Tailscale

A guide to uninstall Tailscale from your PC

Tailscale is a Windows program. Read below about how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was created by Tailscale Inc.. Take a look here where you can read more on Tailscale Inc.. The program is usually found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Tailscale IPN directory (same installation drive as Windows). Tailscale's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\Tailscale IPN\Uninstall-Tailscale.exe. The program's main executable file is named tailscale-ipn.exe and occupies 11.67 MB (12234272 bytes).

The following executables are installed along with Tailscale. They take about 36.73 MB (38510764 bytes) on disk.

• tailscale-ipn.exe (11.67 MB)
• tailscale.exe (10.12 MB)
• tailscaled.exe (14.89 MB)
• Uninstall-Tailscale.exe (49.57 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 1.36.1 of Tailscale. You can find below info on other releases of Tailscale:

• 1.24.2
• 1.14.0
• 1.20.2
• 1.4.4
• 1.8.0
• 1.8.7
• 1.36.0
• 1.34.1
• 1.14.4
• 1.20.4
• 1.15.27
• 1.30.2
• 1.17.40
• 1.22.2
• 1.28.0
• 1.20.0
• 1.26.2
• 1.16.2
• 1.32.1
• 1.34.0
• 1.19.106
• 1.18.0
• 1.18.2
• 1.38.4
• 1.32.3
• 1.34.2
• 1.36.2
• 1.4.0
• 1.32.0
• 1.30.1
• 1.32.2
• 1.19.10
• 1.15.186
• 1.17.169
• 1.26.1
• 1.14.3
• 1.16.1
• 1.22.1
• 1.16.0
• 1.15.6
• 1.22.0
• 1.15.111
• 1.26.0
• 1.4.5
• 1.19.158

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When planning to uninstall Tailscale you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Tailscale

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HiSuite\userdata\AppIcon\com.tailscale.ipn.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Tailscale\_migrated-to-profiles.conf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Tailscale\prefs.conf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Tailscale\tailscale-ipn.log.conf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Tailscale\tailscale-ipn.log1.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Tailscale\tailscale-ipn.log2.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Tailscale\wg64.log.conf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Tailscale\wg64.log1.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Tailscale\wg64.log2.txt

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\tailscale
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Tailscale IPN
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\EABA4969339DB1257B63EB75CD346CFD
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tailscale

Additional values that are not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Tailscale IPN\tailscale-ipn.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Tailscale IPN\tailscale-ipn.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Tailscale\tailscale-ipn.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Tailscale\tailscale-ipn.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\tailscale-ipn-setup-1.34.2.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\EABA4969339DB1257B63EB75CD346CFD\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1008248591-558249614-1462292205-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files (x86)\Tailscale IPN\tailscale-ipn.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1008248591-558249614-1462292205-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files\Tailscale\tailscale-ipn.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tailscale\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tailscale\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tailscale\ImagePath

How to delete Tailscale from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Tailscale is a program offered by Tailscale Inc.. Some people want to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is troublesome because uninstalling this manually requires some experience regarding PCs. One of the best SIMPLE procedure to uninstall Tailscale is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





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

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• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs installed on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Tailscale or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Tailscale". If it is installed on your PC the Tailscale application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Tailscale in the list of programs, some data regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding Tailscale, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Tailscale.


8. After removing Tailscale, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Tailscale that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Tailscale using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Tailscale by Tailscale Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that Tailscale by Tailscale Inc. is not a good application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Tailscale in case you decide this is what you want to do. 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.