WinZip Uninstallation

There are three ways to uninstall WinZip® should you wish to do so.

Control Panel

Activate the Control Panel, double click Add/Remove Programs, and double click the WinZip entry in the list of programs.

Start Menu

From the Start menu, click Programs, then WinZip, and then Uninstall WinZip.

Run Dialog

You can also uninstall WinZip by running WINZIP32.EXE and specifying the /uninstall parameter. To do this, click the Start button, choose Run, type

  winzip32 /uninstall

and click OK.

Technical details

The "Uninstall WinZip" procedure performs the following steps:

  1. Verifies that it is safe to uninstall.
  2. Uninstalls any WinZip add-ons (the WinZip Command Line Support Add-On, the WinZip E-Mail Attachment Add-On for Outlook, etc.)
  3. Deletes files in WinZip folder if they were installed by this version of WinZip and if the file's date/time stamp matches WINZIP32.EXE. All .GID, .FTS, and .PIF files in the WinZip folder are deleted, regardless of their date/time stamp.
  4. Removes any WinZip file associations from WIN.INI.
  5. Removes [WinZip] entry from WIN.INI.
  6. Removes the WinZip icons, WinZip desktop shortcut, WinZip Start menu entries, and WinZip Quick Pick.
  7. Removes the WinZip entries from the registry.
Note: some files, including WINZIP32.EXE, may not be deleted until the next time the computer is restarted.