XAMPP

A way to uninstall XAMPP from your PC

XAMPP is a software application. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is made by Bitnami. You can read more on Bitnami or check for application updates here. Click on http://apachefriends.org to get more info about XAMPP on Bitnami's website. The application is often placed in the C:\Program Files\xampp directory. Take into account that this path can differ being determined by the user's choice. XAMPP's complete uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\xampp\uninstall.exe. xampp_start.exe is the XAMPP's main executable file and it takes about 116.00 KB (118784 bytes) on disk.

XAMPP contains of the executables below. They take 157.05 MB (164679621 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)
• awk.exe (136.00 KB)
• mailtodisk.exe (985.82 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)
• deplister.exe (117.00 KB)
• php-cgi.exe (71.50 KB)
• php-win.exe (36.00 KB)
• php.exe (126.00 KB)
• phpdbg.exe (338.00 KB)
• sendmail.exe (911.00 KB)
• wcmgr.exe (1,001.99 KB)
• webalizer.exe (1.53 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 7.4.11 of XAMPP. You can find here a few links to other XAMPP releases:

• 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
• 7.2.260
• 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
• 7.0.91
• 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

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you remove XAMPP.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\xampp

The files below are left behind on your disk by XAMPP when you uninstall it:

• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\xampp.lnk
• C:\XAMPP\apache\bin\curl.exe
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\_tbl_simple.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\adobe-stdenc.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\adobe-symbol.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\adobe-zdingbats.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cns11643-plane1.so
• C:\XAMPP\apache\bin\iconv\cns11643-plane14.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cns11643-plane2.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp037.so
• C:\XAMPP\apache\bin\iconv\cp038.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp10000.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp10006.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp10007.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp10029.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp1006.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp10079.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp10081.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp1026.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp273.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp274.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp275.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp277.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp278.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp280.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp281.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp284.so
• C:\XAMPP\apache\bin\iconv\cp285.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp290.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp297.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp420.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp423.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp424.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp437.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp500.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp737.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp775.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp850.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp851.so
• C:\XAMPP\apache\bin\iconv\cp852.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp855.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp856.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp857.so
• C:\XAMPP\apache\bin\iconv\cp860.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp861.so
• C:\XAMPP\apache\bin\iconv\cp862.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp863.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp864.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp865.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp866.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp868.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp869.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp870.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp871.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp874.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp875.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp880.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp891.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp903.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp904.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp905.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\cp918.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\dec-mcs.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-at-de.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-at-de-a.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-ca-fr.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-dk-no.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-dk-no-a.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-es.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-es-a.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-es-s.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-fi-se.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-fi-se-a.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-fr.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-it.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-pt.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-uk.so
• C:\XAMPP\apache\bin\iconv\ebcdic-us.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\euc-jp.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\euc-kr.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\euc-tw.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\gb2312.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\hp-roman8.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\iso-10646-ucs-2.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\iso-10646-ucs-4.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\iso-2022-cn.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\iso-2022-jp.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\iso-2022-jp-2.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\iso-2022-kr.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\iso646-dk.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\iso646-kr.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\iso-8859-1.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\iso-8859-10.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\iso-8859-13.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\iso-8859-14.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\iso-8859-15.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\iso-8859-2.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\iso-8859-3.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\iso-8859-4.so
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\iconv\iso-8859-5.so

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\xampp-windows-x64-7.4.1-1-VC15-installer.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\xampp
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\xampp

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\xampp\filezillaftp\filezillaserver.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\xampp\filezillaftp\filezillaserver.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\xampp\mercurymail\mercury.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\xampp\mercurymail\mercury.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserNameSettings\S-1-5-21-4051901922-4231567153-181675103-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\UserNames\UserName\Downloads\XAMPP.8.1.1.Nesabamedia.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserNameSettings\S-1-5-21-4051901922-4231567153-181675103-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\UserNames\UserName\Downloads\xampp-windows-x64-8.2.12-0-VS16-installer(1).exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserNameSettings\S-1-5-21-4051901922-4231567153-181675103-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\UserNames\UserName\Downloads\xampp-windows-x64-8.2.12-0-VS16-installer(2).exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserNameSettings\S-1-5-21-4051901922-4231567153-181675103-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\UserNames\UserName\Downloads\xampp-windows-x64-8.2.12-0-VS16-installer.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserNameSettings\S-1-5-21-4051901922-4231567153-181675103-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\xampp\MercuryMail\mercury.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserNameSettings\S-1-5-21-4051901922-4231567153-181675103-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\xampp\php\php.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserNameSettings\S-1-5-21-4051901922-4231567153-181675103-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\xampp\vcredist\VCREDI~1.EXE
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserNameSettings\S-1-5-21-4051901922-4231567153-181675103-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\xampp\xampp_stop.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserNameSettings\S-1-5-21-4051901922-4231567153-181675103-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\xampp\xampp-control.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query UserName{50243282-1B4F-4E15-9C50-1A37A4A1DA9A}C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query UserName{9EB37C05-53CA-4FA8-BDD2-8FA3E0482BFD}C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query UserName{A107285E-8E38-4FB8-BF02-4EB6A783CBE6}C:\xampp\filezillaftp\filezillaserver.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query UserName{D9E3F72B-E96E-4BEB-B912-31B5F69151E2}C:\xampp\mercurymail\mercury.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query UserName{6277D9D4-235B-4B93-866B-3E04E93B6F05}C:\xampp\mercurymail\mercury.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query UserName{8ED38E2D-9E2F-4640-9E91-F7A9A73D170B}C:\xampp\filezillaftp\filezillaserver.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query UserName{A5EABCCB-B0D3-448D-B362-3EE78A8926F0}C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query UserName{AAF0C9C5-536B-498A-99EF-AE89745FCEDC}C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe

A way to remove XAMPP with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

XAMPP is an application marketed by the software company Bitnami. Sometimes, people decide to remove this application. Sometimes this is hard because performing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK solution to remove XAMPP 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 already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate XAMPP or simply activate the Search field and type in "XAMPP". The XAMPP app will be found very quickly. When you click XAMPP in the list of apps, some data regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding XAMPP, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for XAMPP:

• The web site of the program is: http://apachefriends.org
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\xampp\uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove XAMPP.


8. After removing XAMPP, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of XAMPP which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling XAMPP with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove XAMPP by Bitnami from your PC, we are not saying that XAMPP by Bitnami is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove XAMPP supposing you want to. 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.