Private Internet Access

A guide to uninstall Private Internet Access from your PC

Private Internet Access is a Windows program. Read below about how to remove it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by Private Internet Access, Inc.. You can find out more on Private Internet Access, Inc. or check for application updates here. Click on https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ to get more information about Private Internet Access on Private Internet Access, Inc.'s website. Usually the Private Internet Access program is placed in the C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access directory, depending on the user's option during install. C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove Private Internet Access. The program's main executable file is named pia-ss-local.exe and it has a size of 818.78 KB (838432 bytes).

Private Internet Access installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 37.32 MB (39135784 bytes) on disk.

• pia-client.exe (4.91 MB)
• pia-hnsd.exe (2.03 MB)
• pia-openvpn.exe (882.73 KB)
• pia-service.exe (1.18 MB)
• pia-ss-local.exe (818.78 KB)
• pia-support-tool.exe (101.73 KB)
• pia-unbound.exe (1.21 MB)
• pia-wgservice.exe (4.24 MB)
• pia-winsvcstub.exe (27.23 KB)
• piactl.exe (147.73 KB)
• uninstall.exe (815.38 KB)
• zip.exe (299.73 KB)
• pia-windows-x64-3.2-06857.exe (20.72 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 3.3.006906 of Private Internet Access. For other Private Internet Access versions please click below:

• 3.0.006692
• 3.3.106924
• 3.5.107760
• 2.0.0.104482
• 2.0.204704
• 2.2.005190
• 2.2.0.105055
• 2.5.105676
• 2.3.0.105269
• 3.5.207877
• 2.7.106182
• 2.6.2.106014
• 2.0.104518
• 2.4.005574
• 2.3.205359
• 3.0.106696
• 3.1.206767
• 2.10.0.106458
• 2.3.005344
• 2.5.005652
• 2.6.105824
• 2.3.105354
• 3.1.106763
• 3.4.0.107585
• 3.5.007703
• 2.2.205198
• 2.9.006393
• 3.5.508091
• 3.6.108339
• 2.7.006158
• 3.1.006756
• 3.5.608110
• 3.5.307926
• 3.5.708120
• 2.6.005820
• 2.2.105193
• 3.6.0.108261
• 2.10.006571
• 2.1.004977
• 2.3.305381
• 3.6.1.208337
• 3.5.2.107876
• 2.8.006331
• 2.0.004513
• 3.2.006857
• 1.8.004193
• 2.8.106335

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If you are manually uninstalling Private Internet Access we advise you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Private Internet Access from your computer:

• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access

The files below remain on your disk when you remove Private Internet Access:

• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\architecture.txt
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\brand.txt
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\data\account.json
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\data\crashes\daemon-3.1.1+06763-20220226024636-599c0077-e28e-4241-8219-e49a4096b05c.dmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\data\data.json
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\data\settings.json
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\data\update\pia-windows-x64-3.3-06906.exe
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia100C.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia100D.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia100E.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia100F.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia101F.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1020.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1021.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1032.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1033.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1034.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1045.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1046.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1047.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1048.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1058.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1059.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia105A.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia105B.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia105C.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia106D.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia106E.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia106F.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1080.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1081.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1082.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1092.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1093.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1094.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1095.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia10A6.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia10A7.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia10B7.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia10B8.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia10C9.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia10CA.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia10CB.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia10CC.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia10CD.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia10CE.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia10DF.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia10E0.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia10E1.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia10E2.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia10F2.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia10F3.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia10F4.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia10F5.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1338.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1339.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia133A.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia133B.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia133C.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia134D.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia134E.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia134F.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia136F.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1380.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1381.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1382.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1393.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1394.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1395.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia13B5.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia13C5.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia13C6.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia13C7.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia13D8.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia13D9.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia13DA.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia13DB.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia13EC.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia141C.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia141D.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia141E.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia141F.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia142F.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1430.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1431.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1442.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1462.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1473.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1474.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1475.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1476.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1477.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1487.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia1488.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia14A9.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia14AA.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia14AB.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia14AC.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia14BC.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia14BD.tmp

A way to delete Private Internet Access from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Private Internet Access is an application by Private Internet Access, Inc.. Some users try to uninstall this application. This is hard because removing this by hand requires some knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE practice to uninstall Private Internet Access is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to optimize your PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Private Internet Access or simply activate the Search field and type in "Private Internet Access". If it is installed on your PC the Private Internet Access program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Private Internet Access in the list of programs, the following data regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Private Internet Access, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Private Internet Access:

• The software company is: https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\uninstall.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Private Internet Access.


8. After removing Private Internet Access, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Private Internet Access which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Private Internet Access using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Private Internet Access by Private Internet Access, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that Private Internet Access by Private Internet Access, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Private Internet Access supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.