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A guide to uninstall Surfshark from your PC

You can find on this page detailed information on how to uninstall Surfshark for Windows. It was created for Windows by Surfshark. Take a look here where you can read more on Surfshark. The program is frequently located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark directory (same installation drive as Windows). Surfshark's complete uninstall command line is C:\ProgramData\Caphyon\Advanced Installer\{BB96FCD1-AB80-4352-9228-812A4E61E20D}\SurfsharkSetup.exe /i {BB96FCD1-AB80-4352-9228-812A4E61E20D} AI_UNINSTALLER_CTP=1. Surfshark.exe is the Surfshark's primary executable file and it takes circa 10.55 MB (11064904 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of Surfshark. They occupy about 49.43 MB (51836088 bytes) on disk.

  • Surfshark.Antivirus.Remediation.exe (1.29 MB)
  • Surfshark.Antivirus.Uninstaller.exe (711.07 KB)
  • Surfshark.AntivirusService.exe (18.65 MB)
  • Surfshark.ElevatedRights.exe (226.57 KB)
  • Surfshark.exe (10.55 MB)
  • Surfshark.Service.exe (3.42 MB)
  • SurfsharkDiagnostics.exe (3.77 MB)
  • ams_setup.exe (167.62 KB)
  • AMSAgent.exe (1.14 MB)
  • AMSProtectedService.exe (624.32 KB)
  • devcon.exe (85.07 KB)
  • openssl.exe (1.14 MB)
  • openvpn.exe (875.07 KB)
  • SurfsharkSplitTunnelingService.exe (152.57 KB)
  • devcon.exe (91.07 KB)
  • openssl.exe (1.15 MB)
  • openvpn.exe (1.01 MB)
  • SurfsharkSplitTunnelingService.exe (175.57 KB)
  • apc_random_id_generator.exe (271.47 KB)
  • avupdate.exe (2.76 MB)
  • savapi.exe (627.71 KB)
  • tapinstall.exe (90.14 KB)
  • tapinstall.exe (85.64 KB)
  • Surfshark.WireguardService.exe (464.57 KB)
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The information on this page is only about version 4.3.5999 of Surfshark. You can find below a few links to other Surfshark versions:

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If you are manually uninstalling Surfshark we suggest you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

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

Files remaining:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Google.Protobuf.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\grpc_csharp_ext.x64.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\grpc_csharp_ext.x86.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.Sqlite.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\ams_setup.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\elam_ppl\AMSAgent.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\elam_ppl\AMSProtectedService.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\elam_ppl\concrt140.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\elam_ppl\mfc140u.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\elam_ppl\msvcp140.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\elam_ppl\vcruntime140.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\elam_ppl\win32\win10RS6\amselam.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\elam_ppl\win64\win10RS6\amselam.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avgio.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avgntflt.cat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avgntflt.inf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avgntflt.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avipbb.cat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avipbb.inf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avipbb.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avkmgr.cat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avkmgr.inf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win32\win8\avkmgr.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avgio.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avgntflt.cat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avgntflt.inf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avgntflt.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avipbb.cat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avipbb.inf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avipbb.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avkmgr.cat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avkmgr.inf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\on_access\win64\win8\avkmgr.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\devcon.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\libcrypto-1_1.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\liblzo2-2.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\libssl-1_1.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\SplitTunnel.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\Surfshark.Firewall.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\SurfsharkKeyPair_x86.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\SurfsharkSplitTunnelCalloutDriver.inf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\SurfsharkSplitTunnelCalloutDriver.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\surfsharksplittunneldriver.cat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x32\SurfsharkSplitTunnelingService.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\devcon.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\liblzo2-2.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\libpkcs11-helper-1.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\libssl-1_1-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\SplitTunnel.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\Surfshark.Firewall.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\SurfsharkKeyPair_x64.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\SurfsharkSplitTunnelCalloutDriver.inf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\SurfsharkSplitTunnelCalloutDriver.sys
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\surfsharksplittunneldriver.cat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Resources\x64\SurfsharkSplitTunnelingService.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\runtimes\win-x64\native\e_sqlite3.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\runtimes\win-x86\native\e_sqlite3.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aebb.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aecore.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aecrypto.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aedroid.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aedroid_gwf.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aeelf.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aeelf_gwf.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aeemu.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aeexp.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aeexp_gwf.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aegen.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aehelp.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aeheur.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aeheur_agen.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aeheur_gwf.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aeheur_mv.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aelibinf.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aelibinf_db.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aelidb.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aeml.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aemobile.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aeoffice.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aeoffice_gwf.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aeoffice_mv.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aepack.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aerdl.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aesbx.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aescn.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aescript.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aeset.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aevdf.dat
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\aevdf.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\apc_random_id_generator.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\savapi\apcfile.dll

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Surfshark WireGuard

Additional values that you should remove:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2224789377-490169742-1080729248-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\Surfshark\Surfshark.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2224789377-490169742-1080729248-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Surfshark\Updates\default\4.3.2.999\pn2q52ce.exe
  • 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


A way to uninstall Surfshark using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Surfshark is a program by Surfshark. Frequently, users decide to remove this application. Sometimes this can be difficult because performing this by hand requires some skill regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK procedure to remove Surfshark 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, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications installed on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Surfshark or simply click the Search field and type in "Surfshark". If it exists on your system the Surfshark program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Surfshark in the list , some information regarding the application is shown to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This 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 are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Surfshark.
Uninstall Surfshark


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

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Surfshark by Surfshark from your PC, nor are we saying that Surfshark by Surfshark is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Surfshark in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2022-09-16 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2022-09-16 06:57:59.107