XAMPP

A guide to uninstall XAMPP from your computer

This web page contains complete information on how to remove XAMPP for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Apache Friends. Open here where you can get more info on Apache Friends. Please open http://apachefriends.org if you want to read more on XAMPP on Apache Friends's page. XAMPP is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\XAMPP directory, but this location may vary a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the application. The full command line for uninstalling XAMPP is C:\Program Files\XAMPP\uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is called xampp_start.exe and occupies 116.00 KB (118784 bytes).

The following executable files are contained in XAMPP. They occupy 175.26 MB (183771780 bytes) on disk.

• service.exe (59.50 KB)
• uninstall.exe (6.28 MB)
• xampp-control.exe (3.21 MB)
• xampp_start.exe (116.00 KB)
• xampp_stop.exe (116.00 KB)
• ab.exe (96.00 KB)
• abs.exe (108.00 KB)
• ApacheMonitor.exe (42.00 KB)
• curl.exe (5.93 MB)
• htcacheclean.exe (99.50 KB)
• htdbm.exe (122.00 KB)
• htdigest.exe (84.00 KB)
• htpasswd.exe (116.50 KB)
• httpd.exe (30.00 KB)
• httxt2dbm.exe (64.00 KB)
• logresolve.exe (57.00 KB)
• openssl.exe (706.00 KB)
• pv.exe (60.00 KB)
• rotatelogs.exe (77.50 KB)
• wintty.exe (18.50 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 (4.29 MB)
• aria_dump_log.exe (3.89 MB)
• aria_ftdump.exe (4.11 MB)
• aria_pack.exe (4.15 MB)
• aria_read_log.exe (4.27 MB)
• innochecksum.exe (3.33 MB)
• mariabackup.exe (15.00 MB)
• mbstream.exe (3.27 MB)
• myisamchk.exe (3.57 MB)
• myisamlog.exe (3.45 MB)
• myisampack.exe (3.47 MB)
• myisam_ftdump.exe (3.44 MB)
• mysql.exe (3.61 MB)
• mysqladmin.exe (3.52 MB)
• mysqlbinlog.exe (3.65 MB)
• mysqlcheck.exe (3.53 MB)
• mysqld.exe (15.89 MB)
• mysqldump.exe (3.60 MB)
• mysqlimport.exe (3.50 MB)
• mysqlshow.exe (3.50 MB)
• mysqlslap.exe (3.52 MB)
• mysql_install_db.exe (5.32 MB)
• mysql_ldb.exe (3.19 MB)
• mysql_plugin.exe (3.26 MB)
• mysql_tzinfo_to_sql.exe (3.27 MB)
• mysql_upgrade.exe (3.36 MB)
• mysql_upgrade_service.exe (3.25 MB)
• mysql_upgrade_wizard.exe (2.55 MB)
• my_print_defaults.exe (3.26 MB)
• perror.exe (3.38 MB)
• replace.exe (3.24 MB)
• sst_dump.exe (1.41 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 (134.50 KB)
• php-cgi.exe (67.50 KB)
• php-win.exe (37.50 KB)
• php.exe (139.00 KB)
• phpdbg.exe (273.00 KB)
• tomcat8.exe (142.97 KB)
• tomcat8w.exe (125.47 KB)
• wcmgr.exe (1,001.99 KB)
• webalizer.exe (1.53 MB)

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This page is about XAMPP version 8.2.120 alone. You can find below info on other versions of XAMPP:

• 8.2.40
• 8.0.300
• 8.2.00
• 8.1.120

Some files, folders and registry data can not be removed when you want to remove XAMPP from your PC.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall XAMPP:

• C:\xampp

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 43\Extensions\gppongmhjkpfnbhagpmjfkannfbllamg\6.10.80_0\images\icons\XAMPP.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\C__xampp_htdocs
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\C__xampp_xampp-control_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\https___bitnami_com_stack_xampp_utm_source=bitnami&utm_medium=installer&utm_campaign=XAMPP%2BInstaller
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\xampp (2).lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\xampp (3).lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\xampp (4).lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\xampp (5).lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\xampp.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\Default\Extensions\gppongmhjkpfnbhagpmjfkannfbllamg\6.10.80_0\images\icons\XAMPP.png
• C:\xampp\anonymous\onefile.html
• C:\xampp\apache\ABOUT_APACHE.txt
• C:\xampp\apache\apache_installservice.bat
• C:\xampp\apache\apache_uninstallservice.bat
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\ab.exe
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\abs.exe
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\ApacheMonitor.exe
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\apr_crypto_openssl-1.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\apr_dbd_odbc-1.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\apr_ldap-1.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\brotlicommon.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\brotlienc.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\curl.exe
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\curl-ca-bundle.crt
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\dbmmanage.pl
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\htcacheclean.exe
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\htdbm.exe
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\htdigest.exe
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\htpasswd.exe
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\httxt2dbm.exe
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\icudt71.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\icuin71.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\icuio71.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\icuuc71.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\jansson.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\libapr-1.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\libapriconv-1.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\libaprutil-1.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\libcrypto-3-x64.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\libcurl.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\libhttpd.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\libsasl.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\libssh2.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\libssl-3-x64.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\libxml2.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\logresolve.exe
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\lua54.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\nghttp2.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\openssl.exe
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\pcre.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\pcre2-8.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\pv.exe
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\rotatelogs.exe
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\wintty.exe
• C:\xampp\apache\bin\zlib1.dll
• C:\xampp\apache\CHANGES.txt
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\charset.conv
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-ajp.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-autoindex.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-dav.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-default.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-info.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-languages.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-manual.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-mpm.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-proxy.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-ssl.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-userdir.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-xampp.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\proxy-html.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\magic
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\mime.types
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\openssl.cnf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\original\charset.conv
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\original\extra\httpd-autoindex.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\original\extra\httpd-dav.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\original\extra\httpd-default.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\original\extra\httpd-info.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\original\extra\httpd-languages.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\original\extra\httpd-manual.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\original\extra\httpd-mpm.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\original\extra\httpd-multilang-errordoc.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\original\extra\httpd-ssl.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\original\extra\httpd-userdir.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\original\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\original\extra\proxy-html.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\original\httpd.conf
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\original\magic
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\original\mime.types
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\ssl.crt\server.crt
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\ssl.csr\server.csr
• C:\xampp\apache\conf\ssl.key\server.key
• C:\xampp\apache\error\contact.html.var
• C:\xampp\apache\error\HTTP_BAD_GATEWAY.html.var
• C:\xampp\apache\error\HTTP_BAD_REQUEST.html.var
• C:\xampp\apache\error\HTTP_FORBIDDEN.html.var

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\xampp
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\xampp

Additional registry values that you should delete:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\xampp\mysql\mariadb\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1019626149-2746470946-2842290950-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume7\xampp\MercuryMail\mercury.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1019626149-2746470946-2842290950-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume7\xampp\xampp-control.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{9033620C-C867-4DAF-BF6D-427FC744A80D}C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{96C09DDD-AE34-4C99-A0A8-FF55CE15786B}C:\xampp\filezillaftp\filezillaserver.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{BB015F10-F742-40BC-8331-97829BAF056B}C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{E154E0A9-673E-4EB5-8039-1A4DDCB522F8}C:\xampp\mercurymail\mercury.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{326F67B3-0401-45C4-A93F-5709B54A8A6D}C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{444D32D2-4996-4C8A-910C-146B9A52AEFB}C:\xampp\filezillaftp\filezillaserver.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{9A51098E-87B7-478B-A9B6-88338393514C}C:\xampp\mercurymail\mercury.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{D5A99518-59EE-46ED-AE77-D1857B739171}C:\xampp\apache\bin\httpd.exe

A way to uninstall XAMPP from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

XAMPP is an application marketed by Apache Friends. Sometimes, computer users want to remove this application. Sometimes this is efortful because deleting this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK procedure 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 on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to clean your PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on 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 number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications installed on your PC will be made available to you

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 application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select XAMPP in the list , the following information regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding XAMPP, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you wish to remove, by clicking on 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 confirmation page will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove XAMPP.


8. After removing XAMPP, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong XAMPP that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling XAMPP using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove XAMPP by Apache Friends from your computer, we are not saying that XAMPP by Apache Friends is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove XAMPP in case 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.