WD Drive Utilities

A guide to uninstall WD Drive Utilities from your computer

This web page contains complete information on how to remove WD Drive Utilities for Windows. It was coded for Windows 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 facts about WD Drive Utilities on Western Digital Technologies, Inc.'s website. The application is usually placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Utilities folder (same installation drive as Windows). WD Drive Utilities's complete uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /X{7AD7AEDF-38E7-444C-BFEF-AFA7EC96CA5F}. WDDriveUtilities.exe is the WD Drive Utilities's primary executable file and it occupies around 6.29 MB (6600192 bytes) on disk.

WD Drive Utilities is composed of the following executables which occupy 13.27 MB (13914624 bytes) on disk:

• WD Quick Formatter.exe (4.82 MB)
• WDDriveUtilities.exe (6.29 MB)
• WDDriveUtilitiesHelper.exe (2.16 MB)

This web page is about WD Drive Utilities version 2.1.3.304 alone. You can find here a few links to other WD Drive Utilities releases:

• 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
• 2.1.4.308
• 1.4.2.11
• 2.1.0.142
• 2.0.0.70
• 1.0.3.3
• 1.2.0.85
• 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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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WD_Drive_Utilities_20250314192425.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WD_Drive_Utilities_20250314192425_000_DriveUtilitiesSetup.log

How to remove WD Drive Utilities with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WD Drive Utilities is an application released by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Frequently, computer users want to erase this program. Sometimes this is efortful because deleting this by hand requires some experience related to removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE way 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 already installed on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate WD Drive Utilities or simply activate the Search feature and type in "WD Drive Utilities". The WD Drive Utilities application will be found automatically. When you click WD Drive Utilities in the list of programs, some data about the program is available to you:

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

For example you can see that for WD Drive Utilities:

• The publisher is: http://support.wdc.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{7AD7AEDF-38E7-444C-BFEF-AFA7EC96CA5F}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove WD Drive Utilities.


8. After removing WD Drive Utilities, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of WD Drive Utilities which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling WD Drive Utilities using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall WD Drive Utilities by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that WD Drive Utilities by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall WD Drive Utilities in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.