To the average player facing a frustrating Vanguard error (Van 1067, Van 152, or the dreaded "Secure Boot" loop), this file sounds like a lifeline. It promises to wipe away corrupted files, reset network stacks, and get you back into a Competitive match in minutes.
If you have spent any time in the trenches of VALORANT tech support—scouring Reddit threads, Discord servers, or YouTube tutorials—you have likely encountered a mysterious file named VALORANT CLEANER.bat .
VALORANT CLEANER.bat promises to do all of that in .
# Stop Vanguard sc stop vgc "C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgc.exe" /uninstall Delete leftover Vanguard folders rmdir /s /q "C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard" rmdir /s /q "%ProgramData%\Riot Games" Reset network netsh winsock reset netsh int ip reset Restart PC shutdown /r /t 5
But what exactly is this script? Is it safe? Can it get you banned? And should you use it instead of the official Riot Games repair tool?
| Command | What it does | Red Flag? | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | del /f /s /q C:\* | Deletes everything on C drive. | | | format D: | Wipes your hard drive. | Extreme Risk | | reg delete HKLM /f | Deletes entire Windows registry. | Extreme Risk | | certutil -urlcache | Downloads a file from the internet. | Moderate Risk | | start /b hidden.exe | Runs a hidden executable. | High Risk | | powershell calling a URL | Downloads script from web. | High Risk | Step 3: Check for Obfuscation A legitimate cleaner is readable text. If you see:
Stay vigilant, and good luck on the server.
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  Autour de la Rosace (Robin Meys) (channel dedicated to learning to play the guitar) (in French) |
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| Musique classique au Saguenay (Michel Baron)
(in French) |
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| Musique renaissance (Alain Naigeon)
(ancient notation, MIDI files, scores, personal compositions)
(in English / French) |
| mirror site |
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| General music |
| Guitar |
| Piano |
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  General
music |
| Digital Collections (Library of Congress) (in English) |
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| Harmony Central (in English) |
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| Guitar |
| seicorde.it
(in English / Italian) |
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| Guitar Foundation of America (in English) |
| GuitarSite.com
(not only classical guitar) (in English) |
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| LaGuitare.com
(not only classical guitar) (in French) |
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| Ernesto's Gitarrenlinks (Ernst Jochmus)
(not only classical guitar) (in German) |
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| Hamburger Gitarrenseite! (in German) |
| Piano |
| Piano World (in English) |
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| The Piano Page
(in English) |
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| UK Piano Page (The Association of Blind Piano Tuners) (in English) |
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| Piano bleu (in French) |
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| France Pianos (in French) |
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| piano.pagina.nl (in Dutch) |
| Pian e forte (in German) |
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| Music Active Sunn(in French) |
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To the average player facing a frustrating Vanguard error (Van 1067, Van 152, or the dreaded "Secure Boot" loop), this file sounds like a lifeline. It promises to wipe away corrupted files, reset network stacks, and get you back into a Competitive match in minutes.
If you have spent any time in the trenches of VALORANT tech support—scouring Reddit threads, Discord servers, or YouTube tutorials—you have likely encountered a mysterious file named VALORANT CLEANER.bat .
VALORANT CLEANER.bat promises to do all of that in .
# Stop Vanguard sc stop vgc "C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard\vgc.exe" /uninstall Delete leftover Vanguard folders rmdir /s /q "C:\Program Files\Riot Vanguard" rmdir /s /q "%ProgramData%\Riot Games" Reset network netsh winsock reset netsh int ip reset Restart PC shutdown /r /t 5
But what exactly is this script? Is it safe? Can it get you banned? And should you use it instead of the official Riot Games repair tool?
| Command | What it does | Red Flag? | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | del /f /s /q C:\* | Deletes everything on C drive. | | | format D: | Wipes your hard drive. | Extreme Risk | | reg delete HKLM /f | Deletes entire Windows registry. | Extreme Risk | | certutil -urlcache | Downloads a file from the internet. | Moderate Risk | | start /b hidden.exe | Runs a hidden executable. | High Risk | | powershell calling a URL | Downloads script from web. | High Risk | Step 3: Check for Obfuscation A legitimate cleaner is readable text. If you see:
Stay vigilant, and good luck on the server.
- Links checked on 3 January 2026 - |
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| Logos (portal dedicated to languages) (multilingual) |
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| Discover Tintin (by Nicolas Sabourin) (in English / French / Spanish) |
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| Website closed because of the intransigeance of the company Moulinsart S.A. | ||
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| Hit the Marc !
(nice to see home page) (in English / French) |
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| Jan Brett's Home Page (thousands of drawings in this marvellous website)
(in English) |
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| Liens Utiles (splendid search directory by François Pecheux)
(in French) |
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| Formatic 2000 (sur archive.org) (very interesting search directory by Claude Trudel)
(in French) (archive of the website) |
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| Framasoft (search directory of freewares) (in French) |
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| Alain Vouillon's Website (a source of useful information on Windows XP)
(in French) |
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| Pierre Torris
(who died in 2014) (on gratilog.net) (freewares) (in French) |
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| Gérard Ledu (personal freewares and mathematics) (in French) |
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| AutourduPC (Laurent Bonnin) (all information on all the Windows) (in French) |
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| Les Chromos Pedagos (Marie Elisabeth Journiac)
(a stroll through time with delightful chromolithographs)
(in French) |
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| Pierre Wattiez-Watch (the fantastic worlds of Watch, painter and illustrator)
(in French) |
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| Mathématiques magiques (never say again that you don't like mathematics after
viewing this superb website by Thérèse Eveilleau)
(in French) |
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| Y fo lire ! (science fiction, comic strip, encyclopedia for children,
quotations, JavaScripts, etc. in this stylish website by Jean-Marie Plusquellec)
(in French) |
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| Tout JavaScript.com (everything about JavaScript by Olivier Hondermarck)
(in French) |
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| Simulation de Billard Français
(French billiards simulation software by Laurent Buchard)
(in French) |
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| pdf995 (the best freeware to create PDF files) |
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| Last update of this page: 2026-02-04 |
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