Waves Central

How to uninstall Waves Central from your computer

Waves Central is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was created by Waves Audio Ltd. You can read more on Waves Audio Ltd or check for application updates here. The application is often located in the C:\Program Files\Waves Central directory (same installation drive as Windows). The entire uninstall command line for Waves Central is C:\Program Files\Waves Central\Uninstall Waves Central.exe. The application's main executable file is called Waves Central.exe and occupies 95.58 MB (100224296 bytes).

The following executables are installed along with Waves Central. They occupy about 188.79 MB (197959159 bytes) on disk.

• Uninstall Waves Central.exe (439.82 KB)
• Waves Central.exe (95.58 MB)
• elevate.exe (111.79 KB)
• instl-V10.exe (13.10 MB)
• instl-V9.exe (13.10 MB)
• cofix.exe (2.61 MB)
• instl.exe (4.32 MB)
• wle.exe (1.10 MB)
• curl.exe (3.53 MB)
• vcredist_x86_2005.sp1.MFC.EXE (2.58 MB)
• vcredist_x86_2008_sp1.exe (4.27 MB)
• vcredist_x64_2012.exe (6.85 MB)
• vcredist_x86_2012.exe (6.25 MB)
• vcredist_x64_2013.exe (6.86 MB)
• VC_redist.x64.exe (14.38 MB)
• VC_redist.x86.exe (13.71 MB)

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This info is about Waves Central version 11.0.41 alone. You can find below info on other releases of Waves Central:

• 13.0.15
• 12.0.20
• 14.0.7
• 13.0.9
• 12.0.8
• 13.3.2
• 15.0.2
• 15.1.3
• 13.2.4
• 13.5.3
• 12.0.16
• 13.0.10
• 15.0.3
• 12.0.7
• 14.4.3
• 14.3.2
• 15.2.3
• 14.0.6
• 12.0.12
• 11.0.53
• 14.6.3
• 11.0.43
• 14.6.2
• 11.0.55
• 14.4.2
• 14.5.2
• 13.0.12
• 11.0.50
• 11.0.46
• 14.0.9
• 11.0.58
• 14.0.8
• 14.1.1
• 12.0.15
• 12.0.11
• 13.3.1
• 15.2.2
• 12.0.19
• 13.4.1
• 11.0.40
• 14.3.1
• 13.1.4
• 11.0.60

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

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Waves Central:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Waves - 24.5.18\Installers\V9\Win\Apps\Central
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Waves Audio\Waves Central
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Waves Central L_unins000_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Waves Central L_Waves Central_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Waves Central_Waves Central_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa11236.20445\Waves - 24.5.18\Install_Waves_Central_L.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa2276.9115\Waves.Complete.v11.0\Install_Waves_Central.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Waves - 24.5.18\Install_Waves_Central_L.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Waves Audio\Waves Central\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Waves Audio\Waves Central\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Waves Audio\Waves Central\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Waves Audio\Waves Central\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Waves Audio\Waves Central\cache\QtWebEngine\Default\Cache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Waves Audio\Waves Central\QtWebEngine\Default\Coookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Waves Audio\Waves Central\QtWebEngine\Default\Visited Links
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\Tombstones\Waves Central.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central\Logs\before-copy-sync-folder-manifest.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central\Logs\copy_0.bat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central\Logs\copy_0.yaml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central\Logs\instlrunner.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central\Logs\report_versions_0.yaml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central\Logs\unwtar\AdditionalDLLs_x64_5.unwtar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central\Logs\unwtar\AdditionalDLLs_x86_6.unwtar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central\Logs\unwtar\Modules_4.unwtar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central\Logs\unwtar\Plug-Ins V9_7.unwtar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central\Logs\unwtar\Plug-Ins_1.unwtar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central\Logs\unwtar\VST3_2.unwtar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central\Logs\unwtar\VST3_9.unwtar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central\Logs\unwtar\VSTPlugIns_10.unwtar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central\Logs\unwtar\VSTPlugIns_3.unwtar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central\Logs\unwtar\WaveShells V9_8.unwtar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central\Logs\unwtar\WPAPI_0.unwtar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central\Logs\wlc.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central\Logs\wle.log

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Waves Audio\Waves Central
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{ab507e17-892b-5203-838d-d58d8d09c50f}

A way to uninstall Waves Central from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Waves Central is an application marketed by the software company Waves Audio Ltd. Sometimes, people try to uninstall this program. This can be efortful because performing this manually takes some experience regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY practice to uninstall Waves Central is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Waves Central or simply click the Search field and type in "Waves Central". If it is installed on your PC the Waves Central app will be found very quickly. After you click Waves Central in the list of apps, the following data regarding the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding Waves Central, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Waves Central.


8. After uninstalling Waves Central, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Waves Central which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Waves Central using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Waves Central by Waves Audio Ltd from your PC, we are not saying that Waves Central by Waves Audio Ltd is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Waves Central in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.