PostgreSQL 9.5

A guide to uninstall PostgreSQL 9.5 from your system

PostgreSQL 9.5 is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was created by PostgreSQL Global Development Group. Go over here where you can find out more on PostgreSQL Global Development Group. More details about PostgreSQL 9.5 can be found at http://www.postgresql.org/. The program is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.5 directory (same installation drive as Windows). The entire uninstall command line for PostgreSQL 9.5 is C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.5\uninstall-postgresql.exe. uninstall-postgis-bundle-pg95x64-2.2.2-2.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 56.31 KB (57662 bytes) on disk.

PostgreSQL 9.5 contains of the executables below. They take 40.87 MB (42858921 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall-postgis-bundle-pg95x64-2.2.2-2.exe (56.31 KB)
• uninstall-postgresql.exe (6.53 MB)
• clusterdb.exe (91.00 KB)
• createdb.exe (91.50 KB)
• createlang.exe (102.50 KB)
• createuser.exe (93.00 KB)
• dropdb.exe (88.50 KB)
• droplang.exe (102.50 KB)
• dropuser.exe (88.50 KB)
• ecpg.exe (780.50 KB)
• initdb.exe (151.00 KB)
• isolationtester.exe (65.00 KB)
• ogr2ogr.exe (486.59 KB)
• ogrinfo.exe (142.28 KB)
• ogr_fdw_info.exe (67.68 KB)
• oid2name.exe (55.50 KB)
• osm2pgrouting.exe (369.50 KB)
• pgAdmin3.exe (10.29 MB)
• pgbench.exe (110.50 KB)
• pgsql2shp.exe (1.13 MB)
• pg_archivecleanup.exe (54.00 KB)
• pg_basebackup.exe (106.50 KB)
• pg_config.exe (66.50 KB)
• pg_controldata.exe (74.50 KB)
• pg_ctl.exe (92.00 KB)
• pg_dump.exe (399.00 KB)
• pg_dumpall.exe (114.50 KB)
• pg_isolation_regress.exe (98.50 KB)
• pg_isready.exe (68.00 KB)
• pg_receivexlog.exe (87.00 KB)
• pg_recvlogical.exe (89.50 KB)
• pg_regress.exe (98.00 KB)
• pg_regress_ecpg.exe (99.00 KB)
• pg_resetxlog.exe (86.50 KB)
• pg_restore.exe (181.50 KB)
• pg_rewind.exe (116.00 KB)
• pg_standby.exe (58.00 KB)
• pg_test_fsync.exe (58.00 KB)
• pg_test_timing.exe (49.50 KB)
• pg_upgrade.exe (134.00 KB)
• pg_xlogdump.exe (98.00 KB)
• postgres.exe (5.91 MB)
• psql.exe (447.00 KB)
• raster2pgsql.exe (1.43 MB)
• reindexdb.exe (94.00 KB)
• shp2pgsql.exe (1.13 MB)
• stackbuilder.exe (342.95 KB)
• vacuumdb.exe (96.50 KB)
• vacuumlo.exe (54.00 KB)
• zic.exe (93.50 KB)
• shp2pgsql-gui.exe (1.41 MB)
• vcredist_x64.exe (6.86 MB)
• createuser.exe (15.00 KB)
• getlocales.exe (9.00 KB)
• validateuser.exe (14.50 KB)

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This page is about PostgreSQL 9.5 version 9.5 alone. Several files, folders and registry entries will not be uninstalled when you are trying to remove PostgreSQL 9.5 from your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall PostgreSQL 9.5 :

• C:\Program Files\Pranas.NET\SqlBak\bin\DBMS\PostgreSQL
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\postgresql

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Pranas.NET\SqlBak\bin\DBMS\PostgreSQL\libcrypto-3-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Pranas.NET\SqlBak\bin\DBMS\PostgreSQL\libiconv-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Pranas.NET\SqlBak\bin\DBMS\PostgreSQL\libintl-9.dll
• C:\Program Files\Pranas.NET\SqlBak\bin\DBMS\PostgreSQL\liblz4.dll
• C:\Program Files\Pranas.NET\SqlBak\bin\DBMS\PostgreSQL\libpq.dll
• C:\Program Files\Pranas.NET\SqlBak\bin\DBMS\PostgreSQL\libssl-3-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Pranas.NET\SqlBak\bin\DBMS\PostgreSQL\libwinpthread-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Pranas.NET\SqlBak\bin\DBMS\PostgreSQL\libzstd.dll
• C:\Program Files\Pranas.NET\SqlBak\bin\DBMS\PostgreSQL\pg_dump.exe
• C:\Program Files\Pranas.NET\SqlBak\bin\DBMS\PostgreSQL\pg_restore.exe
• C:\Program Files\Pranas.NET\SqlBak\bin\DBMS\PostgreSQL\psql.exe
• C:\Program Files\Pranas.NET\SqlBak\bin\DBMS\PostgreSQL\zlib1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Pranas.NET\SqlBak\bin\SqlBak.Job.PostgreSql.dll

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PostgreSQL
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\PostgreSQL 9.5
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\PostgreSQL
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\eventlog\Application\PostgreSQL
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\postgresql-9.5

Additional values that you should clean:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\postgresql\bin\pgAdmin3.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\postgresql-9.5\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\postgresql-9.5\ImagePath

How to remove PostgreSQL 9.5 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

PostgreSQL 9.5 is a program released by the software company PostgreSQL Global Development Group. Sometimes, users want to remove this program. Sometimes this is easier said than done because removing this manually requires some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY manner to remove PostgreSQL 9.5 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 PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows PC.

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• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find PostgreSQL 9.5 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "PostgreSQL 9.5 ". If it exists on your system the PostgreSQL 9.5 application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click PostgreSQL 9.5 in the list of applications, some information about the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about PostgreSQL 9.5 , ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for PostgreSQL 9.5 :

• The software company is: http://www.postgresql.org/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.5\uninstall-postgresql.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove PostgreSQL 9.5 .


8. After uninstalling PostgreSQL 9.5 , Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of PostgreSQL 9.5 that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing PostgreSQL 9.5 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove PostgreSQL 9.5 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group from your PC, we are not saying that PostgreSQL 9.5 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove PostgreSQL 9.5 supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.