XAMPP
How to uninstall XAMPP from your system
You can find below detailed information on how to remove XAMPP for Windows. It was developed for Windows by Bitnami. Go over here where you can get more info on Bitnami. More information about XAMPP can be seen at http://apachefriends.org. Usually the XAMPP application is to be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\xampp folder, depending on the user's option during install. The complete uninstall command line for XAMPP is C:\Program Files (x86)\xampp\uninstall.exe. xampp_start.exe is the XAMPP's main executable file and it takes circa 116.00 KB (118784 bytes) on disk.XAMPP is composed of the following executables which take 173.13 MB (181543532 bytes) on disk:
- service.exe (59.50 KB)
- uninstall.exe (11.96 MB)
- xampp-control.exe (3.21 MB)
- xampp_start.exe (116.00 KB)
- xampp_stop.exe (116.00 KB)
- ab.exe (95.00 KB)
- abs.exe (106.50 KB)
- ApacheMonitor.exe (41.50 KB)
- curl.exe (3.92 MB)
- htcacheclean.exe (98.50 KB)
- htdbm.exe (121.00 KB)
- htdigest.exe (83.00 KB)
- htpasswd.exe (115.00 KB)
- httpd.exe (29.00 KB)
- httxt2dbm.exe (63.50 KB)
- logresolve.exe (55.50 KB)
- openssl.exe (530.00 KB)
- pv.exe (60.00 KB)
- rotatelogs.exe (75.50 KB)
- wintty.exe (18.00 KB)
- FileZilla Server Interface.exe (1,020.50 KB)
- FileZillaServer.exe (617.50 KB)
- Uninstall.exe (45.83 KB)
- awk.exe (136.00 KB)
- mailtodisk.exe (985.82 KB)
- desetup.exe (112.18 KB)
- desetup2.exe (57.18 KB)
- fsynonym.exe (19.50 KB)
- limits.exe (118.68 KB)
- loader.exe (66.50 KB)
- malias.exe (42.82 KB)
- mbxmaint.exe (171.68 KB)
- mbxmaint_ui.exe (182.68 KB)
- mercury.exe (744.50 KB)
- msendto.exe (87.50 KB)
- newmail.exe (22.54 KB)
- pconfig.exe (266.92 KB)
- pmgrant.exe (29.92 KB)
- pmsort.exe (16.97 KB)
- setpmdefault.exe (456.69 KB)
- setreg.exe (59.18 KB)
- sqlite3.exe (464.00 KB)
- unins000.exe (700.95 KB)
- urlproxy.exe (9.14 KB)
- winpm-32.exe (5.16 MB)
- wpmmapi.exe (301.05 KB)
- wsendto.exe (73.18 KB)
- wssetup.exe (119.68 KB)
- clamwallsetup.exe (670.57 KB)
- graywallsetup.exe (934.65 KB)
- spamhaltersetup.exe (2.20 MB)
- rescom.exe (88.00 KB)
- aria_chk.exe (3.76 MB)
- aria_dump_log.exe (3.35 MB)
- aria_ftdump.exe (3.57 MB)
- aria_pack.exe (3.61 MB)
- aria_read_log.exe (3.74 MB)
- innochecksum.exe (3.23 MB)
- mariabackup.exe (14.22 MB)
- mbstream.exe (3.23 MB)
- myisamchk.exe (3.52 MB)
- myisamlog.exe (3.41 MB)
- myisampack.exe (3.43 MB)
- myisam_ftdump.exe (3.39 MB)
- mysql.exe (3.57 MB)
- mysqladmin.exe (3.48 MB)
- mysqlbinlog.exe (3.61 MB)
- mysqlcheck.exe (3.50 MB)
- mysqld.exe (15.12 MB)
- mysqldump.exe (3.55 MB)
- mysqlimport.exe (3.47 MB)
- mysqlshow.exe (3.47 MB)
- mysqlslap.exe (3.48 MB)
- mysql_install_db.exe (4.67 MB)
- mysql_ldb.exe (2.90 MB)
- mysql_plugin.exe (3.21 MB)
- mysql_tzinfo_to_sql.exe (3.23 MB)
- mysql_upgrade.exe (3.31 MB)
- mysql_upgrade_service.exe (3.21 MB)
- mysql_upgrade_wizard.exe (2.61 MB)
- my_print_defaults.exe (3.22 MB)
- perror.exe (3.34 MB)
- replace.exe (3.20 MB)
- sst_dump.exe (1.25 MB)
- perl5.16.3.exe (38.50 KB)
- perlglob.exe (15.50 KB)
- wperl.exe (38.50 KB)
- tidyp.exe (431.33 KB)
- deplister.exe (117.00 KB)
- php-cgi.exe (71.00 KB)
- php-win.exe (36.50 KB)
- php.exe (123.50 KB)
- phpdbg.exe (349.50 KB)
- sendmail.exe (911.00 KB)
- tomcat7.exe (121.12 KB)
- tomcat7w.exe (118.12 KB)
- wcmgr.exe (1,001.99 KB)
- webalizer.exe (1.53 MB)
The information on this page is only about version 7.2.260 of XAMPP. Click on the links below for other XAMPP versions:
- 5.6.241
- 7.3.71
- 8.1.12
- 8.1.50
- 8.0.70
- 8.1.20
- 7.0.10
- 5.6.400
- 7.1.90
- 7.0.130
- 7.2.120
- 8.1.100
- 5.6.300
- 8.1.60
- 7.1.70
- 8.0.90
- 7.2.20
- 7.3.40
- 8.1.00
- 1.8.34
- 7.3.250
- 7.1.271
- 8.0.01
- 7.4.30
- 7.4.291
- 7.2.270
- 7.4.250
- 7.3.261
- 7.4.80
- 1.8.30
- 7.3.10
- 1.8.25
- 8.0.03
- 7.3.270
- 8.1.41
- 7.0.90
- 7.4.120
- 5.6.280
- 1.8.33
- 7.2.40
- 7.1.330
- 8.1.40
- 7.4.20
- 8.0.130
- 7.3.313
- 7.4.50
- 5.6.230
- 7.2.50
- 7.0.21
- 7.1.100
- 5.6.210
- 1.8.31
- 8.1.11
- 5.6.152
- 7.4.11
- 7.0.91
- 7.2.310
- 1.8.24
- 7.4.130
- 1.8.32
- 7.2.10
- 7.1.60
- 8.0.60
- 8.0.02
- 5.6.110
- 7.2.311
- 7.2.110
- 8.0.230
- 8.0.112
- 7.4.110
- 7.3.30
- 5.6.200
- 7.3.130
- 8.0.20
- 5.6.140
- 5.6.360
- 5.5.300
- 7.2.00
- 7.3.90
- 1.8.35
- 8.0.11
- 7.3.110
- 7.4.40
- 7.1.110
- 7.4.41
- 8.0.30
- 7.2.340
- 7.2.280
- 7.3.100
- 7.0.131
- 5.5.280
- 1.8.26
- 7.4.140
- 7.2.170
- 7.3.101
- 5.6.301
- 8.0.120
- 8.0.80
- 5.6.80
- 5.5.271
After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Some of these are listed below.
You should delete the folders below after you uninstall XAMPP:
- C:\xampp
Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall XAMPP:
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\httpd-xampp.conf.lnk
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\Instalacion servidor XAMPP y MOODLE WINDOWS 10.lnk
- C:\xampp\apache\logs\access.log
- C:\xampp\apache\scripts\ctl.bat
- C:\xampp\install\install.sys
- C:\xampp\locale\de\LC_MESSAGES\xampp_control.mo
- C:\xampp\MercuryMail\M32.RUN
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\mysql.pid
- C:\xampp\mysql\data\mysql_error.log
- C:\xampp\mysql\scripts\ctl.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\bdf2gdfont.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\bdf2gdfont.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\c2ph.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\config_data
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\corelist
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\cpan
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\crc32
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\dbilogstrip
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\dbiprof
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\dbiproxy
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\enc2xs
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\exe_update.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\exe_update.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\exetype.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\find2perl.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\findrule
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\h2ph.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\h2xs.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\htmltree
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\instmodsh
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\json_pp.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\json_xs
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\libnetcfg.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\libstdc++-6.dll
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\llw32helper.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\llw32helper.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\lwp-download
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\lwp-dump
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\lwp-mirror
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\lwp-request
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\mech-dump
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\minicpan
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\module-version
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\moose-outdated
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\package-stash-conflicts
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\parinstallppd
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\perl.exe
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\perl5.16.3.exe
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\perl516.dll
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\perlbug.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\perldoc
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\perlglob.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\perlglob.exe
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\perlivp.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\perlthanks.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\piconv
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\pip
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\pl2bat.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\pl2pm.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\pler
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\pod2html.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\pod2latex
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\pod2man
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\pod2text
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\pod2usage
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\podchecker
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\podselect
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\ppd2par
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\ppm.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\ppm.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\prove
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\psed.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\pstruct.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\ptar
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\pwhich
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\runperl.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\s2p.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\search.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\shasum
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\SOAPsh.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\SOAPsh.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\splain.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\stubmaker.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\stubmaker.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\tpage
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\ttree
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\wperl.exe
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\XMLRPCsh.bat
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\XMLRPCsh.pl
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\xsubpp
- C:\xampp\perl\bin\zipdetails
- C:\xampp\perl\lib\_charnames.pm
- C:\xampp\perl\lib\AnyDBM_File.pm
- C:\xampp\perl\lib\App\Cpan.pm
- C:\xampp\perl\lib\App\Prove.pm
- C:\xampp\perl\lib\App\Prove\State.pm
- C:\xampp\perl\lib\App\Prove\State\Result.pm
- C:\xampp\perl\lib\App\Prove\State\Result\Test.pm
- C:\xampp\perl\lib\Archive\Extract.pm
Many times the following registry keys will not be removed:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\xampp
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\xampp
Open regedit.exe to delete the values below from the Windows Registry:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2261457877-417215832-1583737544-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\xampp\MercuryMail\mercury.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2261457877-417215832-1583737544-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\xampp\php\php.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2261457877-417215832-1583737544-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\xampp\vcredist\VCREDI~1.EXE
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2261457877-417215832-1583737544-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\xampp\xampp_start.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2261457877-417215832-1583737544-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\xampp\xampp_stop.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2261457877-417215832-1583737544-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\xampp\xampp-control.exe
A way to uninstall XAMPP from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO
XAMPP is an application by Bitnami. Some users choose to erase this application. Sometimes this can be troublesome because removing this by hand takes some knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE solution to erase XAMPP 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 Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to clean your Windows PC.
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- download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
- install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
3. Click on the General Tools category
4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will be shown to you
6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate XAMPP or simply click the Search field and type in "XAMPP". The XAMPP app will be found automatically. Notice that when you click XAMPP in the list of apps, the following data about the application is available to you:
- Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about XAMPP, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
- Technical information about the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
- The publisher is: http://apachefriends.org
- The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\xampp\uninstall.exe
8. After removing XAMPP, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong XAMPP which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing XAMPP with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.
Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.
Disclaimer
The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall XAMPP by Bitnami from your computer, nor are we saying that XAMPP by Bitnami is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall XAMPP 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.
2020-01-27 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO
follow @danarmLast update on: 2020-01-27 09:18:28.937