calibre

A guide to uninstall calibre from your PC

calibre is a computer program. This page contains details on how to remove it from your computer. It is produced by Kovid Goyal. Check out here where you can find out more on Kovid Goyal. Please follow https://calibre-ebook.com if you want to read more on calibre on Kovid Goyal's website. calibre is typically installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2 folder, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the application. MsiExec.exe /I{EABB2526-079D-4951-8E81-65D1A7A08245} is the full command line if you want to uninstall calibre. The application's main executable file occupies 56.50 KB (57856 bytes) on disk and is titled calibre.exe.

calibre is comprised of the following executables which occupy 5.61 MB (5879296 bytes) on disk:

• calibre-complete.exe (22.50 KB)
• calibre-customize.exe (22.50 KB)
• calibre-debug.exe (22.50 KB)
• calibre-parallel.exe (22.50 KB)
• calibre-server.exe (22.50 KB)
• calibre-smtp.exe (22.50 KB)
• calibre.exe (56.50 KB)
• calibredb.exe (22.50 KB)
• ebook-convert.exe (22.50 KB)
• ebook-device.exe (22.50 KB)
• ebook-edit.exe (85.00 KB)
• ebook-meta.exe (22.50 KB)
• ebook-polish.exe (22.50 KB)
• ebook-viewer.exe (78.50 KB)
• fetch-ebook-metadata.exe (22.50 KB)
• lrf2lrs.exe (22.50 KB)
• lrfviewer.exe (78.50 KB)
• lrs2lrf.exe (22.50 KB)
• markdown-calibre.exe (22.50 KB)
• web2disk.exe (22.50 KB)
• calibre-eject.exe (31.00 KB)
• calibre-file-dialog.exe (35.00 KB)
• cjpeg-calibre.exe (601.00 KB)
• jpegtran-calibre.exe (324.00 KB)
• JxrDecApp-calibre.exe (417.50 KB)
• optipng-calibre.exe (140.50 KB)
• pdfinfo.exe (1.04 MB)
• pdftohtml.exe (1.23 MB)
• pdftoppm.exe (1.18 MB)

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This web page is about calibre version 3.26.1 only. Click on the links below for other calibre versions:

• 5.24.0
• 2.65.0
• 3.19.0
• 3.22.1
• 5.39.1
• 2.65.1
• 1.36.0
• 0.9.34
• 0.9.41
• 2.23.0
• 5.10.1
• 2.20.0
• 2.0.0
• 2.35.0
• 0.9.12
• 3.17.0
• 3.30.0
• 5.0.1
• 5.22.1
• 3.48.0
• 2.18
• 1.45.0
• 3.31.0
• 1.34.0
• 5.16.1
• 5.29.0
• 3.23.0
• 2.68.0
• 3.47.1
• 3.1.0
• 3.27.1
• 0.9.30
• 2.44.1
• 3.8.0
• 5.1.0
• 2.39.0
• 2.44.0
• 0.9.26
• 0.9.37
• 0.9.16
• 3.22.0
• 2.7.0
• 0.9.39
• 1.0.0
• 5.3.0
• 0.9.38
• 3.24.1
• 5.21.0
• 1.33.0
• 1.16.0
• 0.9.18
• 2.73.0
• 2.33.0
• 2.43.0
• 5.27.0
• 1.13.0
• 3.24.2
• 2.28.0
• 2.83.0
• 0.9.44
• 5.33.2
• 3.43.0
• 1.11.0
• 3.18.0
• 0.9.11
• 3.15.0
• 2.66.0
• 0.9.22
• 2.25.0
• 3.39.0
• 5.42.0
• 4.17.0
• 1.19.0
• 3.28.0
• 3.4.0
• 2.85.1
• 0.9.25
• 3.26.0
• 2.70.0
• 4.3.0
• 3.39.1
• 0.9.29
• 0.9.13
• 3.33.1
• 1.18.0
• 1.28.0
• 1.41.0
• 3.10.0
• 5.37.0
• 3.47.0
• 1.31.0
• 3.41.1
• 0.9.10
• 5.4.2
• 3.20.0
• 3.13.0
• 4.9.0
• 2.37.1
• 3.41.3
• 2.84.0

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\calibre-cache
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_xihp96
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\calibre

The files below were left behind on your disk by calibre when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_ctypes.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_ctypes_test.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_elementtree.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_hashlib.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_msi.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_multiprocessing.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_patiencediff_c.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_regex.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_socket.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_sqlite3.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_ssl.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_testcapi.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_win32sysloader.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_winxptheme.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\apsw.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\bz2.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\bzzdec.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\calibre-eject.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\calibre-file-dialog.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\calibre-launcher.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\certgen.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\chm_extra.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\chmlib.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\cjpeg-calibre.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\cPalmdoc.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Cipher._AES.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Cipher._ARC2.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Cipher._ARC4.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Cipher._Blowfish.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Cipher._CAST.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Cipher._DES.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Cipher._DES3.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Cipher._XOR.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Hash._MD2.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Hash._MD4.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Hash._RIPEMD160.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Hash._SHA224.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Hash._SHA256.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Hash._SHA384.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Hash._SHA512.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Random.OSRNG.winrandom.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Util._counter.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Util.strxor.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\dukpy.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\expat.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\freetype.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\freetype263MT.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\html.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\html5_parser.html_parser.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\hunspell.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\icu.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\icudt57.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\icuin57.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\icuio57.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\icule57.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\iculx57.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\icutu57.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\icuuc57.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\imageops.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\jpeg8.dll

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\calibre
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\calibre
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6252BBAED9701594E818561D7A0A2854
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{EABB2526-079D-4951-8E81-65D1A7A08245}

Additional registry values that are not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibre.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibre-parallel.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6252BBAED9701594E818561D7A0A2854\ProductName

A way to delete calibre from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

calibre is an application released by the software company Kovid Goyal. Frequently, people choose to remove this application. This can be efortful because performing this by hand requires some experience regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK approach to remove calibre 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 a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate calibre or simply activate the Search field and type in "calibre". If it exists on your system the calibre program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select calibre in the list of apps, some information regarding the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding calibre, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for calibre:

• The publisher is: https://calibre-ebook.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{EABB2526-079D-4951-8E81-65D1A7A08245}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove calibre.


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

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove calibre by Kovid Goyal from your PC, we are not saying that calibre by Kovid Goyal is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove calibre in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.