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\CommandLine.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\concrt140.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\content_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\content_shell.pak
• 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\FCDBLog.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fcp.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCVbltScan.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCWsc.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCWscD7.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\flat-db.dat
• 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\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\fortifws.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiScand.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiSettings.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fortisslcacert.pem
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fortisslclient.crt
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fortisslclient.key
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiSSLVPNdaemon.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiTray.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiTrayResc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiVPNSt.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\freebl3.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\ipsec.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libcfg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libeay32.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libgmp.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libips.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libnspr4.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libplc4.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\libplds4.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\LICENSE
• 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

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\FortiClient
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\FortiClient
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\forticlient
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C354DF0E3E5176040B235F62ED1E34FF
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Fortinet\FortiClient
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{E0FD453C-15E3-4067-B032-F526DEE143FF}

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C354DF0E3E5176040B235F62ED1E34FF\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\{E0FD453C-15E3-4067-B032-F526DEE143FF}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-656035384-605305700-278773706-8144\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\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\fortiapd\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FortiFilter\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FortiFilter\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FortiFW\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Fortips\Description

A way to erase FortiClient from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

FortiClient is an application offered by the software company Fortinet Technologies Inc. Frequently, users want to erase this application. This is efortful because doing this by hand requires some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK procedure to erase 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 on your Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate FortiClient or simply click the Search field and type in "FortiClient". The FortiClient program will be found automatically. Notice that when you click FortiClient in the list of apps, the following information regarding the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding FortiClient, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall FortiClient.


8. After removing FortiClient, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of FortiClient that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing FortiClient using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure 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

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