WD Drive Utilities
A way to uninstall WD Drive Utilities from your PC
WD Drive Utilities is a computer program. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is produced by
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. You can read more on Western Digital Technologies, Inc. or check for application updates
here. Click on
http://support.wdc.com to get more info about WD Drive Utilities on Western Digital Technologies, Inc.'s website. Usually the WD Drive Utilities application is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Utilities directory, depending on the user's option during install. The entire uninstall command line for WD Drive Utilities is C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{9bfddacf-c81d-4423-854e-5b33098ecdfd}\WDDriveUtilitiesSetup.exe. WDDriveUtilities.exe is the WD Drive Utilities's primary executable file and it occupies about 6.29 MB (6599680 bytes) on disk.
WD Drive Utilities installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 13.26 MB (
13901312 bytes) on disk.
- WD Quick Formatter.exe (4.81 MB)
- WDDriveUtilities.exe (6.29 MB)
- WDDriveUtilitiesHelper.exe (2.15 MB)
The information on this page is only about version
2.1.0.20 of WD Drive Utilities. For more WD Drive Utilities versions please click below:
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If you're planning to uninstall WD Drive Utilities you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.
Usually, the following files remain on disk:- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WD_Drive_Utilities_20231111153839.log
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WD_Drive_Utilities_20231111154330.log
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WD_Drive_Utilities_20231111222550.log
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WD_Drive_Utilities_20231111222705.log
You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{9bfddacf-c81d-4423-854e-5b33098ecdfd}
A way to uninstall WD Drive Utilities from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO
WD Drive Utilities is an application released by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Some people want to uninstall this application. This is easier said than done because uninstalling this by hand requires some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK manner to uninstall WD Drive Utilities 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, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows computer.
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- download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
- set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.
3. Click on the General Tools button
4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
5. All the applications existing on your computer will be made available to you
6. Navigate the list of applications until you find WD Drive Utilities or simply click the Search feature and type in "WD Drive Utilities". If it is installed on your PC the WD Drive Utilities program will be found automatically. Notice that when you click WD Drive Utilities in the list of applications, some information about the application is available to you:
- Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about WD Drive Utilities, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
- Technical information about the application you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for WD Drive Utilities:
- The software company is: http://support.wdc.com
- The uninstall string is: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{9bfddacf-c81d-4423-854e-5b33098ecdfd}\WDDriveUtilitiesSetup.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove WD Drive Utilities.
8. After uninstalling WD Drive Utilities, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong WD Drive Utilities that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling WD Drive Utilities with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.
Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.
Disclaimer
This page is not a piece of advice to remove WD Drive Utilities by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that WD Drive Utilities by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove WD Drive Utilities in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.
Last update on: 2022-04-23 15:28:45.970