XAMPP

A guide to uninstall XAMPP from your system

This page contains complete information on how to uninstall XAMPP for Windows. It was coded for Windows by Bitnami. More information about Bitnami can be seen here. You can see more info related to XAMPP at http://apachefriends.org. XAMPP is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\xampp directory, regulated by the user's choice. You can remove XAMPP by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\xampp\uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file is named xampp_start.exe and occupies 116.00 KB (118784 bytes).

XAMPP installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 176.67 MB (185250754 bytes) on disk.

• service.exe (59.50 KB)
• uninstall.exe (11.95 MB)
• xampp-control.exe (3.21 MB)
• xampp_start.exe (116.00 KB)
• xampp_stop.exe (116.00 KB)
• ab.exe (96.50 KB)
• abs.exe (108.00 KB)
• ApacheMonitor.exe (42.00 KB)
• curl.exe (3.92 MB)
• htcacheclean.exe (99.50 KB)
• htdbm.exe (121.00 KB)
• htdigest.exe (83.50 KB)
• htpasswd.exe (116.50 KB)
• httpd.exe (29.00 KB)
• httxt2dbm.exe (64.50 KB)
• logresolve.exe (57.00 KB)
• openssl.exe (537.50 KB)
• pv.exe (60.00 KB)
• rotatelogs.exe (76.50 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 (4.12 MB)
• aria_dump_log.exe (3.72 MB)
• aria_ftdump.exe (3.95 MB)
• aria_pack.exe (3.99 MB)
• aria_read_log.exe (4.10 MB)
• innochecksum.exe (3.30 MB)
• mariabackup.exe (14.76 MB)
• mbstream.exe (3.23 MB)
• myisamchk.exe (3.53 MB)
• myisamlog.exe (3.42 MB)
• myisampack.exe (3.43 MB)
• myisam_ftdump.exe (3.40 MB)
• mysql.exe (3.57 MB)
• mysqladmin.exe (3.48 MB)
• mysqlbinlog.exe (3.61 MB)
• mysqlcheck.exe (3.49 MB)
• mysqld.exe (15.64 MB)
• mysqldump.exe (3.56 MB)
• mysqlimport.exe (3.47 MB)
• mysqlshow.exe (3.47 MB)
• mysqlslap.exe (3.48 MB)
• mysql_install_db.exe (4.68 MB)
• mysql_ldb.exe (3.19 MB)
• mysql_plugin.exe (3.22 MB)
• mysql_tzinfo_to_sql.exe (3.23 MB)
• mysql_upgrade.exe (3.32 MB)
• mysql_upgrade_service.exe (3.21 MB)
• mysql_upgrade_wizard.exe (2.54 MB)
• my_print_defaults.exe (3.22 MB)
• perror.exe (3.34 MB)
• replace.exe (3.20 MB)
• sst_dump.exe (1.38 MB)
• nssm_32.exe (288.00 KB)
• nssm_64.exe (323.50 KB)
• perl5.32.1.exe (39.00 KB)
• perlglob.exe (17.00 KB)
• wperl.exe (39.00 KB)
• dlrun.exe (37.50 KB)
• deplister.exe (134.00 KB)
• php-cgi.exe (68.50 KB)
• php-win.exe (38.50 KB)
• php.exe (137.50 KB)
• phpdbg.exe (272.50 KB)
• sendmail.exe (911.00 KB)
• tomcat8.exe (128.00 KB)
• tomcat8w.exe (117.50 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 8.1.20 of XAMPP. You can find here a few links to other XAMPP versions:

• 5.6.241
• 7.3.71
• 8.1.12
• 8.1.50
• 8.0.70
• 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
• 7.4.11
• 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

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If you are manually uninstalling XAMPP we suggest you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa13576.31008.rartemp\XAMPP.7.3.2.x86
• C:\xampp

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

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\xampp-control.exe.10624.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\xampp-control.exe.10736.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\xampp-control.exe.12260.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\xampp-control.exe.5104.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\xampp-control.exe.7652.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\xampp-control.exe.8304.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\C__xampp_htdocs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\C__xampp_uninstall_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\C__xampp_xampp-control_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\https___bitnami_com_stack_xampp_utm_source=bitnami&utm_medium=installer&utm_campaign=XAMPP%2BInstaller
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa13576.31008.rartemp\XAMPP.7.3.2.x86\XAMPP.7.3.2.x86.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\XAMPP.7.3.2.x86.rar.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\XAMPP.8.2.12.x64.rar.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\XAMPP.lnk
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\01\0165f4ae8bbdacd9bf6ce2a417c8b05868441a6b0503e328b6919a47209041a7.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\0e\0e22db8df5030d0443e23931dbd9b836fd6294199138f7b6c94d284ba8e889a7.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\14\14c3da97ad234c3e76eb74e965ec2e9be1d759efa750c06b6e67961aad03384b.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\32\32649443d73242d7e35563f492b7b6a79ae8bc946aa655ea3e97e5b2435c85e1.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\32\3293f0aa1a39a06898fcdce69375d50f337a142a3c09bf6c0a24e9951333d2f8.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\32\329f9c5c234a7174f8190d855c174aa4d3c1b5a8a4ffed2c32872b7e678856d1.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\3e\3e22dce43a55dc659884d271fed4dcff4151fd60ce612def0805643a763ba512.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\42\42815a3e6ff8087267b929da637e3e69975ff1ea7b97770ff54c46075404b0c9.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\42\4289c0a8e6c6aefa1a50e045c35c7ded64cc509787ed5022914fa85b34acf005.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\42\42d1441e870cb05baa7400a888965334a436314cfe09f49346946e6cee592e74.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\46\464bdc4dd1fa1d2950a8933e29f50c011326b6ad3cbb031f060769c3dc15970a.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\49\492d2e1132a8d980135ad8fa3d84aca40d49603d63922a62e9c41d699915bb12.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\4d\4d0565a221239c45dd09f5cb648962419d4d363dbc847d17942504289e842b1b.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\85\85dfacaf1696f44332c89c57498c9a41680131a98bd40a72d528e542f2ef5d20.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\8f\8f95bfd89714fc32750432b8b7bcdda518af8ce64663cfc88f3f5559f005d8b8.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\91\91b475c9a689b8388e8e9eb7336c2d46c41bf93006db06771c8989dd034c5ac1.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\a0\a005ab18f63a529e598e23d9bb300918999e1d40f415825242738a7c13f1fa7a.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\a0\a01d3f80b385415ba60ba68fec121951d816e9b03e442d416b5a11f293fb8a2d.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\a7\a785c0a1d3a5c50f985c595b900aeeefff70a8a36e941d12504b71ac0b4e0dba.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\a9\a90e05bd8f3b30a56d0acc2e5b00da9a83893926ae094f7211d8237194239092.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\ab\abf02cbbb2e9ccc37f5e4e1c9488c1eb98294703eeaac281c2d27ab238b47287.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\ca\ca7cd35c03d1ca3a04cc30f1b08831d3728dd570310b66260c872832e155af15.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\e3\e35ebe28f4b4f11ac66f35155ee51d3485e63edadbf4ef49c8b12656eb6fc344.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\e4\e4f06222c3eb5cc187d4357f3ec275872a6b1b81ad16c23ac0cffdd4d87a9c98.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\ed\ed31945f9a8d696096dfea357a9fe970b3124824c7dfb4614bd5eb0097882726.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\f8\f8b94aaa7ab21ecb86082ac76f11c2d20236d51d597cd3df1c31adf11cff286d.php
• C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\tmp\twig\fe\feb5cd0d145107ded985d182fa593886f5f0242f02f71b063a9ce02b9163d641.php

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\xampp-windows-x64-8.2.4-0-VS16-installer.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\xampp
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\xampp

Additional values that are not cleaned:

• 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\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\xampp\xampp-control.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-480837393-4089994815-2459507534-1003\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\Rar$EXa13576.31008.rartemp\XAMPP.7.3.2.x86\XAMPP.7.3.2.x86.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-480837393-4089994815-2459507534-1003\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\xampp\php\php.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-480837393-4089994815-2459507534-1003\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\xampp\vcredist\VCREDI~1.EXE
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-480837393-4089994815-2459507534-1003\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\xampp\xampp-control.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-480837393-4089994815-2459507534-1003\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\_Amoozesh\Web programming\_Web Softwares\XAMPP\setup.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{50952E01-588C-4DED-8F4E-60A295948009}C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{9611290B-FE86-4C15-835A-749CCF7450F8}C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{A1B9B7D2-35F8-4608-9ECA-1F743E78F0A1}C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{A75B6036-F7AC-453B-B9AE-EA63F22E07FC}C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{272F5F28-C486-42DD-AD66-AF925015684B}C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{6EA25B28-6C24-463D-9EFA-835F045F4772}C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{AAAFA016-43D6-4F15-A642-47E642838824}C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{D0073DC5-C4CF-4098-B8FB-170F58031588}C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe

A way to uninstall XAMPP from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

XAMPP is an application offered by the software company Bitnami. Frequently, users want to uninstall it. Sometimes this can be efortful because doing this by hand requires some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK action to uninstall 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 on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find XAMPP or simply activate the Search feature and type in "XAMPP". If it exists on your system the XAMPP program will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select XAMPP in the list , some data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding XAMPP, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for XAMPP:

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

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove XAMPP.


8. After removing XAMPP, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of XAMPP that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing XAMPP with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove XAMPP by Bitnami from your computer, nor are we saying that XAMPP by Bitnami is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove XAMPP in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.