World of Warcraft

A way to uninstall World of Warcraft from your computer

World of Warcraft is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was created by Blizzard Entertainment. More information on Blizzard Entertainment can be found here. Usually the World of Warcraft application is placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft folder, depending on the user's option during setup. The complete uninstall command line for World of Warcraft is C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Blizzard Entertainment\World of Warcraft\Uninstall.exe. World of Warcraft's primary file takes about 10.15 MB (10639432 bytes) and its name is Launcher.exe.

The executable files below are part of World of Warcraft. They take about 53.97 MB (56593624 bytes) on disk.

• BackgroundDownloader.exe (6.10 MB)
• Blizzard Updater.exe (2.98 MB)
• Launcher.exe (10.15 MB)
• Repair.exe (3.10 MB)
• Wow.exe (9.98 MB)
• WowError.exe (90.08 KB)
• wow-4.2.1.2756-enUS-tools-downloader.exe (4.89 MB)
• wow-4.2.1.2756-enUS-tools-patch.exe (11.22 MB)
• WoW-4.3-5.0.15890-enUS-Downloader.exe (5.47 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 4.3.0.15050 of World of Warcraft. You can find below info on other releases of World of Warcraft:

• 3.3.5.12340
• 5.2.0.16733
• 5.2.0.16769
• 5.3.0.16981
• Unknown
• 4.0.0.12911
• 5.1.0.16357
• 4.0.3.13329
• 4.0.1.13164
• 5.0.5.16057
• 5.3.0.17055
• 3.2.0.10192
• 4.3.2.15211
• 4.2.2.14545
• 4.3.3.15354
• 5.4.1.17498
• 5.2.0.16826
• 0.0.0.0
• 4.3.4.15595
• 5.2.0.16683
• 5.4.0.17399
• 5.0.3.15890
• 2.1.1.1374
• 5.0.4.16016
• 5.0.5.16135
• 5.3.0.16992
• 4.0.6.13623
• 5.2.0.16669
• 3.3.3.11723
• 3.2.2.10505
• 5.2.0.16709
• 5.4.0.17359
• 4.2.0.14333
• 4.3.0.15005
• 5.1.0.16309
• 4.0.0.129114.0.0
• 5.0.1.15657
• 5.4.0.17371
• 5.2.0.16716
• 5.3.0.17128
• 4.1.0.14007

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall World of Warcraft:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\BackgroundDownloader.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\Battle.net.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\Blizzard Updater.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\Data\Cache\priority-enUS.pfil
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\Data\placeholderArchive.temp
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\dbghelp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\divxdecoder.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\Launcher.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\Launcher.patch.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\Logs\Launcher.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\Logs\Repair.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\msvcr80.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\Repair.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\Scan.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\Temp\Logs\Downloader.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\Temp\wow-4.2.1.2756-enUS-tools-downloader.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\Temp\wow-4.2.1.2756-enUS-tools-patch.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\Temp\wow-patch.mpq
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\Wow.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\WoW.mfil
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\WoW.tfil
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\WowError.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\128415563#1\Blade's Edge\Dyen\chat-cache.old
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\128415563#1\Blade's Edge\Dyen\config-cache.old
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\WTF\Account\128415563#1\config-cache.old
• C:\Program Files (x86)\World of Warcraft\WTF\Launcher.wtf

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\World of Warcraft
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\World of Warcraft
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\World of Warcraft

A way to delete World of Warcraft using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

World of Warcraft is an application offered by Blizzard Entertainment. Some people try to uninstall this program. This can be efortful because performing this by hand takes some know-how related to PCs. The best QUICK practice to uninstall World of Warcraft is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to clean your Windows system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find World of Warcraft or simply click the Search field and type in "World of Warcraft". If it exists on your system the World of Warcraft program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select World of Warcraft in the list , the following data regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding World of Warcraft, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall World of Warcraft.


8. After uninstalling World of Warcraft, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong World of Warcraft that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing World of Warcraft with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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 World of Warcraft by Blizzard Entertainment from your computer, we are not saying that World of Warcraft by Blizzard Entertainment is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall World of Warcraft supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.