Surfshark

How to uninstall Surfshark from your computer

Surfshark is a software application. This page contains details on how to remove it from your computer. It is developed by Surfshark. Additional info about Surfshark can be seen here. The application is often found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark folder (same installation drive as Windows). MsiExec.exe /I{B1213742-2A43-43E8-9D2F-1C7EF7D76A1D} is the full command line if you want to uninstall Surfshark. Surfshark.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 233.09 KB (238688 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are installed along with Surfshark. They occupy about 6.11 MB (6405480 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)
• Surfshark.Vpn.Setup.exe (128.09 KB)
• SurfsharkDiagnostics.exe (128.09 KB)
• ACSSigned.exe (202.27 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 current page applies to Surfshark version 5.7.1999 only. You can find below info on other releases 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
• 5.6.3999
• 4.3.1999
• 4.0.0999
• 3.4.1999
• 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 leftovers on the computer. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Surfshark:

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

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\2024-05-23 12_52_07Z-logs.zip
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\amswsccomm.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Configs\log.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Configs\SurfsharkWireGuard.conf
• 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\libSkiaSharp.dll
• 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\ACSSigned.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\ams_setup.exe
• 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\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.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
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.deps.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.ElevatedRights.deps.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.ElevatedRights.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.ElevatedRights.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.ElevatedRights.runtimeconfig.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.runtimeconfig.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.Service.deps.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.Service.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.Service.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.Service.runtimeconfig.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.SplitTunnel.Adapter64.deps.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.SplitTunnel.Adapter64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.SplitTunnel.Adapter64.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.SplitTunnel.Adapter64.runtimeconfig.json

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Surfshark
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\Surfshark Service

Supplementary values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\x64\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\x86\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1228067155-2235872124-6701865-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume8\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.exe

How to erase Surfshark from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Surfshark is a program by the software company Surfshark. Frequently, people want to erase it. Sometimes this is efortful because doing this by hand takes some experience related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE approach to erase Surfshark is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs existing on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Surfshark or simply click the Search field and type in "Surfshark". If it exists on your system the Surfshark app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Surfshark in the list of applications, some data regarding the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding Surfshark, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Surfshark.


8. After uninstalling Surfshark, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform 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 can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC 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, we are not saying that Surfshark by Surfshark is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Surfshark supposing 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' PCs.