Messenger
A guide to uninstall Messenger from your PC
You can find below detailed information on how to remove Messenger for Windows. The Windows version was created by Facebook, Inc.. More data about Facebook, Inc. can be found here. The program is usually located in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger folder. Take into account that this location can differ being determined by the user's preference. You can uninstall Messenger by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\Uninstall Messenger.exe. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for administrator rights. Messenger's primary file takes around 100.78 MB (105680632 bytes) and its name is Messenger.exe.Messenger is composed of the following executables which take 107.25 MB (112459286 bytes) on disk:
- CrashpadHandler.exe (1.61 MB)
- Messenger.exe (100.78 MB)
- MessengerHelper.exe (2.06 MB)
- Uninstall Messenger.exe (1.08 MB)
- elevate.exe (105.00 KB)
This page is about Messenger version 186.0.471877735 only. You can find below info on other application versions of Messenger:
- 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
- 172.0.429623856
- 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
- 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
If planning to uninstall Messenger you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.
Folders remaining:
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Messenger
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Messenger
Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall Messenger:
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\asl\455264854.as2
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\asl\455264854.sent
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\asl\471877735.as2
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\asl\471877735.sent
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\asl\update.as2
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\AsyncStorage.sqlite3
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\crashpad\metadata
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\crashpad\settings.dat
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\data
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\global_UserName_settings.json
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\LoomStubConfig.json
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\msys_100035579628114.db
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\settings
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\TamStorage\staging_tmp\0393b60d-8700-43b5-8aab-f832e991e92e
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\TamStorage\staging_tmp\3c2da640-e7f5-42ac-84fa-0445b20f5c65
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\TamStorage\staging_tmp\4787177b-faf4-49cd-adbd-7a6fa5658ce3
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\TamStorage\staging_tmp\794b0602-3473-455a-844a-fd34d2aee8a0
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\TamStorage\staging_tmp\bf5acb09-dc53-4574-b885-951cbfcb70e7
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\TamStorage\staging_tmp\ca6b2b97-a481-4ff6-8f2e-7842cfb1dbf3
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\TamStorage\staging_tmp\cef26579-5376-4439-a65e-e6fc16fa41dc
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\TamStorage\staging_tmp\d372bb70-6fd0-44d5-bb8f-dd608f2d923b
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\TamStorage\staging_tmp\f8f9890d-2c86-46dc-ba3a-1a312b9ad706
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Messenger\TamStorage\staging_tmp\fa79a7cd-0202-43c5-8031-e128d84e22df
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\messenger-updater\installer.exe
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\CrashpadHandlerWindows.exe
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\dvclient.dll
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\dvdnr.dll
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\libEGL.dll
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\libGLESv2.dll
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\Messenger.exe
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\MessengerHelper.exe
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\Microsoft.Toolkit.Win32.UI.XamlHost.dll
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\Microsoft.UI.Xaml.dll
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core.dll
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\Microsoft.WindowsAppRuntime.Bootstrap.dll
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\msvcp140.dll
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\msvcp140_app.dll
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources.pri
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\CrashpadHandler.exe
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\deep_expression_tracker_v0_model_pytorch_edge.pt
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp.json
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1000763609098242277.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1008639146202633267.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1012511946939739268.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p101793454596664325.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1019150792817914678.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1022161602960010077.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p10250760756381447.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1027154980774243962.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1032252795788839293.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1032537422920888685.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1037078696126925762.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1044544574342066410.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1047426042776739871.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1059464780460616003.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p106126225096264723.p
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- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1351494491114078260.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1359325732280760447.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1380256935617537571.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1386296490541407091.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1390866417608026670.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1398129903429570721.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1400596729669730382.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1400990213824868628.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1405841354514533343.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1428149441272945310.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1428213154748805557.p
- C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\resources\dsp\p1432692809999090493.p
Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\messenger
- HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\Facebook Inc.\Messenger
- HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\IM Providers\MSN Messenger
- HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\c1b3adcf-2068-5e8d-b25d-30ce588e3a4c
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\2F0F4BC555214C94C8A4152F313B7C9D
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B316307EBADBE3346AA6ED20363E3DD5
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\PDSDK\VIRTUAL:SCHEDULETASK:\META\MESSENGER-SL-HELPER-S-1-5-21-2925124947-3933633089-231662076-1001
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\MessengerService\Clients\MSN Messenger
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows Live\Messenger
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\messenger.exe
Supplementary values that are not removed:
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\Messenger.exe.ApplicationCompany
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Messenger\Messenger.exe.FriendlyAppName
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\Programok 2023\Messenger.182.0.0.9.73.exe.ApplicationCompany
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\Programok 2023\Messenger.182.0.0.9.73.exe.FriendlyAppName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\2F0F4BC555214C94C8A4152F313B7C9D\ProductName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B316307EBADBE3346AA6ED20363E3DD5\ProductName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserNameSettings\S-1-5-21-2925124947-3933633089-231662076-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume10\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
How to erase Messenger from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO
Messenger is a program by Facebook, Inc.. Some people choose to remove it. Sometimes this can be difficult because uninstalling this manually requires some knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE practice to remove Messenger is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.
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- navigate to Download Link
- download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
- install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
3. Press the General Tools button
4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
5. All the applications installed on your PC will be made available to you
6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Messenger or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Messenger". If it is installed on your PC the Messenger app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Messenger in the list of apps, the following information about the program is available to you:
- Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Messenger, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
- Technical information about the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
8. After uninstalling Messenger, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Messenger that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Messenger with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.
Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.
Disclaimer
The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Messenger by Facebook, Inc. from your computer, 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. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.
2023-05-09 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO
follow @DanielStatescuLast update on: 2023-05-09 06:26:47.080