WD Security

A way to uninstall WD Security from your computer

This page contains detailed information on how to uninstall WD Security for Windows. It is produced by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. More data about Western Digital Technologies, Inc. can be seen here. More details about WD Security can be found at http://support.wdc.com. Usually the WD Security program is to be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Security directory, depending on the user's option during setup. MsiExec.exe /X{17ACCE47-D22B-42A1-9750-07072F6D1A59} is the full command line if you want to remove WD Security. The program's main executable file is called WDSecurity.exe and its approximative size is 6.24 MB (6539264 bytes).

The following executables are contained in WD Security. They occupy 11.05 MB (11591168 bytes) on disk.

• WD Quick Formatter.exe (4.82 MB)
• WDSecurity.exe (6.24 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 2.1.3.304 of WD Security. You can find below info on other releases of WD Security:

• 2.0.0.76
• 2.0.0.48
• 2.0.0.63
• 2.1.2.167
• 2.1.0.115
• 1.1.1.3
• 2.1.0.130
• 1.4.0.92
• 2.0.0.44
• 1.4.3.13
• 1.3.0.16
• 1.3.0.17
• 2.1.2.146
• 1.0.7.3
• 1.0.5.7
• 2.0.0.70
• 1.3.1.2
• 1.2.0.83
• 1.0.6.3
• 1.0.3.3
• 1.4.3.37
• 2.1.0.20
• 2.0.0.26
• 2.1.0.142
• 1.4.1.51
• 1.4.2.11
• 1.3.0.18
• 2.1.2.295
• 2.1.2.165
• 1.0.4.11
• 2.1.4.308
• 1.1.0.51

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall WD Security:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WD_Security_20250308122105.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WD_Security_20250308122942.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WD_Security_20250308122942_000_DriveSecuritySetup.log

How to uninstall WD Security from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WD Security is a program marketed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Some users try to erase it. This can be efortful because uninstalling this manually requires some skill regarding PCs. The best SIMPLE action to erase WD Security 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 Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications existing on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate WD Security or simply activate the Search field and type in "WD Security". The WD Security program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click WD Security in the list of programs, some information about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have about WD Security, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for WD Security:

• The web site of the program is: http://support.wdc.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{17ACCE47-D22B-42A1-9750-07072F6D1A59}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall WD Security.


8. After removing WD Security, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong WD Security which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing WD Security with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove WD Security by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that WD Security by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove WD Security supposing you decide this is what you want to do. 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' computers.