Winamp

How to uninstall Winamp from your system

Winamp is a software application. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was created for Windows by Winamp SA. Check out here for more details on Winamp SA. Further information about Winamp can be seen at http://www.winamp.com/. The program is often located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp folder. Keep in mind that this location can vary depending on the user's choice. Winamp's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\UninstWA.exe. The program's main executable file occupies 2.16 MB (2265576 bytes) on disk and is titled winamp.exe.

The following executable files are contained in Winamp. They take 2.82 MB (2961393 bytes) on disk.

• elevator.exe (91.98 KB)
• reporter.exe (194.48 KB)
• UninstWA.exe (308.08 KB)
• winamp.exe (2.16 MB)
• winampa.exe (84.98 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 5.8 of Winamp. Click on the links below for other Winamp versions:

• 5.9
• 5.91.0
• 5.9.1
• 5.9.2
• 5.92.0
• 5.90

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Numerous files, folders and Windows registry entries will not be removed when you want to remove Winamp from your computer.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Winamp:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\F__App_Winamp_Spotiamp_Spotiamp_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\F__App_Winamp_Spotiamp_Spotiamp_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\F__App_Winamp_Spotiamp_Spotiamp_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\300\F__App_Winamp_Spotiamp_Spotiamp_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\demo.mp3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\links.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\Milkdrop2\milk2_img.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\Milkdrop2\milk2_msg.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\Plugins\ml\ml_online.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\winamp.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Winamp\winamp.m3u8

Many times the following registry data will not be removed:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Logitech\LCD Software\LCDMedia\Winamp
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Winamp
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Winamp

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\F:\App\Winamp\Spotiamp\Spotiamp.exe.FriendlyAppName

How to delete Winamp from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Winamp is an application released by Winamp SA. Sometimes, computer users try to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is hard because uninstalling this manually takes some experience related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY action to uninstall Winamp 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 PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Winamp or simply click the Search feature and type in "Winamp". If it is installed on your PC the Winamp application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click Winamp in the list of applications, some data about the application is made available to you:

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

For instance you can see that for Winamp:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.winamp.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Winamp\UninstWA.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Winamp.


8. After uninstalling Winamp, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Winamp that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Winamp using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Winamp by Winamp SA from your PC, we are not saying that Winamp by Winamp SA is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Winamp supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.