Blender

A guide to uninstall Blender from your PC

Blender is a software application. This page contains details on how to remove it from your computer. It was created for Windows by Blender Foundation. More information about Blender Foundation can be seen here. Usually the Blender application is to be found in the C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.3 directory, depending on the user's option during setup. MsiExec.exe /I{7086C0A3-FA4F-407F-982F-E2FE37186955} is the full command line if you want to remove Blender. Blender's main file takes about 83.35 MB (87396480 bytes) and is called blender.exe.

The following executable files are contained in Blender. They occupy 86.46 MB (90657536 bytes) on disk.

• blender-launcher.exe (1.17 MB)
• blender.exe (83.35 MB)
• python.exe (89.00 KB)
• t32.exe (95.50 KB)
• t64-arm.exe (178.50 KB)
• t64.exe (105.50 KB)
• w32.exe (89.50 KB)
• w64-arm.exe (164.50 KB)
• w64.exe (99.50 KB)
• cli.exe (64.00 KB)
• cli-64.exe (73.00 KB)
• cli-arm64.exe (134.00 KB)
• gui.exe (64.00 KB)
• gui-64.exe (73.50 KB)
• gui-arm64.exe (134.50 KB)
• python.exe (251.00 KB)
• pythonw.exe (239.00 KB)

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The current page applies to Blender version 4.3.0 only. You can find below info on other versions of Blender:

• 4.2.0
• 2.83.20
• 3.3.20
• 3.1.1
• 2.93.8
• 3.3.5
• 2.76.1
• 3.3.9
• 3.3.12
• 2.83.5
• 4.1.1
• 2.76.0
• 2.73
• 2.69
• 2.92.0
• 3.4.1
• 3.3.10
• 3.6.19
• 3.1.0
• 2.83.15
• 2.83.9
• 2.65
• 3.3.4
• 3.3.8
• 3.3.1
• 3.3.7
• 2.77.0
• 2.64
• 2.91.2
• 3.6.14
• 3.2.1
• 2.83.2
• 2.80.0
• 3.5.1
• 3.0.0
• 2.83.13
• 3.0.1
• 2.83.14
• 2.60
• 4.2.1
• 3.6.3
• 2.83.3
• 2.58
• 3.3.15
• 4.0.1
• 2.93.6
• 2.75.0
• 3.6.8
• 2.93.5
• 2.90.0
• 2.93.17
• 2.83.6
• 3.3.16
• 4.2.3
• 3.6.2
• 2.83.18
• 3.2.2
• 4.2.2
• 3.6.12
• 2.82.1
• 3.3.14
• 2.61
• 3.6.7
• 2.93.2
• 2.76.2
• 3.3.11
• 3.6.16
• 3.4.0
• 2.93.7
• 3.6.4
• 2.70
• 2.93.11
• 4.3.2
• 2.74
• 2.63
• 4.0.2
• 3.5.0
• 2.91.0
• 2.49
• 2.83.17
• 3.2.0
• 2.93.10
• 2.93.3
• 3.3.3
• 2.67
• 2.79.1
• 3.6.0
• 3.6.11
• 2.79.2
• 4.3.1
• 3.6.17
• 3.3.18
• 2.93.0
• 4.1.0
• 2.82.0
• 2.83.10
• 3.3.2
• 2.93.14
• 3.6.1
• 3.1.2

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If planning to uninstall Blender you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders that were found:

• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Blender Foundation
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\blender_a12200
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation

The files below were left behind on your disk by Blender's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\__future__.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\_compat_pickle.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\_compression.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\_weakrefset.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\argparse.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\ast.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\base64.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\bisect.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\bz2.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\calendar.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\contextlib.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\contextvars.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\copy.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\copyreg.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\dataclasses.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\datetime.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\dis.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\enum.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\fnmatch.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\functools.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\gettext.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\glob.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\gzip.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\hashlib.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\hmac.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\inspect.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\ipaddress.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\keyword.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\linecache.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\locale.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\lzma.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\nturl2path.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\numbers.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\opcode.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\operator.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\pathlib.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\pickle.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\platform.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\quopri.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\random.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\reprlib.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\secrets.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\selectors.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\shutil.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\signal.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\socket.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\ssl.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\string.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\struct.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\subprocess.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\tempfile.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\textwrap.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\threading.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\token.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\tokenize.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\traceback.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\types.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\typing.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\warnings.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\weakref.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\__pycache__\zipfile.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\collections\__pycache__\__init__.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\collections\__pycache__\abc.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\ctypes\__pycache__\__init__.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\ctypes\__pycache__\_endian.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\email\__pycache__\__init__.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\email\__pycache__\_encoded_words.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\email\__pycache__\_parseaddr.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\email\__pycache__\_policybase.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\email\__pycache__\base64mime.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\email\__pycache__\charset.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\email\__pycache__\encoders.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\email\__pycache__\errors.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\email\__pycache__\feedparser.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\email\__pycache__\header.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\email\__pycache__\iterators.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\email\__pycache__\message.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\email\__pycache__\parser.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\email\__pycache__\quoprimime.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\email\__pycache__\utils.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\encodings\__pycache__\__init__.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\encodings\__pycache__\aliases.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\encodings\__pycache__\utf_8.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\http\__pycache__\__init__.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\http\__pycache__\client.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\importlib\__pycache__\__init__.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\importlib\__pycache__\_abc.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\json\__pycache__\__init__.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\json\__pycache__\decoder.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\json\__pycache__\encoder.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\json\__pycache__\scanner.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\re\__pycache__\__init__.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\re\__pycache__\_casefix.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\re\__pycache__\_compiler.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\re\__pycache__\_constants.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\re\__pycache__\_parser.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\site-packages\__pycache__\sitecustomize.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\site-packages\_distutils_hack\__pycache__\__init__.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\site-packages\numpy\__pycache__\__config__.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\4.2\python\lib\site-packages\numpy\__pycache__\__init__.cpython-311.pyc

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\blender.4.3
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blender Foundation
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\blender.exe

Additional values that you should clean:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.blend\OpenWithProgids\blender.4.3
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1926075217-1122239982-1099427595-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.2\blender.exe

A way to uninstall Blender using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Blender is an application released by the software company Blender Foundation. Sometimes, users try to remove this application. Sometimes this is troublesome because deleting this manually takes some experience regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK manner to remove Blender is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Blender or simply click the Search field and type in "Blender". If it is installed on your PC the Blender application will be found very quickly. When you select Blender in the list , the following data about the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Blender, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Blender.


8. After removing Blender, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Blender that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Blender with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Blender by Blender Foundation from your computer, we are not saying that Blender by Blender Foundation is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Blender supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.