FortiClient

A guide to uninstall FortiClient from your PC

FortiClient is a software application. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is written by Fortinet Technologies Inc. Open here for more details on Fortinet Technologies Inc. FortiClient is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient directory, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the application. The complete uninstall command line for FortiClient is MsiExec.exe /X{F81682AA-F844-403D-AD13-59A37D1B70CF}. The program's main executable file has a size of 89.34 MB (93678968 bytes) on disk and is named FortiClient.exe.

FortiClient contains of the executables below. They occupy 115.52 MB (121129560 bytes) on disk.

• av_task.exe (195.89 KB)
• certutil.exe (142.87 KB)
• EPCUserAvatar.exe (169.39 KB)
• fcappdb.exe (249.89 KB)
• fcaptmon.exe (672.89 KB)
• FCAuth.exe (103.89 KB)
• FCCOMInt.exe (121.89 KB)
• FCConfig.exe (192.89 KB)
• FCDBLog.exe (723.89 KB)
• FctSecSvr.exe (174.82 KB)
• FCVbltScan.exe (222.89 KB)
• fmon.exe (230.39 KB)
• fortiae.exe (384.39 KB)
• FortiAvatar.exe (57.37 KB)
• FortiClient.exe (89.34 MB)
• FortiClientConsole.exe (69.87 KB)
• FortiClientSecurity.exe (73.37 KB)
• FortiClient_Diagnostic_Tool.exe (963.89 KB)
• FortiElevate.exe (38.87 KB)
• FortiESNAC.exe (9.60 MB)
• fortifws.exe (493.39 KB)
• FortiGuardAgent.exe (4.00 MB)
• FortiProxy.exe (841.39 KB)
• FortiScand.exe (421.89 KB)
• FortiSettings.exe (228.39 KB)
• FortiSSLVPNdaemon.exe (297.89 KB)
• FortiSSLVPNsys.exe (72.39 KB)
• FortiTray.exe (1.95 MB)
• FortiUSBmon.exe (63.89 KB)
• FortiVPNSt.exe (430.89 KB)
• FortiWF.exe (222.39 KB)
• ipsec.exe (759.89 KB)
• scheduler.exe (138.39 KB)
• submitv.exe (428.39 KB)
• update_task.exe (21.89 KB)
• vcm2.exe (1.56 MB)
• vpcd.exe (60.39 KB)
• aeproxy.exe (17.89 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 6.2.7.0984 of FortiClient. You can find here a few links to other FortiClient versions:

• 6.4.2.1580
• 7.4.1.1736
• 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
• 6.0.2.0128
• 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
• 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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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders left behind when you uninstall FortiClient:

• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\FortiClient
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\FortiClient

The files below were left behind on your disk by FortiClient when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fortielam\fortielam.cat
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fortielam\fortielam.inf
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fortielam\fortielam.sys
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiFilter\fortifilter.cat
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiFilter\FortiFilter.inf
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiFilter\FortiFilter.sys
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\ftsvnic\ftsvnic.cat
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\ftsvnic\ftsvnic.inf
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\ftsvnic\ftsvnic.sys
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\ftvnic\ft_vnic.inf
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\ftvnic\ftvnic.cat
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\ftvnic\ftvnic.sys
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\pppop\pppop.inf
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\pppop\pppop64.cat
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\pppop\pppop64.sys
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\AntiExploitCore64.dll
• 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\av_task.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\certutil.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\EPCUserNameAvatar.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fcappdb.db
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fcappdb.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fcaptmon.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\FctSecSvr.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FCVbltScan.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\flat-db.dat
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fmon.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fmon_cache.dat
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fmon_dbg_log.txt
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\fortiae.exe
• 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\FortiGuardAgent.exe
• C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiProxy.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

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\FortiClient
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\FortiClient
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\forticlient
• HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\Fortinet\FortiClient
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\AA28618F448FD304DA31953AD7B107FC
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Fortinet\FortiClient
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\FortiClient.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{F81682AA-F844-403D-AD13-59A37D1B70CF}

Additional registry values that you should remove:

• 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\AA28618F448FD304DA31953AD7B107FC\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\cert\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\locales\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\quarantine\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\resources\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\swiftshader\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\vir_sig\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\x86\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserNameSettings\S-1-5-21-495762642-3269078285-738809257-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files\Fortinet\FortiClient\FortiClient.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserNameSettings\S-1-5-21-495762642-3269078285-738809257-1001\\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\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\fortiElam\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\fortiElam\DisplayName
• 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\fortimon3\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Fortips\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FortiWF\Description

How to remove FortiClient from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

FortiClient is a program released by Fortinet Technologies Inc. Sometimes, computer users try to remove this application. Sometimes this is efortful because deleting this by hand takes some skill regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK practice to remove FortiClient is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate FortiClient or simply click the Search field and type in "FortiClient". The FortiClient app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click FortiClient in the list of applications, some data regarding the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower 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 application you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove FortiClient.


8. After removing FortiClient, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong FortiClient that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing FortiClient with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall FortiClient by Fortinet Technologies Inc from your computer, we are not saying that FortiClient by Fortinet Technologies Inc is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall FortiClient in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.