WD Drive Utilities

How to uninstall WD Drive Utilities from your PC

WD Drive Utilities is a computer program. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was created by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Open here for more details on Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Further information about WD Drive Utilities can be seen at http://support.wdc.com. WD Drive Utilities is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD Utilities folder, depending on the user's choice. WD Drive Utilities's full uninstall command line is C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{163952d1-3ca7-4e98-a686-cc0c227c7447}\WDDriveUtilitiesSetup.exe. The application's main executable file occupies 433.84 KB (444256 bytes) on disk and is called WDDriveUtilities.exe.

The following executable files are contained in WD Drive Utilities. They occupy 6.69 MB (7019560 bytes) on disk.

• WD Quick Formatter.exe (4.47 MB)
• WDDriveUtilities.exe (433.84 KB)
• WDDriveUtilitiesHelper.exe (1.80 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 1.2.0.85 of WD Drive Utilities. For other WD Drive Utilities versions please click below:

• 1.0.6.3
• 1.4.1.39
• 2.0.0.48
• 2.0.0.63
• 2.1.0.25
• 2.1.2.167
• 2.0.0.54
• 2.1.0.130
• 2.0.0.44
• 2.0.0.76
• 1.1.0.51
• 2.0.0.25
• 1.4.1.51
• 1.3.0.16
• 1.4.3.13
• 1.3.0.17
• 2.1.2.146
• 1.0.5.7
• 1.4.2.11
• 2.1.0.142
• 2.0.0.70
• 1.0.3.3
• 2.1.2.165
• 1.0.4.11
• 2.1.0.20
• 2.0.0.69
• 1.4.0.92
• 1.3.1.2
• 1.0.7.3
• 2.0.0.26
• 1.4.3.41
• 2.1.0.115
• 1.4.3.37
• 1.3.0.18
• 2.0.0.71
• 1.3.2.2

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WD Drive Utilities has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\UserNames\UserNameName\AppData\Local\Temp\WD_Drive_Utilities_20250103125801.log
• C:\UserNames\UserNameName\AppData\Local\Temp\WD_Drive_Utilities_20250103125801_0_DriveUtilitiesSetup.log
• C:\UserNames\UserNameName\AppData\Local\Temp\WD_Drive_Utilities_20250103175824.log
• C:\UserNames\UserNameName\AppData\Local\Temp\WD_Drive_Utilities_20250103175846.log
• C:\UserNames\UserNameName\AppData\Local\Temp\WD_Drive_Utilities_20250103175902.log
• C:\UserNames\UserNameName\AppData\Local\Temp\WD_Drive_Utilities_20250106065144.log
• C:\UserNames\UserNameName\AppData\Local\Temp\WD_Drive_Utilities_20250106071350.log

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\E6DC2A522B25C3F41A12C9F37436C4FA
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{163952d1-3ca7-4e98-a686-cc0c227c7447}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Western Digital\WD Drive Utilities

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\E6DC2A522B25C3F41A12C9F37436C4FA\ProductName

A way to erase WD Drive Utilities using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WD Drive Utilities is a program released by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Sometimes, people decide to erase this program. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because doing this by hand takes some know-how related to PCs. One of the best EASY action to erase WD Drive Utilities 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 a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find WD Drive Utilities or simply activate the Search feature and type in "WD Drive Utilities". If it is installed on your PC the WD Drive Utilities app will be found automatically. After you select WD Drive Utilities in the list of apps, the following information about the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about WD Drive Utilities, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for WD Drive Utilities:

• The web site of the program is: http://support.wdc.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{163952d1-3ca7-4e98-a686-cc0c227c7447}\WDDriveUtilitiesSetup.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall WD Drive Utilities.


8. After uninstalling WD Drive Utilities, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong WD Drive Utilities that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing WD Drive Utilities using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation 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 software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.