# I installed GNUPG a long while ago...

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 24, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-installed-gnupg-a-long-while-ago/482845 "2009-01-24T23:10:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-installed-gnupg-a-long-while-ago/482845/1 "2009-01-24T23:10:19Z")

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…never used it and would like to uninstall it, and start fresh with,  
say, FireGPG.

I just want to get rid of GNUPG to avoid any possible conflicts  
with Firegpg. I might have created keys and whatever (awhile ago),  
but don’t really remember.

GNUpg doesn’t appear in Control Panel’s Add/Remove Software,  
nor is there an uninstaller in All Programs.

I searched on GNUgpg and found the following folders.

GnuPG For Windows  
GnuPG  
gnupg.nls  
gnupg

Is it safe to delete them?

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**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-installed-gnupg-a-long-while-ago/482845/2 "2009-01-25T01:56:43Z")

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I would look to see if there is an uninstaller or users manual in the GPG for Windows folder, or ask [here](http://www.gpg4win.org/).

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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-installed-gnupg-a-long-while-ago/482845/3 "2009-01-25T13:08:48Z")

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> [@Fubaya](#):
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> I would look to see if there is an uninstaller or users manual in the GPG for Windows folder, or ask [here](http://www.gpg4win.org/).

Using Google, I found the uninstaller: gpg4win-uninstaller

It’s in Program Files\GNU\GNUpg and I uninstalled it.

All except GPGee.dll, that is.

Any suggestions for geting this out??

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**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-installed-gnupg-a-long-while-ago/482845/4 "2009-01-25T16:58:11Z")

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> [@BarnOwl](#):
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> Any suggestions for geting this out??

Not from me, but I’ll give ya a bump. I’m actually a Linux user but interested in crypto related things.

Looks like GPGee is just an internet explorer plugin for GPG. I would assume you could just delete it, but I wouldn’t think it would cause any problems to just leave it.

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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-installed-gnupg-a-long-while-ago/482845/5 "2009-01-25T17:14:49Z")

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> [@Fubaya](#):
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> Not from me, but I’ll give ya a bump. I’m actually a Linux user but interested in crypto related things.
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> Looks like GPGee is just an internet explorer plugin for GPG. I would assume you could just delete it, but I wouldn’t think it would cause any problems to just leave it.

Thanks for the bump, **Fubaya**.

Maybe you can answer my latest question.

After Uninstalling, I downloaded gpg4win and restarted a couple of times.

Everything’s okay, except I can’t use the damn thing. 😃

I don’t have a llnk to open the program.

It’s supposed to be in the **START** menu and **Launch**. Not there. Looked in **All Programs** for some icon I can copy to the DeskTop. Nope.

I don’t know what to look for In Search - C:/Program Files/GNU/GNUPG.

And there’s nothing about this in the User Manual. It starts with Downloading and installation, and then assumes you’ve opened the program.

Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-installed-gnupg-a-long-while-ago/482845/6 "2009-01-25T18:02:55Z")

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Never mind. I found it.