Private Internet Access

How to uninstall Private Internet Access from your PC

This page is about Private Internet Access for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by Private Internet Access, Inc.. Take a look here where you can find out more on Private Internet Access, Inc.. More details about the software Private Internet Access can be found at https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/. The program is often placed in the C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access directory. Keep in mind that this location can differ being determined by the user's preference. 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. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for administrator rights. Private Internet Access's primary file takes around 784.77 KB (803608 bytes) and is called pia-ss-local.exe.

The following executables are contained in Private Internet Access. They occupy 17.37 MB (18215936 bytes) on disk.

• pia-client.exe (3.70 MB)
• pia-hnsd.exe (3.99 MB)
• pia-openvpn.exe (820.37 KB)
• pia-service.exe (1.91 MB)
• pia-ss-local.exe (784.77 KB)
• pia-support-tool.exe (806.37 KB)
• pia-wgservice.exe (4.24 MB)
• piactl.exe (155.87 KB)
• uninstall.exe (753.02 KB)
• zip.exe (298.37 KB)

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This web page is about Private Internet Access version 2.1.004977 only. You can find here a few links to 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
• 2.0.104518
• 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
• 2.3.305381
• 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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Private Internet Access has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders that were found:

• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access

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

• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia89A8.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia9EB6.tmp
• C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\install.tmp\pia9F64.tmp

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\FFAD27D72BCDB734CB22B4A2FB1264B2

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\FFAD27D72BCDB734CB22B4A2FB1264B2\ProductName

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

Private Internet Access is an application offered by Private Internet Access, Inc.. Some users choose to remove this program. This can be difficult because removing this by hand takes some know-how related to PCs. One of the best EASY procedure to remove Private Internet Access 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 on your PC, install 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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• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Private Internet Access or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Private Internet Access". If it exists on your system the Private Internet Access program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Private Internet Access in the list of programs, some information about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about Private Internet Access, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance 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 come up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Private Internet Access.


8. After uninstalling Private Internet Access, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Private Internet Access which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Private Internet Access using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove 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 computer. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove Private Internet Access in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.