Spark

A way to uninstall Spark from your system

This page is about Spark for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is made by Baidu, Inc.. Additional info about Baidu, Inc. can be read here. More details about Spark can be found at http://en.browser.baidu.com. The application is frequently found in the C:\Program Files\baidu\Spark folder. Take into account that this location can vary being determined by the user's choice. C:\Program Files\baidu\Spark\Uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Spark. The application's main executable file is titled Spark.exe and occupies 1.40 MB (1465024 bytes).

Spark is comprised of the following executables which occupy 7.74 MB (8112912 bytes) on disk:

• BaiduDefragFiles.exe (460.69 KB)
• baidu_dumper.exe (672.19 KB)
• Spark.exe (1.40 MB)
• SparkDialog.exe (199.69 KB)
• sparkservice.exe (81.69 KB)
• Uninstall.exe (1.55 MB)
• delegate_execute.exe (947.19 KB)
• SparkUpdate.exe (374.19 KB)
• udefrag.exe (30.50 KB)
• SparkRepair.exe (1.06 MB)
• SparkUpdate.exe (1.00 MB)

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The current web page applies to Spark version 43.18.1000.65 alone. For other Spark versions please click below:

• 40.14.1000.135
• 40.17.1000.238
• 43.19.1600.23
• 43.22.1000.452
• 33.9.1000.57
• 40.17.1000.221
• 9999.0.0.0
• 43.23.1007.94
• 40.17.1000.249
• 26.4.9999.1822
• 40.16.1000.126
• 43.19.1000.90
• 40.17.1000.163
• 26.3.9999.1643
• 26.4.9999.1819
• 43.23.1000.500
• 43.20.1000.205
• 26.4.9999.1827
• 40.17.1118.505
• 43.18.1000.22
• 22.1.9999.433
• 40.17.1000.248
• 40.16.1000.147
• 40.17.1000.131
• 43.21.1000.275
• 33.12.1000.133
• 40.14.1505.24
• 40.16.1000.144
• 43.23.1000.467
• 40.17.1000.152
• 26.3.9999.1648
• 33.11.2000.95
• 26.2.9999.540
• 26.2.9999.1007
• 26.4.9999.1836
• 33.13.1000.31
• 22.1.2100.154
• 40.15.1000.73
• 26.2.9999.1159
• 22.1.3100.319
• 22.1.3200.319
• 26.2.9999.797
• 40.17.1000.176
• 43.19.1000.119
• 26.2.9999.803
• 26.5.9999.3313
• 22.1.2100.300
• 40.15.1000.152
• 26.2.9999.533
• 43.22.1000.436
• 33.8.9999.6066
• 43.23.1008.601
• 26.2.9999.665
• 43.23.1000.476
• 40.17.1000.186
• 26.2.9999.1411
• 26.4.9999.1900
• 33.8.9999.10081

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spark
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Baidu\Spark
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Baidu\Spark

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spark\User Data\Archive.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spark\User Data\Archive\Temp\browsing_active.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spark\User Data\Archive\Temp\MjAxNTEyMTYudWFj
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Spark\User Data\bdconfig

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\baidu\Spark
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Spark
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Spark
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Spark

Additional values that you should remove:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Baidu.FacePack\DefaultIcon\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\BaiduSpark.Url.magnet\shell\open\command\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\BaiduSparkHTML\Application\ApplicationIcon
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\BaiduSparkHTML\DefaultIcon\

How to remove Spark from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Spark is a program released by Baidu, Inc.. Some users decide to remove it. Sometimes this is troublesome because doing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY practice to remove Spark is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW 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. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications installed on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Spark or simply click the Search field and type in "Spark". If it exists on your system the Spark app will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Spark in the list , some information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Spark, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Spark:

• The web site of the application is: http://en.browser.baidu.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\baidu\Spark\Uninstall.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Spark.


8. After removing Spark, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Spark which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Spark with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Spark by Baidu, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that Spark by Baidu, Inc. is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Spark 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.