Private Internet Access

A guide to uninstall Private Internet Access from your system

Private Internet Access is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was created by Private Internet Access, Inc.. Check out here where you can read more on Private Internet Access, Inc.. Further information about Private Internet Access can be seen at https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/. Private Internet Access is normally installed in the C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access directory, but this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the application. You can remove Private Internet Access by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\uninstall.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is called pia-ss-local.exe and occupies 784.77 KB (803608 bytes).

The following executables are installed beside Private Internet Access. They occupy about 42.21 MB (44262416 bytes) on disk.

• pia-client.exe (3.71 MB)
• pia-hnsd.exe (3.99 MB)
• pia-openvpn.exe (820.37 KB)
• pia-service.exe (2.00 MB)
• pia-ss-local.exe (784.77 KB)
• pia-support-tool.exe (840.87 KB)
• pia-wgservice.exe (4.24 MB)
• piactl.exe (156.37 KB)
• uninstall.exe (753.02 KB)
• zip.exe (298.37 KB)
• pia-windows-x64-2.2-beta.1-05055.exe (24.70 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2.2.0.105055 of Private Internet Access. You can find below info on other releases of Private Internet Access:

• 3.0.006692
• 3.3.106924
• 3.5.107760
• 2.0.0.104482
• 2.0.204704
• 2.2.005190
• 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
• 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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A way to erase Private Internet Access from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Private Internet Access is an application released by the software company Private Internet Access, Inc.. Frequently, computer users want to erase this application. Sometimes this can be troublesome because deleting this manually takes some experience related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK approach to erase 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 the best uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Private Internet Access or simply click the Search field and type in "Private Internet Access". If it is installed on your PC the Private Internet Access program will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Private Internet Access in the list of programs, the following information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Private Internet Access, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Private Internet Access:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Private Internet Access.


8. After removing Private Internet Access, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform 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 uninstalling Private Internet Access with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able 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, we are not saying that Private Internet Access by Private Internet Access, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Private Internet Access supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.