Messenger

A way to uninstall Messenger from your system

Messenger is a computer program. This page holds details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was created by Facebook, Inc.. Check out here for more details on Facebook, Inc.. The program is usually placed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger directory (same installation drive as Windows). Messenger's full uninstall command line is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\Uninstall Messenger.exe. The program's main executable file has a size of 93.89 MB (98446072 bytes) on disk and is named Messenger.exe.

Messenger installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 100.32 MB (105194815 bytes) on disk.

• CrashpadHandlerWindows.exe (1.60 MB)
• Messenger.exe (93.89 MB)
• MessengerHelper.exe (2.05 MB)
• Uninstall Messenger.exe (1.08 MB)
• CrashpadHandlerWindows.exe (1.60 MB)
• elevate.exe (105.00 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 172.0.429623856 of Messenger. You can find here a few links to other Messenger versions:

• 194.0.508473499
• 153.0.371767647
• 202.0.545528079
• 188.0.480746136
• 198.0.524794637
• 199.0.531142213
• 180.0.447769666
• 134.0.338787025
• 192.0.495435242
• 171.0.426842559
• 215.5.639116830
• 188.0.479942437
• 134.0.337982660
• 172.0.430522017
• 158.0.390533778
• 151.0.366157863
• 166.0.409910221
• 143.0.353783349
• 125.0.321358580
• 152.0.367919573
• 170.0.420168474
• 139.0.348939420
• 169.0.416788028
• 150.0.365356492
• 159.0.392798310
• 152.0.370969124
• 139.0.348639468
• 182.0.451739164
• 176.0.440522716
• 126.0.323492776
• 159.0.390673121
• 130.0.330102853
• 137.1.347181906
• 203.0.553358463
• 169.0.417913983
• 176.0.441168967
• 215.0.615549984
• 188.0.478373081
• 153.0.372201843
• 148.0.362563174
• 206.0.569660698
• 187.0.474360488
• 140.0.349400375
• 154.0.376913449
• 138.0.347181757
• 159.0.393345594
• 206.0.565670176
• 182.0.450320699
• 180.0.450545565
• 153.0.374858836
• 161.0.397908894
• 142.0.352735398
• 220.0.638448775
• 213.0.604555872
• 186.0.471877735
• 123.0.317995430
• 119.0.311103312
• 165.0.408648781
• 183.0.457035239
• 195.0.510205135
• 200.0.535566970
• 190.0.491203412
• 153.0.380000452
• 196.0.514982816
• 162.0.401682126
• 189.0.482237660
• 137.0.345165161
• 192.0.498744419
• 191.0.491212303
• 136.0.344218217
• 138.0.348389699
• 219.0.632911336
• 187.0.478120702
• 200.0.537960083
• 157.0.384551267
• 185.0.464443252
• 211.0.592516181
• 146.0.358278746
• 215.3.624227262
• 141.0.351714551
• 150.0.364744852
• 171.0.425083908
• 204.0.559748691
• 216.0.620714376
• 202.0.552992785
• 130.0.331378266
• 168.0.415453512
• 164.0.406030694
• 123.0.317306454
• 189.0.484064195
• 214.0.610505354
• 123.0.319308011
• 203.0.554528181
• 151.0.366507871
• 187.0.473841661
• 124.0.320338640
• 126.0.323136380
• 190.0.487284678
• 191.0.492540729
• 201.0.548271278

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Messenger has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 6\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Messenger
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2016a\toolbox\ident\idguis\@nlutilspack\@messenger\messenger.m
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\sources\android-29\android\os\Messenger.java
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\sources\android-33\android\os\Messenger.java
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 2\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 6\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 6\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 6\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 6\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 6\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Messenger\asl\429623856.as2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Messenger\asl\429623856.sent
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Messenger\asl\442527159.as2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Messenger\asl\442527159.sent
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Messenger\asl\450545565.as2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Messenger\asl\450545565.sent
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Messenger\asl\455264854.as2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Messenger\asl\455264854.sent
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Messenger\asl\update.as2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\messenger-updater\installer.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\messenger---.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000005.ldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000092.ldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000096.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000098.ldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\IndexedDB\https_www.messenger.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\fb-messenger
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\messenger
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\c1b3adcf-2068-5e8d-b25d-30ce588e3a4c
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\fb-messenger
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\messenger
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\Messenger.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Messenger_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Messenger_RASMANCS

How to uninstall Messenger from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Messenger is a program marketed by Facebook, Inc.. Frequently, users decide to erase it. This is hard because uninstalling this by hand takes some experience regarding PCs. The best QUICK practice to erase Messenger is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications installed on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Messenger or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Messenger". If it exists on your system the Messenger application will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Messenger in the list , some data regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Messenger, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Messenger.


8. After uninstalling Messenger, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Messenger that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Messenger with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Messenger by Facebook, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that Messenger by Facebook, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Messenger supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.