Private Internet Access

How to uninstall Private Internet Access from your PC

You can find on this page details on how to remove Private Internet Access for Windows. It is made by Private Internet Access, Inc.. You can find out more on Private Internet Access, Inc. or check for application updates here. Please open https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ if you want to read more on Private Internet Access on Private Internet Access, Inc.'s page. Usually the Private Internet Access application is found in the C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access folder, depending on the user's option during setup. The full uninstall command line for Private Internet Access is C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\uninstall.exe. The application's main executable file is called pia-ss-local.exe and it has a size of 784.78 KB (803616 bytes).

Private Internet Access contains of the executables below. They take 41.77 MB (43802128 bytes) on disk.

• pia-client.exe (3.68 MB)
• pia-hnsd.exe (3.99 MB)
• pia-openvpn.exe (808.87 KB)
• pia-service.exe (1.79 MB)
• pia-ss-local.exe (784.78 KB)
• pia-support-tool.exe (760.37 KB)
• pia-wgservice.exe (4.24 MB)
• piactl.exe (136.87 KB)
• uninstall.exe (753.02 KB)
• zip.exe (298.37 KB)
• pia-windows-x64-2.0.1-04518.exe (24.61 MB)

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The current page applies to Private Internet Access version 2.0.104518 alone. Click on the links below for other Private Internet Access versions:

• 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
• 2.4.005574
• 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
• 3.3.006906
• 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're planning to uninstall Private Internet Access you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders that were found:

• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Private Internet Access

The files below were left behind on your disk by Private Internet Access's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\bearer\qgenericbearer.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\data\account.json
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\data\data.json
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\data\pia.ovpn
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\data\settings.json
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\iconengines\qsvgicon.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\imageformats\qgif.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\imageformats\qicns.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\imageformats\qico.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\imageformats\qjpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\imageformats\qsvg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\imageformats\qtga.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\imageformats\qtiff.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\imageformats\qwbmp.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\imageformats\qwebp.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\libssl-1_1-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\lzo2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\msvcp140.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\opengl32sw.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\openvpn_updown.bat
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\pia-client.exe
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\pia-clientlib.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\piactl.exe
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\pia-hnsd.exe
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\pia-openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\pia-service.exe
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\pia-ss-local.exe
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\pia-support-tool.exe
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\pia-wgservice.exe
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\pia-winrtsupport.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\platforms\qwindows.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\qmltooling\qmldbg_debugger.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\qmltooling\qmldbg_inspector.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\qmltooling\qmldbg_local.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\qmltooling\qmldbg_messages.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\qmltooling\qmldbg_native.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\qmltooling\qmldbg_nativedebugger.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\qmltooling\qmldbg_preview.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\qmltooling\qmldbg_profiler.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\qmltooling\qmldbg_quickprofiler.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\qmltooling\qmldbg_server.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\qmltooling\qmldbg_tcp.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\Qt\labs\folderlistmodel\plugins.qmltypes
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\Qt\labs\folderlistmodel\qmldir
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\Qt\labs\folderlistmodel\qmlfolderlistmodelplugin.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\Qt\labs\platform\plugins.qmltypes
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\Qt\labs\platform\qmldir
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\Qt\labs\platform\qtlabsplatformplugin.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\Qt\labs\settings\plugins.qmltypes
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\Qt\labs\settings\qmldir
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\Qt\labs\settings\qmlsettingsplugin.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\Qt5Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\Qt5Gui.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\Qt5Network.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\Qt5Qml.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\Qt5Quick.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\Qt5QuickControls2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\Qt5QuickShapes.dll

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\0C0A91408CC4E954B9EA3FFBD5E2C2BC
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{33023371-7761-4F81-BBB1-0E0D0D175ACF}

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\0C0A91408CC4E954B9EA3FFBD5E2C2BC\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PrivateInternetAccessWireguard\ImagePath

How to delete Private Internet Access with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Private Internet Access is an application offered by Private Internet Access, Inc.. Sometimes, people decide to erase this program. Sometimes this can be hard because removing this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK solution to erase Private Internet Access 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, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications installed on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Private Internet Access or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Private Internet Access". The Private Internet Access application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Private Internet Access in the list , some data about the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about Private Internet Access, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you want to uninstall, 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. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Private Internet Access.


8. After removing Private Internet Access, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Private Internet Access which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Private Internet Access with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Private Internet Access by Private Internet Access, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that Private Internet Access by Private Internet Access, Inc. is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Private Internet Access in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.