WhatsApp

How to uninstall WhatsApp from your computer

WhatsApp is a Windows program. Read more about how to uninstall it from your computer. It is developed by WhatsApp. Additional info about WhatsApp can be seen here. WhatsApp is typically installed in the C:\Users\ilm\AppData\Local\WhatsApp directory, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's option when installing the program. You can uninstall WhatsApp by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\ilm\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe --uninstall. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for admin rights. WhatsApp's primary file takes around 1.85 MB (1942800 bytes) and is named squirrel.exe.

WhatsApp is composed of the following executables which occupy 239.94 MB (251593584 bytes) on disk:

• squirrel.exe (1.85 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (81.25 MB)
• squirrel.exe (1.85 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (75.64 MB)
• WhatsApp.exe (75.64 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 0.2.1061 of WhatsApp. 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
• 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
• 2.2212.1

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When you're planning to uninstall WhatsApp you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall WhatsApp from your computer:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb
• 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

The files below were left behind on your disk by WhatsApp's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000004.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000005.ldb
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_web.whatsapp.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WhatsApp Crashes\operation_log.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app.ico
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\content_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\content_shell.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\icudtl.dat
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\libEGL.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\am.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\da.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\de.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\el.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\es.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\et.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\fake-bidi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\he.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\id.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\it.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\te.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\th.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\node.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\resources\app.asar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\resources\electron.asar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\snapshot_blob.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\squirrel.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\SquirrelSetup.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\ui_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\WhatsApp.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\app-0.2.1061\xinput1_3.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\packages\RELEASES
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\packages\WhatsApp-0.2.1061-full.nupkg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\packages\WhatsApp-2.2025.7-full.nupkg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\SquirrelSetup.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\WhatsApp\Update.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\WhatsApp Images.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\WhatsApp\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\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

Many times the following registry keys will not be removed:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WhatsApp

How to erase WhatsApp from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WhatsApp is an application marketed by WhatsApp. Sometimes, people want to remove it. This can be hard because performing this by hand takes some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK 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 the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate WhatsApp or simply click the Search feature and type in "WhatsApp". If it is installed on your PC the WhatsApp app will be found very quickly. After you click WhatsApp in the list of applications, some data about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about WhatsApp, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall WhatsApp.


8. After removing WhatsApp, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of WhatsApp which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing WhatsApp using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall WhatsApp by WhatsApp from your PC, nor are we saying that WhatsApp by WhatsApp is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall WhatsApp supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.