Surfshark

A guide to uninstall Surfshark from your computer

This web page contains thorough information on how to uninstall Surfshark for Windows. The Windows version was created by Surfshark. You can find out more on Surfshark or check for application updates here. The program is frequently found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark directory (same installation drive as Windows). C:\ProgramData\Caphyon\Advanced Installer\{4B6BA141-7ABC-4E0F-AF6D-A984E7C97253}\SurfsharkSetup.exe /i {4B6BA141-7ABC-4E0F-AF6D-A984E7C97253} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1 is the full command line if you want to remove Surfshark. Surfshark's primary file takes around 233.09 KB (238688 bytes) and is named Surfshark.exe.

The following executables are installed together with Surfshark. They take about 5.79 MB (6067192 bytes) on disk.

• Surfshark.Antivirus.ContextMenu.Commands.exe (233.09 KB)
• Surfshark.Antivirus.Uninstaller.exe (127.59 KB)
• Surfshark.Antivirus.WebcamProtection.Installer.exe (162.09 KB)
• Surfshark.AntivirusService.exe (128.09 KB)
• Surfshark.ElevatedRights.exe (267.09 KB)
• Surfshark.exe (233.09 KB)
• Surfshark.Service.exe (127.59 KB)
• Surfshark.SplitTunnel.Adapter64.exe (162.59 KB)
• Surfshark.SplitTunnel.Adapter86.exe (128.09 KB)
• SurfsharkDiagnostics.exe (128.09 KB)
• ams_setup.exe (167.62 KB)
• devcon.exe (85.59 KB)
• openssl.exe (676.28 KB)
• openvpn.exe (882.78 KB)
• devcon.exe (91.59 KB)
• openssl.exe (1.16 MB)
• openvpn.exe (1,012.78 KB)
• Surfshark.WireguardService.exe (128.09 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 5.6.3999 of Surfshark. You can find below info on other versions of Surfshark:

• 5.6.1999
• 2.4.1000
• 1.1.20
• 2.7.1000
• 2.8.3999
• 1.3.5
• 4.6.2999
• 2.0.2
• 2.8.4999
• 2.4.0000
• 5.5.1999
• 1.0
• 2.7.4000
• 4.3.0999
• 1.2.4
• 5.0.1999
• 2.8.6999
• 4.5.0999
• 4.2.2999
• 4.12.0999
• 3.3.0999
• 2.7.7999
• 4.3.3999
• 4.6.0999
• 4.9.1999
• 2.7.9999
• 5.2.2999
• 5.6.2999
• 1.4.0
• 2.6.0000
• 4.0.1999
• 5.7.0999
• 4.3.6999
• 2.5.0000
• 2.6.4000
• 2.6.5000
• 4.7.1999
• 2.1.5000
• 5.9.0.999
• 2.4.5000
• 3.4.3999
• 5.3.0999
• 5.7.2999
• 5.0.0999
• 1.1.13
• 4.11.3999
• 2.4.6000
• 4.9.0999
• 4.3.5999
• 5.8.3.999
• 1.1.1
• 2.8.5999
• 1.3.3
• 4.8.0999
• 2.8.1999
• 2.5.8000
• 4.4.0999
• 5.1.1999
• 5.8.1.999
• 4.4.1999
• 3.4.0999
• 4.3.1999
• 4.0.0999
• 3.4.1999
• 5.7.1999
• 5.4.1999
• 2.6.9000
• 2.5.6000
• 5.3.1999
• 2.0.0
• 2.5.9000
• 2.0.6
• 5.5.0999
• 2.7.6000
• 5.11.1.999
• 5.7.3999
• 2.6.3000
• 4.11.1999
• 2.0.9000
• 5.0.3999
• 3.4.2999
• 3.5.1999
• 4.2.1999
• 2.0.5
• 2.3.7000
• 3.0.0999
• 2.6.6000
• 5.10.0.999
• 3.0.1999
• 2.3.2000
• 2.1.2000
• 5.2.0999
• 2.2.0000
• 2.7.3000
• 2.6.8000
• 2.1.3000
• 1.3.0
• 5.6.0999
• 4.6.1999
• 5.10.2.999

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders that were found:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Surfshark
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Surfshark

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall Surfshark:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\amswsccomm.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Antivirus\savapi\avupdate_startup.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\e_sqlite3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\EndpointProtectionClient.Net.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\EndpointProtectionInterfaces.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Google.Protobuf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\grpc_csharp_ext.x86.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\gui-config.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Microsoft.AppCenter.Analytics.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Microsoft.AppCenter.Crashes.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Microsoft.AppCenter.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SNI.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Microsoft.Web.WebView2.Wpf.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\msalruntime_x86.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\ams_setup.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\ams_setup.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\Logo.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\OpenVpnDcoDriver\x32\win10\ovpn-dco.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\OpenVpnDcoDriver\x32\win10\ovpn-dco.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\OpenVpnDcoDriver\x32\win10\ovpn-dco.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\OpenVpnDcoDriver\x32\win11\ovpn-dco.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\OpenVpnDcoDriver\x32\win11\ovpn-dco.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\OpenVpnDcoDriver\x32\win11\ovpn-dco.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\OpenVpnDcoDriver\x64\win10\ovpn-dco.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\OpenVpnDcoDriver\x64\win10\ovpn-dco.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\OpenVpnDcoDriver\x64\win10\ovpn-dco.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\OpenVpnDcoDriver\x64\win11\ovpn-dco.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\OpenVpnDcoDriver\x64\win11\ovpn-dco.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\OpenVpnDcoDriver\x64\win11\ovpn-dco.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\WebcamDriver\900dbd15-e294-30d3-302c-101a526b595e.tmf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\WebcamDriver\dvcshrk.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\WebcamDriver\dvcshrk.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\WebcamDriver\dvcshrk.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\devcon.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\libcrypto-3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\libopenvpn_plap.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\libssl-3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\openssl.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\Surfshark.Firewall.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\surfsharkbypasser.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\SurfsharkBypasser.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\SurfsharkBypasser.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\SurfsharkBypasserControl.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\vcruntime140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\devcon.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\libcrypto-3-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\libopenvpn_plap.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\libssl-3-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\openssl.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\openvpn.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\Surfshark.Firewall.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\surfsharkbypasser.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\SurfsharkBypasser.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\SurfsharkBypasser.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\SurfsharkBypasserControl.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\vcruntime140.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\runtimes\win-x64\native\WebView2Loader.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\runtimes\win-x86\native\WebView2Loader.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\avupdate_startup.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\SQLite.Interop.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\SQLitePCLRaw.batteries_v2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\SQLitePCLRaw.core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\SQLitePCLRaw.provider.dynamic_cdecl.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\SQLitePCLRaw.provider.e_sqlite3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\bin\x64\tapinstall.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\bin\x86\tapinstall.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\default\x64\OemVista.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\default\x64\tapsurfshark.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\default\x64\tapsurfshark.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\default\x86\OemVista.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\default\x86\tapsurfshark.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\default\x86\tapsurfshark.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\include\tap-windows.h
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\win10\x64\OemVista.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\win10\x64\tapsurfshark.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\win10\x64\tapsurfshark.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\win10\x86\OemVista.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\win10\x86\tapsurfshark.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark TAP Driver Windows\drivers\win10\x86\tapsurfshark.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.Antivirus.ContextMenu.Commands.deps.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.Antivirus.ContextMenu.Commands.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.Antivirus.ContextMenu.Commands.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.Antivirus.ContextMenu.Commands.runtimeconfig.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.Antivirus.Uninstaller.deps.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.Antivirus.Uninstaller.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.Antivirus.Uninstaller.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.Antivirus.Uninstaller.runtimeconfig.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.Antivirus.WebcamProtection.Installer.deps.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.Antivirus.WebcamProtection.Installer.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.Antivirus.WebcamProtection.Installer.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.Antivirus.WebcamProtection.Installer.runtimeconfig.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.AntivirusService.deps.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.AntivirusService.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.AntivirusService.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.AntivirusService.runtimeconfig.json

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\surfshark.com
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\06AB072AB4EBEC442A80018292B7561C
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\141AB6B4CBA7F0E4FAD69A487E9C2735
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\16A9CADDDB0936C4BA6B30D685751322
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\1C353694A57D75A41BC4A2654059466D
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\2C2AD46305C3A8641ADB395E8B05B204
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6E6A614D099FFC247A09F8199767F243
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\8557EBD8C5D460D4ABC13D822159479C
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\8BA37F15800173648BA2D4CA809FD6F2
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\9412F0E3AF7F99249A04E57B897FD474
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\9A17A4ED67A797448A11A48EFB19C177
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\D4F65EB1CE6427344B2B3A794E7101E2
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\D6B2416516B2CDB46A700BC61BF81E97
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\E7EB31477F7B79740BDB4EEFE4F33E48
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F2BC9E576DF9E4A40ACC613A598C7C7F
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F3EE710B0001DB44E94E3947B890FC2C
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\FDF9D2B571C963D42BEB7C3010389ADB
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Surfshark_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Surfshark_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Surfshark
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\Surfshark Service
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Service
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark WireGuard

Additional values that you should remove:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\06AB072AB4EBEC442A80018292B7561C\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\141AB6B4CBA7F0E4FAD69A487E9C2735\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\16A9CADDDB0936C4BA6B30D685751322\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\1C353694A57D75A41BC4A2654059466D\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\2C2AD46305C3A8641ADB395E8B05B204\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6E6A614D099FFC247A09F8199767F243\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\8557EBD8C5D460D4ABC13D822159479C\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\8BA37F15800173648BA2D4CA809FD6F2\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\9412F0E3AF7F99249A04E57B897FD474\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\9A17A4ED67A797448A11A48EFB19C177\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\D4F65EB1CE6427344B2B3A794E7101E2\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\D6B2416516B2CDB46A700BC61BF81E97\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\E7EB31477F7B79740BDB4EEFE4F33E48\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F2BC9E576DF9E4A40ACC613A598C7C7F\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F3EE710B0001DB44E94E3947B890FC2C\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\FDF9D2B571C963D42BEB7C3010389ADB\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1633052801-3134937491-2719692228-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Service\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark Service\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark WireGuard\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark WireGuard\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark WireGuard\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SurfsharkBypasser\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\tapsurfshark\DisplayName

How to erase Surfshark from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Surfshark is an application marketed by the software company Surfshark. Sometimes, people decide to erase it. This is troublesome because doing this by hand requires some experience related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK solution to erase Surfshark 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 already installed on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Surfshark or simply click the Search feature and type in "Surfshark". If it exists on your system the Surfshark application will be found very quickly. When you click Surfshark in the list , some data regarding the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Surfshark, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Surfshark.


8. After removing Surfshark, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Surfshark that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Surfshark with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Surfshark by Surfshark from your computer, nor are we saying that Surfshark by Surfshark is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Surfshark supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.