Minecraft

A way to uninstall Minecraft from your PC

You can find below details on how to remove Minecraft for Windows. It was coded for Windows by Mojang. Further information on Mojang can be seen here. The application is often placed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft directory. Take into account that this location can vary depending on the user's decision. You can remove Minecraft by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\Uninstall.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file occupies 3.04 MB (3186176 bytes) on disk and is titled Minecraft.exe.

The following executables are installed alongside Minecraft. They occupy about 5.78 MB (6057538 bytes) on disk.

• Minecraft.exe (3.04 MB)
• Minecraft_Launcher.exe (1.07 MB)
• Minecraft Launcher.exe (1.60 MB)
• Uninstall.exe (67.63 KB)

This web page is about Minecraft version 1.8.9 only. For other Minecraft versions please click below:

• 1.8
• 1.0
• 1.12.2
• 1.10
• 1.11.2
• 1.14.2

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you uninstall Minecraft.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\minecraft
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ewrnkynf.default-release-1691245071358\storage\default\https+++help.minecraft.net

The files below remain on your disk by Minecraft's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\translations\minecraft.translation
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\translations\minecraft_china.translation
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\translations\minecraft_mod_ptgi.translation
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\translations\minecraft_rtx.translation
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\minecraft\common.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\minecraft\current_game.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\minecraft_china\common.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\minecraft_china\current_game.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\minecraft_mod_ptgi\common.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\minecraft_mod_ptgi\current_game.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\minecraft_rtx\common.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\minecraft_rtx\current_game.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\C__Users_UserName_AppData_Roaming__minecraft_minecraft launcher_Debug_bat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\C__Users_UserName_AppData_Roaming__minecraft_minecraft launcher_Minecraft Launcher_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\C__Users_UserName_AppData_Roaming__minecraft_minecraft launcher_Uninstall_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\C__Users_UserName_AppData_Roaming__minecraft_Minecraft_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\Minecraft 1.8.8 by TeamExtreme(1).torrent.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\Minecraft 1.8.8 by TeamExtreme(2).torrent.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\Minecraft 1.8.8 by TeamExtreme.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\Minecraft 1.8.8 by TeamExtreme.torrent.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\Minecraft 1.8.9 Setup.exe.torrent.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ewrnkynf.default-release-1691245071358\storage\default\https+++help.minecraft.net\ls\data.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ewrnkynf.default-release-1691245071358\storage\default\https+++help.minecraft.net\ls\usage
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\uTorrent\Minecraft 1.8.8 by TeamExtreme.torrent
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\uTorrent\Minecraft 1.8.9 Setup.exe.torrent

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\NVIDIA Corporation\Ansel\Minecraft
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Minecraft_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Minecraft_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Minecraft

Additional registry values that you should clean:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3703487057-330369518-2623686224-1005\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Minecraft 1.8.8 by TeamExtreme\Windows\Minecraft 1.8.8.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3703487057-330369518-2623686224-1005\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Minecraft 1.8.9 Setup.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3703487057-330369518-2623686224-1005\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Minecraft 1.8.9 Setup.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3703487057-330369518-2623686224-1005\\Device\HarddiskVolume8\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\Minecraft.exe

A way to erase Minecraft from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Minecraft is an application offered by the software company Mojang. Sometimes, users try to erase it. Sometimes this can be difficult because doing this by hand takes some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK manner to erase Minecraft is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Minecraft or simply click the Search feature and type in "Minecraft". If it exists on your system the Minecraft program will be found automatically. When you select Minecraft in the list , the following data regarding the program is available to you:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Minecraft.


8. After uninstalling Minecraft, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Minecraft that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Minecraft with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Minecraft by Mojang from your PC, nor are we saying that Minecraft by Mojang is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Minecraft supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.