calibre

A guide to uninstall calibre from your computer

calibre is a computer program. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by Kovid Goyal. More information on Kovid Goyal can be seen here. More information about the application calibre can be found at https://calibre-ebook.com. Usually the calibre program is placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2 folder, depending on the user's option during install. The entire uninstall command line for calibre is MsiExec.exe /I{8BDF54E6-AF7F-4B16-B6F9-C759AEC88AF8}. calibre's main file takes about 63.94 KB (65472 bytes) and is named calibre.exe.

calibre installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 7.60 MB (7966848 bytes) on disk.

• calibre-complete.exe (29.94 KB)
• calibre-customize.exe (29.94 KB)
• calibre-debug.exe (29.94 KB)
• calibre-parallel.exe (29.94 KB)
• calibre-server.exe (29.94 KB)
• calibre-smtp.exe (29.94 KB)
• calibre.exe (63.94 KB)
• calibredb.exe (29.94 KB)
• ebook-convert.exe (29.94 KB)
• ebook-device.exe (29.94 KB)
• ebook-edit.exe (92.44 KB)
• ebook-meta.exe (29.94 KB)
• ebook-polish.exe (29.94 KB)
• ebook-viewer.exe (85.94 KB)
• fetch-ebook-metadata.exe (29.94 KB)
• lrf2lrs.exe (29.94 KB)
• lrfviewer.exe (85.94 KB)
• lrs2lrf.exe (29.94 KB)
• markdown-calibre.exe (29.94 KB)
• web2disk.exe (29.94 KB)
• calibre-eject.exe (39.44 KB)
• calibre-file-dialog.exe (42.44 KB)
• cjpeg-calibre.exe (682.44 KB)
• jpegtran-calibre.exe (474.94 KB)
• JXRDecApp-calibre.exe (431.94 KB)
• optipng-calibre.exe (152.44 KB)
• pdfinfo.exe (1.37 MB)
• pdftohtml.exe (1.62 MB)
• pdftoppm.exe (1.55 MB)
• QtWebEngineProcess.exe (494.44 KB)

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This web page is about calibre version 5.42.0 alone. You can find here a few links to other calibre releases:

• 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
• 3.26.1
• 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
• 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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When you're planning to uninstall calibre you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall calibre:

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

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_asyncio.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_bz2.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_ctypes.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_ctypes_test.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_decimal.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_elementtree.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_hashlib.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_lzma.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_msi.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_multiprocessing.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_overlapped.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_patiencediff_c.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_queue.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_socket.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_sqlite3.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_ssl.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_testbuffer.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_testcapi.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_testconsole.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_testimportmultiple.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_testinternalcapi.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_testmultiphase.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\API-MS-Win-core-xstate-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\apsw.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\bzzdec.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\calibre-eject.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\calibre-file-dialog.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\calibre-launcher.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\cchardet._cchardet.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\certgen.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\chm._chmlib.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\cjpeg-calibre.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\cpalmdoc.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._ARC4.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._chacha20.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_aes.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_aesni.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_arc2.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_blowfish.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_cast.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_cbc.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_cfb.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_ctr.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_des.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_des3.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_ecb.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_eksblowfish.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_ocb.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_ofb.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._Salsa20.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Hash._BLAKE2b.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Hash._BLAKE2s.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Hash._ghash_clmul.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Hash._ghash_portable.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Hash._keccak.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Hash._MD2.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Hash._MD4.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Hash._MD5.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Hash._poly1305.pyd

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\calibre
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\calibre
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\calibre
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6E45FDB8F7FA61B46B9F7C95EA8CA88F
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{8BDF54E6-AF7F-4B16-B6F9-C759AEC88AF8}

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following registry values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.azw\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.AZW
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.azw1\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.AZW1
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.azw3\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.AZW3
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.book\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.BOOK
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cb7\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.CB7
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cbc\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.CBC
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cbr\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.CBR
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cbz\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.CBZ
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.chm\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.CHM
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.djv\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.DJV
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.djvu\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.DJVU
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.DOC
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.docm\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.DOCM
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.docx\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.DOCX
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.epub\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.EPUB
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.fb2\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.FB2
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.htm\OpenWithProgids\calibre.AssocFile.HTM
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html\OpenWithProgids\calibre.AssocFile.HTML
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ibook\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.IBOOK
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ibooks\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.IBOOKS
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.imp\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.IMP
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lrf\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.LRF
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lrx\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.LRX
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.markdown\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.MARKDOWN
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.md\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.MD
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mobi\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.MOBI
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.odt\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.ODT
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pdb\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.PDB
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pdf\OpenWithProgids\calibre.AssocFile.PDF
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pml\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.PML
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pobi\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.POBI
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.prc\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.PRC
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ps\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.PS
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.RTF
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.text\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.TEXT
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tpz\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.TPZ
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\OpenWithProgids\calibre.AssocFile.TXT
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xhtml\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.XHTML
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xps\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.XPS
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibre.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibre.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\ebook-edit.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\ebook-edit.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\ebook-viewer.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\ebook-viewer.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6E45FDB8F7FA61B46B9F7C95EA8CA88F\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-346923627-4159817625-531965876-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibre.exe

A way to remove calibre from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

calibre is a program offered by Kovid Goyal. Sometimes, users decide to uninstall it. This can be difficult because doing this by hand takes some knowledge regarding PCs. The best SIMPLE procedure to uninstall calibre 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 Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows computer.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications existing on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find calibre or simply click the Search field and type in "calibre". If it exists on your system the calibre program will be found very quickly. After you select calibre in the list of programs, some information about the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about calibre, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press 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 calibre:

• The software company is: https://calibre-ebook.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{8BDF54E6-AF7F-4B16-B6F9-C759AEC88AF8}

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


8. After removing calibre, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of calibre that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing calibre using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall calibre by Kovid Goyal from your computer, nor are we saying that calibre by Kovid Goyal is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall calibre in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.