WhatsApp
A guide to uninstall WhatsApp from your computer
WhatsApp is a Windows program. Read more about how to remove it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by
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here where you can find out more on WhatsApp. WhatsApp is typically installed in the C:\Users\Shake\AppData\Local\Host App Service\Engine folder, but this location may vary a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the program. The entire uninstall command line for WhatsApp is C:\Users\Shake\AppData\Local\Host App Service\Engine\HostAppService.exe. The application's main executable file is named HostAppService.exe and it has a size of 7.38 MB (7735712 bytes).
WhatsApp installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 20.04 MB (
21018224 bytes) on disk.
- HostAppService.exe (7.38 MB)
- HostAppServiceInterface.exe (1.54 MB)
- HostAppServiceUpdater.exe (7.86 MB)
- WebAppHelper.exe (3.26 MB)
The information on this page is only about version
1.0.1 of WhatsApp. You can find below info on other application versions of WhatsApp:
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If you're planning to uninstall WhatsApp you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.
Folders remaining:- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp Crashes
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WhatsApp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp
Generally, the following files remain on disk:- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Host App Service\IconCache\persistent\WhatsApp.ico
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\com_squirrel_WhatsApp_WhatsApp
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp Crashes\CrashpadMetrics-active.pma
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp Crashes\metadata
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp Crashes\operation_log.txt
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp Crashes\settings.dat
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WhatsApp.lnk
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\data_0
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\data_1
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\data_2
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\data_3
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\index
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Code Cache\js\index
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cookies
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\databases\Databases.db
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Dictionaries\en-US-8-0.bdic
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\000003.log
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\CURRENT
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\LOCK
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\LOG
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\File System\Origins\MANIFEST-000001
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\GPUCache\data_0
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\GPUCache\data_1
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\GPUCache\data_2
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\GPUCache\data_3
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\GPUCache\index
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Local Storage\leveldb\000003.log
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Local Storage\leveldb\CURRENT
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Local Storage\leveldb\LOCK
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Local Storage\leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\main-process.log
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Network Persistent State
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Preferences
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\QuotaManager
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Session Storage\000003.log
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Session Storage\CURRENT
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Session Storage\LOCK
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Session Storage\LOG
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Session Storage\MANIFEST-000001
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\settings.json
A way to remove WhatsApp from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO
WhatsApp is an application released by the software company WhatsApp. Frequently, computer users try to remove it. Sometimes this can be efortful because performing this manually takes some know-how regarding PCs. One of the best SIMPLE procedure to remove WhatsApp is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:
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3. Click on the General Tools category

4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature

5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will be made available to you
6. Scroll the list of programs until you find WhatsApp or simply activate the Search feature and type in "WhatsApp". If it is installed on your PC the WhatsApp app will be found automatically. After you select WhatsApp in the list of applications, the following data regarding the program is made available to you:
- Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding WhatsApp, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
- Details regarding the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove WhatsApp.

8. After uninstalling WhatsApp, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of WhatsApp which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling WhatsApp using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.
Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.
Disclaimer
The text above is not a piece of advice to remove WhatsApp by WhatsApp from your PC, we are not saying that WhatsApp by WhatsApp is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove WhatsApp in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.
Last update on: 2016-10-22 21:17:31.130