Product — Uninstall

Encrypt3 is not an installed “Programs and Features” product. You remove a folder.

Before you delete files

  1. Settings → Security → turn off Explorer Encrypt/Decrypt.
  2. Finish Watch folder work; move anything still in inbox/output.
  3. Backup the vault if you still need the keys.
  4. Exit Encrypt3.

Remove the program

  1. Delete the program folder (NextGenWigetEncrypt3.exe, .exe.config, Help, and any extra DLLs you shipped).
  2. Delete Desktop / Start shortcuts.
  3. Do not delete the .ngw3 vault unless you intend to destroy the keys.

Vault

The vault path is under Settings → Key store. That file can live outside the program folder. Uninstalling the exe does not always delete it. Delete the .ngw3 only when you mean to.

License

A license stored for this PC may remain in the registry until you or the license tool clears it. That does not keep the program running after the folder is gone. A new install on the same PC may still see the old license.

Explorer leftovers

If right-click verbs remain, start the program from a leftover copy, open Settings, uncheck Explorer, then delete that copy. Or ignore the verbs after the exe is gone; they will fail until removed.

Next

Backup the vault before you uninstall if the keys matter. Licensing if you will install on a replacement PC (one replacement per purchase).