WhatsApp

A guide to uninstall WhatsApp from your system

This web page is about WhatsApp for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by WhatsApp. Check out here where you can find out more on WhatsApp. The program is often placed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove WhatsApp by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe --uninstall. Note that you might receive a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file is titled squirrel.exe and it has a size of 1.46 MB (1526032 bytes).

WhatsApp installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 78.53 MB (82346288 bytes) on disk.

• squirrel.exe (1.46 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (75.62 MB)

This info is about WhatsApp version 0.2.684 alone. Click on the links below for other WhatsApp versions:

• 2.2126.10
• 2.2126.15
• 1.0.1
• 2.2124.6
• 2.2025.7
• 2.2132.6
• 0.2.1061
• Unknown
• 2.2228.4
• 0.2.6426
• 2.2117.5
• 0.2.9928
• 2.2202.12
• 2.2206.4
• 2.2246.6
• 2.2244.6
• 2.2304.7
• 0.2.5093
• 2.2214.12
• 2.2043.21
• 2.2202.5
• 2.2235.0
• 0.2.7315
• 2.2047.11
• 0.2.8000
• 2.2246.10
• 2.2204.1
• 2.2216.8
• 2.2047.13
• 2.2244.3
• 2.2139.6
• 2.2106.16
• 0.2.2732
• 2.2021.2
• 0.3.953
• 2.2102.9
• 2.2219.1
• 2.2100.7
• 2.2207.0
• 2.2238.2
• 2.2035.14
• 0.4.1307
• 2.2047.7
• 2.2222.2
• 2.2222.3
• 0.3.4375
• 2.2017.6
• 2.2121.7
• 2.2110.12
• 2.2147.10
• 2.2126.1
• 2.2027.10
• 2.2229.2
• 0.2.1454
• 2.2239.1
• 0.3.3330
• 2.2228.8
• 2.2149.4
• 2.2224.4
• 0.2.2244
• 2.2310.1
• 2.2031.4
• 2.2135.1
• 2.2212.8
• 2.2228.14
• 2.2236.10
• 0.2.6968
• 0.2.7314
• 2.2230.6
• 2.2211.2
• 2.2226.1
• 2.2216.7
• 0.3.1242
• 2.2229.0
• 0.2.9229
• 0.2.8505
• 2.2019.6
• 2.2102.8
• 2.2314.3
• 2.2023.2
• 2.2142.5
• 2.2144.11
• 0.2.777
• 2.2037.5
• 0.2.9008
• 2.2130.3
• 2.2138.14
• 2.2138.2
• 0.2.2729
• 2.2210.1
• 2.2245.2
• 0.2.2731
• 2.2237.0
• 2.2114.8
• 2.2213.5
• 0.3.3328
• 2.2128.1
• 2.2232.8
• 2.2029.4
• 0.4.1302

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

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp Crashes
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WhatsApp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++api.whatsapp.com
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\Karing\data\flutter_assets\assets\datas\acl\Whatsapp.srs
• C:\Program Files\Karing\data\flutter_assets\assets\datas\geosite\whatsapp.srs
• C:\Program Files\Karing\data\flutter_assets\assets\datas\geosite\whatsapp-ads.srs
• C:\Program Files\Karing\data\flutter_assets\assets\datas\geosite\whatsapp-ads@ads.srs
• C:\Program Files\Karing\data\flutter_assets\packages\icons_plus\assets\images\logos\messengers\whatsapp.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WhatsApp\WhatsApp.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++api.whatsapp.com\ls\data.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++api.whatsapp.com\ls\usage
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\cache\caches.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\cache\morgue\125\{baa3a366-963c-4699-af51-ca6e1fec387d}.final
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\cache\morgue\163\{f77d8fad-cc8a-44b4-844c-364f97217ba3}.final
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\cache\morgue\167\{80810d41-78b3-4371-b078-26793719c2a7}.final
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\cache\morgue\176\{64c45547-6070-4962-9d39-2024c2ec6cb0}.final
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\cache\morgue\238\{fd6cb60e-ecc2-4086-ab76-1608c205f3ee}.final
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\cache\morgue\33\{08b71b7c-ae5a-4f46-a732-8fe0d13e3821}.final
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\cache\morgue\33\{f66d8c5b-672f-4d86-b59f-2c5c912ac821}.final
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\cache\morgue\86\{8e087201-07f2-482b-a04d-36f2bb58bc56}.final
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\cache\morgue\88\{4c6e1254-48a0-4c7f-9ced-e0dba652db58}.final
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\idb\1119037936ptbc_edte.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\idb\1594434671qepgla-rsot.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\idb\1773850371fetgsa-rsot.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\idb\1975025290lbrdui--meegdairao-ts.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\idb\2181795718meogdaerlo-ts.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\idb\2436550297weograkreort-s.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\idb\3166453069wcaw.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\idb\3271781254seigganraolt-s.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\idb\4170411019jeogbasr-ost.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\idb\551887895oefgfadr-ost.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\idb\568386319wcanwec__bd.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\ls\data.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++web.whatsapp.com\ls\usage
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++www.whatsapp.com\ls\data.sqlite
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\nss59o1u.default-release\storage\default\https+++www.whatsapp.com\ls\usage
• 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\f_000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\f_000002
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\f_000003
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\f_000004
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\f_000005
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\databases\Databases.db
• 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\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\5
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.blob\1\00\6
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\Local Storage\file__0.localstorage
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\main-process.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\QuotaManager
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WhatsApp\settings.json

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\whatsapp
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WhatsApp
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Associations\UrlAssociations\whatsapp
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\WhatsApp Installer_2_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\WhatsApp Installer_2_RASMANCS
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\WhatsApp Installer_RASAPI32
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\WhatsApp Installer_RASMANCS

Open regedit.exe in order to delete the following values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.684\WhatsApp.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.684\WhatsApp.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\Programs\WhatsApp Installer.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\Programs\WhatsApp Installer.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\Programs\WhatsApp Installer_2.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\Programs\WhatsApp Installer_2.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1584413024-3644717537-473432923-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.684\WhatsApp.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1584413024-3644717537-473432923-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\Downloads\Programs\WhatsApp Installer.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1584413024-3644717537-473432923-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\Downloads\Programs\WhatsApp Installer_2.exe

How to uninstall WhatsApp from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WhatsApp is a program marketed by WhatsApp. Sometimes, users choose to remove this program. This is efortful because uninstalling this by hand takes some skill regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY practice to remove WhatsApp 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 PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate WhatsApp or simply click the Search feature and type in "WhatsApp". The WhatsApp application will be found automatically. Notice that when you click WhatsApp in the list of applications, some data about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about WhatsApp, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove WhatsApp.


8. After uninstalling WhatsApp, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong WhatsApp which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing WhatsApp with 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 run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall WhatsApp by WhatsApp from your PC, nor are we saying that WhatsApp by WhatsApp is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall WhatsApp in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.