CMake

A way to uninstall CMake from your computer

CMake is a Windows program. Read more about how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was created by Kitware. Further information on Kitware can be found here. Detailed information about CMake can be seen at https://cmake.org. Usually the CMake application is installed in the C:\Program Files\CMake directory, depending on the user's option during setup. MsiExec.exe /X{A074DD0C-D477-4C2F-A640-D420F565CC9F} is the full command line if you want to remove CMake. cmake.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 5.59 MB (5861888 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of CMake. They occupy about 22.71 MB (23814656 bytes) on disk.

• cmake-gui.exe (5.22 MB)
• cmake.exe (5.59 MB)
• cmcldeps.exe (509.00 KB)
• cpack.exe (5.35 MB)
• ctest.exe (6.05 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 3.7.0 of CMake. Click on the links below for other CMake versions:

• 3.27.1
• 3.10.1
• 3.20.5
• 3.20.0
• 3.29.5
• 3.22.4
• 3.27.0
• 3.9.2
• 3.16.3
• 3.26.5
• 3.18.1
• 3.22.5
• 3.27.4
• 3.15.3
• 3.31.1
• 3.28.0
• 3.15.7
• 3.11.3
• 3.28.5
• 3.16.4
• 3.10.2
• 3.6.3
• 3.29.0
• 3.9.4
• 3.27.6
• 3.29.1
• 3.24.0
• 3.19.6
• 3.19.1
• 3.18.2
• 3.15.1
• 3.14.1
• 3.15.2
• 3.19.3
• 3.12.3
• 3.16.6
• 3.11
• 3.22.0
• 3.13.2
• 3.18.5
• 3.29.4
• 3.12.0
• 3.24.2
• 3.16.2
• 3.26.4
• 3.25.0
• 3.20.2
• 3.11.0
• 3.13
• 3.31.2
• 3.8.2
• 3.19.4
• 3.13.1
• 3.14.5
• 3.14.7
• 3.13.3
• 3.21.0
• 3.21.3
• 3.19.5
• 3.28.3
• 3.6.2
• 3.10.3
• 3.23.2
• 3.23.3
• 3.27.2
• 3.27.7
• 3.27.3
• 3.23.0
• 3.21.2
• 3.20.3
• 3.22.1
• 3.20.6
• 3.5.1
• 3.30.2
• 3.21.5
• 3.16.7
• 3.17.1
• 3.28.2
• 3.9.5
• 3.18.4
• 3.16.5
• 3.16.8
• 3.17.2
• 3.11.1
• 3.24.1
• 3.19.2
• 3.25.1
• 3.14.4
• 3.25.3
• 3.20.4
• 3.5.0
• 3.30.1
• 3.27.5
• 3.15.4
• 3.17.0
• 3.23.5
• 3.29.2
• 3.5
• 3.7.2
• 3.8.0

...click to view all...
If you're planning to uninstall CMake you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall CMake from your PC:

• C:\Program Files\CMake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\chocolatey\cmake.install

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall CMake:

• C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake.exe
• C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmake-gui.exe
• C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cmcldeps.exe
• C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\cpack.exe
• C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\ctest.exe
• C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\msvcp120.dll
• C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\msvcr120.dll
• C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\qt.conf
• C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\Qt5Core.dll
• C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\Qt5Gui.dll
• C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\Qt5Widgets.dll
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\cmake.org.html
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\cmcompress\Copyright.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\cmcurl\COPYING
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\cmlibarchive\COPYING
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\cmliblzma\COPYING
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\cmlibuv\LICENSE
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\cmsys\Copyright.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\cmzlib\Copyright.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\Copyright.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_compile_options.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_custom_command.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_custom_target.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_definitions.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_dependencies.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_executable.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_library.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_subdirectory.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_test.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\aux_source_directory.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\break.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\build_command.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\build_name.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\cmake_host_system_information.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\cmake_minimum_required.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\cmake_parse_arguments.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\cmake_policy.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\configure_file.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\continue.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\create_test_sourcelist.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_build.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_configure.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_coverage.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_empty_binary_directory.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_memcheck.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_read_custom_files.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_run_script.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_sleep.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_start.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_submit.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_test.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_update.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_upload.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\define_property.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\else.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\elseif.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\enable_language.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\enable_testing.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\endforeach.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\endfunction.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\endif.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\endmacro.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\endwhile.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\exec_program.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\execute_process.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\export.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\export_library_dependencies.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\file.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\find_file.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\find_library.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\find_package.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\find_path.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\find_program.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\fltk_wrap_ui.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\foreach.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\function.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\get_cmake_property.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\get_directory_property.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\get_filename_component.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\get_property.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\get_source_file_property.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\get_target_property.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\get_test_property.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\if.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\include.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\include_directories.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\include_external_msproject.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\include_regular_expression.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\install.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\install_files.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\install_programs.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\install_targets.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\link_directories.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\link_libraries.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\list.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\load_cache.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\load_command.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\macro.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\make_directory.txt
• C:\Program Files\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\mark_as_advanced.txt

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Kitware\CMake
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\9899FAAE3C986D24C9F621A27044B0E6

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\9899FAAE3C986D24C9F621A27044B0E6\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\CMake\

How to erase CMake from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CMake is an application marketed by Kitware. Some people want to remove this application. Sometimes this can be efortful because performing this by hand takes some skill related to Windows internal functioning. The best EASY action to remove CMake is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your Windows system.

DOWNLOAD NOW

• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate CMake or simply click the Search field and type in "CMake". The CMake app will be found very quickly. After you select CMake in the list of applications, the following information about the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about CMake, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for CMake:

• The publisher is: https://cmake.org
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{A074DD0C-D477-4C2F-A640-D420F565CC9F}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove CMake.


8. After removing CMake, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong CMake which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling CMake using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove CMake by Kitware from your PC, nor are we saying that CMake by Kitware is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove CMake in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.