Waves Central

A guide to uninstall Waves Central from your PC

This web page contains detailed information on how to remove Waves Central for Windows. It is produced by Waves Audio Ltd. Further information on Waves Audio Ltd can be seen here. Waves Central is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\Waves Central directory, but this location may vary a lot depending on the user's option while installing the program. You can remove Waves Central by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Waves Central\Uninstall Waves Central.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. Waves Central's primary file takes around 168.87 MB (177076592 bytes) and is named Waves Central.exe.

The executable files below are part of Waves Central. They take about 267.75 MB (280752152 bytes) on disk.

• Uninstall Waves Central.exe (446.77 KB)
• Waves Central.exe (168.87 MB)
• elevate.exe (115.36 KB)
• instl-V10.exe (13.11 MB)
• instl-V9.exe (13.11 MB)
• instl.exe (3.21 MB)
• curl.exe (3.18 MB)
• wle.exe (1.43 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 (24.29 MB)
• VC_redist.x86.exe (13.19 MB)

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The current web page applies to Waves Central version 15.2.3 alone. You can find here a few links to other Waves Central releases:

• 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
• 15.3.3
• 14.4.3
• 14.3.2
• 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
• 11.0.41
• 13.4.1
• 11.0.40
• 14.3.1
• 13.1.4
• 11.0.60

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Some files and registry entries are frequently left behind when you uninstall Waves Central.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Waves Central:

• C:\Program Files\Waves Central
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Audio\Waves Central
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Waves Central

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove Waves Central:

• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\LICENSE.electron.txt
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\LICENSES.chromium.html
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\af.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\ur.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\app.asar
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\app-update.yml
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\elevate.exe
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Resources\help\pybatch_help.txt
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\_asyncio.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\_bz2.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\_ctypes.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\_decimal.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\_elementtree.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\_hashlib.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\_lzma.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\_multiprocessing.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\_overlapped.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\_queue.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\_socket.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\_sqlite3.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\_ssl.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\_uuid.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\_win32sysloader.pyd
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\bin\instl.bundle\Contents\Win64\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll

Frequently the following registry keys will not be removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\waves-central
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{ab507e17-892b-5203-838d-d58d8d09c50f}

Open regedit.exe to remove the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\Redistributables\2005\vcredist_x86_2005.sp1.MFC.EXE.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Waves Central\resources\res\external\Redistributables\2005\vcredist_x86_2005.sp1.MFC.EXE.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Waves Central\Waves Central.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Waves Central\Waves Central.exe.FriendlyAppName

How to delete Waves Central with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Waves Central is a program released by Waves Audio Ltd. Frequently, users decide to erase it. This is easier said than done because doing this by hand takes some knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best SIMPLE practice to erase Waves Central 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 Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Waves Central or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Waves Central". The Waves Central app will be found very quickly. After you click Waves Central in the list of apps, some information about the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about Waves Central, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Waves Central.


8. After removing Waves Central, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of 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 are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Waves Central by Waves Audio Ltd from your computer, we are not saying that Waves Central by Waves Audio Ltd is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions 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.