Proton VPN

How to uninstall Proton VPN from your system

Proton VPN is a computer program. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by Proton AG. Go over here where you can read more on Proton AG. The application is frequently located in the C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN folder (same installation drive as Windows). C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\unins000.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Proton VPN. ProtonVPN.Launcher.exe is the Proton VPN's main executable file and it takes close to 12.32 MB (12921496 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of Proton VPN. They occupy an average of 115.15 MB (120741960 bytes) on disk.

• ProtonVPN.Launcher.exe (12.32 MB)
• unins000.exe (3.44 MB)
• ProtonInstaller.exe (5.95 MB)
• ProtonVPN.exe (450.73 KB)
• ProtonVPN.RestoreInternet.exe (453.72 KB)
• ProtonVPN.TlsVerify.exe (147.73 KB)
• ProtonVPN.WireguardService.exe (453.22 KB)
• ProtonVPNService.exe (453.72 KB)
• openvpn.exe (1,014.73 KB)
• tapinstall.exe (81.00 KB)
• ProtonVPN_v3.5.1_x64.exe (81.53 MB)
• ProtonInstaller.exe (5.95 MB)
• ProtonVPN.exe (450.72 KB)
• ProtonVPN.RestoreInternet.exe (453.72 KB)
• ProtonVPN.TlsVerify.exe (147.72 KB)
• ProtonVPN.WireguardService.exe (453.23 KB)
• ProtonVPNService.exe (453.72 KB)
• openvpn.exe (1,014.73 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 3.5.1 of Proton VPN. For other Proton VPN versions please click below:

• 3.1.1
• 3.0.5
• 3.2.12
• 3.2.1
• 3.3.0
• 3.2.0
• 3.2.9
• 3.5.0
• 3.0.7
• 3.2.11
• 3.0.6
• 3.2.4
• 3.2.10
• 3.0.4
• 3.4.1
• 3.1.0
• 3.3.2
• 3.2.7
• 3.2.6
• 3.4.3
• 3.4.4
• 3.2.8
• 3.2.3
• 3.3.1
• 3.2.2

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If planning to uninstall Proton VPN you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Proton VPN:

• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN

The files below remain on your disk by Proton VPN when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Accessibility.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Albireo.Base32.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\ARSoft.Tools.Net.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\aspnetcorev2_inprocess.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Autofac.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\be-BY\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\BouncyCastle.Crypto.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\ByteSize.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\CalcBinding.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Caliburn.Micro.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Caliburn.Micro.Platform.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Caliburn.Micro.Platform.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\clretwrc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\clrgc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\clrjit.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\coreclr.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\cs-CZ\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\D3DCompiler_47_cor3.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\de-DE\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\DeviceId.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\DeviceId.Windows.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\DeviceId.Windows.Wmi.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\DirectWriteForwarder.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\DnsClient.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\DynamicExpresso.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\el-GR\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\en-US\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\es-419\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\es-ES\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\fa-IR\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\fi-FI\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\fr-FR\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\GalaSoft.MvvmLight.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Grpc.AspNetCore.Server.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Grpc.Core.Api.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Grpc.Net.Client.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Grpc.Net.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\hostfxr.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\hostpolicy.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\hr-HR\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\id-ID\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\it-IT\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\ja-JP\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\ka-GE\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\ko-KR\ProtonVPN.Translations.resources.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\log4net.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Abstractions.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.BearerToken.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Cookies.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OAuth.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization.Policy.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Authorization.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Endpoints.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Forms.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Server.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Connections.Abstractions.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.CookiePolicy.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cors.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cryptography.Internal.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cryptography.KeyDerivation.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Abstractions.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Extensions.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.Abstractions.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.HealthChecks.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.HostFiltering.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Server.Abstractions.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Html.Abstractions.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Connections.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Connections.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Results.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpLogging.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpOverrides.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Localization.Routing.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Metadata.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Abstractions.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApiExplorer.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json.dll
• C:\Program Files\Proton\VPN\v3.5.1\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml.dll

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppUserModelId\Proton.VPN
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Proton VPN_is1
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Proton AG\Proton VPN

Additional values that you should remove:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN Service\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPN WireGuard\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProtonVPNCallout\ImagePath

How to delete Proton VPN with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Proton VPN is an application offered by the software company Proton AG. Some users try to uninstall it. This is efortful because performing this manually takes some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK practice to uninstall Proton VPN is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications existing on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Proton VPN or simply click the Search feature and type in "Proton VPN". If it exists on your system the Proton VPN app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Proton VPN in the list , the following data about the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Proton VPN, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Proton VPN.


8. After removing Proton VPN, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Proton VPN that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Proton VPN with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Proton VPN by Proton AG from your PC, we are not saying that Proton VPN by Proton AG is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Proton VPN in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.