Removing MetaTrader 4 (MT4): what goes and what stays — Kenya
Removing MetaTrader 4 is three clean-ups at once: the program on the computer, the working folder it leaves behind on the disk, and the account it was connected to — and only one of the three is left to a person.
Open Exness Account →Removing MetaTrader 4 from a computer does not close an account, does not cancel an open position and does not erase trade history: those sit on the broker server, not inside the program. The uninstaller removes the application it installed, the working folder written after installation is usually left on the disk, and the account side is not reached at all. Of the three, only the disk leftovers wait for a decision.
Measured order execution — Standard
How orders actually filled when real market orders were placed on Exness’s MT5 feed — fill time, slippage and rejects by order size:
| Instrument | Order size | Avg fill | Avg slippage | Fails |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EURUSDm | 0.01 lot | 151 ms | -0.333 pts | 0 |
| EURUSDm | 0.1 lot | 151 ms | -0.333 pts | 0 |
| EURUSDm | 1.0 lot | 146 ms | -0.333 pts | 0 |
| GBPUSDm | 0.01 lot | 141 ms | 0.667 pts | 0 |
| GBPUSDm | 0.1 lot | 130 ms | 0.0 pts | 0 |
| GBPUSDm | 1.0 lot | 135 ms | 0.333 pts | 0 |
| XAUUSDm | 0.01 lot | 141 ms | 0.0 pts | 0 |
| XAUUSDm | 0.1 lot | 151 ms | 80.0 pts | 0 |
| XAUUSDm | 1.0 lot | 130 ms | -72.333 pts | 0 |
Small sample (a few round-trips per size); indicative. The same pricing engine feeds every platform the broker offers.
MetaTrader 4 (MT4) at Exness
- Removal splits into three: the program itself, what it leaves on the disk, and the account the terminal connected to.
- The uninstaller takes away what it installed — the application and the shortcuts created with it.
- Anything written after the installation counts as user data, and user data is normally left where it is.
- Balance, open positions and the record of past trades sit on the broker server, so removal does not reach them.
- Installing MetaTrader 4 again later reconnects the same login to the same account — nothing has to be recreated.
- Only the leftovers on the disk need a decision from a person: kept on purpose, or deleted on purpose.
Which Exness platform should you use?
| Platform | Pricing model | Suited to | Devices |
|---|---|---|---|
| MetaTrader 5 | Spread (+ commission on Raw/Zero) | Multi-asset traders who want the full toolkit | Windows, Mac, Web, iOS, Android |
| MetaTrader 4 | Spread (+ commission on Raw/Zero) | Forex traders who want the classic platform | Windows, Mac, Web, iOS, Android |
| Exness Terminal | Spread (+ commission on Raw/Zero) | Browser trading with no download | Any modern web browser |
| Exness Trade app | Spread (+ commission on Raw/Zero) | Managing trades and automatic withdrawals on the go | iOS, Android |
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Open Exness Account →What an uninstall actually takes away
An uninstall is the reverse of an install, not a reset of everything the terminal ever produced. It removes the program files that arrived with the installer and the shortcuts created at the same moment, then reports success as soon as those are gone.
That is why a disk can still carry a folder with the platform name after removal has reported success. The uninstaller was never asked to delete files it did not create, and files written during use were created by the person using it, not by the installer.
The practical consequence is easy to miss: a machine that looks clean in the list of installed applications is not necessarily clean on the disk.
What removal cannot reach
An uninstall runs on one machine and has authority over that machine only. Nothing it does ends something that was opened through the platform, because the thing that was opened is not on the machine.
A position that was open before the removal is still open afterwards, and it keeps reacting to the market with no program left watching it. Closing it needs a working platform on some device, or a request to customer service.
Removing software is therefore not a way of stepping away from the market. Ending exposure is a separate action, and it belongs before the program goes, not after.
The part that is finished by hand
Deciding about the leftovers is a real decision rather than housekeeping. Kept, they are a record of what happened on that machine. Deleted, that record is gone and the same picture has to be rebuilt from the account instead.
On a machine that is being handed to someone else, the decision stops being optional: leaving the folder in place leaves one person's working files with the next person who sits down at the keyboard.
Disk space is the least interesting reason to clear it. The interesting reason is that a removal reported as finished can still leave a machine holding material nobody meant to leave there.
Finishing a removal by hand
- Deal with anything still open first — removal closes nothing, and after it there is no platform on that machine to close it with.
- Shut the terminal down completely, including a copy still running in the background, so nothing is locked while the removal runs.
- Remove the platform through the operating system list of installed applications, rather than by dragging its folder somewhere else.
- Look on the disk afterwards for a folder still carrying the platform name, and decide deliberately whether it stays or goes.
- Open the account in a browser to confirm it is unaffected — access to it never depended on that installation.
- If the machine itself is changing hands, treat the leftovers and the saved sign-in as part of the handover rather than an afterthought.
Removing a platform is not a way to close an account. Closing an account is a separate request, made from the account area.
Removal in three columns
| Where it sits | What removal does to it | What is left to a person |
|---|---|---|
| The program on the computer | Removed by the uninstaller | Nothing |
| Shortcuts made at install time | Removed together with the program | Nothing |
| The working folder written later | Usually left on the disk | Keep it or delete it on purpose |
| A sign-in remembered on that machine | Goes when the leftovers go | Sign in again after the next install |
| The account, its balance and its history | Not reached at all | Close positions, and the account itself, separately |
Behaviour differs between operating systems and between installations — check the disk instead of assuming.