Inkscape

How to uninstall Inkscape from your PC

You can find on this page detailed information on how to uninstall Inkscape for Windows. The Windows version was developed by Inkscape. Additional info about Inkscape can be found here. More details about Inkscape can be seen at https://inkscape.org. Inkscape is typically installed in the C:\Program Files\Inkscape directory, however this location can differ a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the application. C:\Program Files\Inkscape\Uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Inkscape. Inkscape's primary file takes around 319.51 KB (327182 bytes) and is named inkscape.exe.

The following executables are installed beside Inkscape. They take about 12.79 MB (13410667 bytes) on disk.

• Uninstall.exe (469.28 KB)
• gdb.exe (9.27 MB)
• gdbus.exe (53.93 KB)
• gspawn-win32-helper-console.exe (21.72 KB)
• gspawn-win32-helper.exe (22.22 KB)
• inkscape.exe (319.51 KB)
• inkview.exe (311.01 KB)
• python.exe (97.35 KB)
• pythonw.exe (95.85 KB)
• wininst-10.0-amd64.exe (217.00 KB)
• wininst-10.0.exe (186.50 KB)
• wininst-14.0-amd64.exe (574.00 KB)
• wininst-14.0.exe (447.50 KB)
• wininst-6.0.exe (60.00 KB)
• wininst-7.1.exe (64.00 KB)
• wininst-8.0.exe (60.00 KB)
• wininst-9.0-amd64.exe (219.00 KB)
• wininst-9.0.exe (191.50 KB)

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This info is about Inkscape version 1.0.22 alone. Click on the links below for other Inkscape versions:

• 1.1.2
• 1.0.01
• 0.99.2
• 1.2.0
• 1.0.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.1
• 1.1.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.2.2
• 0.48.4
• 1.1.0
• 1.0.2.2
• 1.2.1
• 1.4.02
• 1.2.01
• 1.3.0
• 1.4.0

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Inkscape has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders that were found:

• C:\Program Files\Inkscape
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Inkscape
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\inkscape
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Inkscape

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove Inkscape:

• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\gdb.exe
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\gdb_create_backtrace.bat
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\gdbus.exe
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\gspawn-win64-helper.exe
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\gspawn-win64-helper-console.exe
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\imagequant.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\inkscape.com
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\inkscape.exe
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\inkview.com
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\inkview.exe
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\lib2geom.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libaspell-15.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libatk-1.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libatkmm-1.6-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libboost_filesystem-mt.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libbrotlicommon.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libbrotlidec.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libbrotlienc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libbz2-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libcairo-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libcairo-gobject-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libcairomm-1.0-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libcdr-0.1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libcrypto-3-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libcurl-4.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libdatrie-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libdeflate.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libdouble-conversion.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libenchant-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libepoxy-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libexpat-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libexslt-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libffi-7.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libffi-8.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libfontconfig-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libfreetype-6.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libfribidi-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgc-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgcc_s_seh-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgdk-3-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgdkmm-3.0-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgdl-3-5.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgfortran-5.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgio-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgiomm-2.4-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgirepository-1.0-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libglib-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libglibmm-2.4-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgmodule-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgmp-10.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgomp-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libGraphicsMagick++-12.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libGraphicsMagick-3.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgraphite2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgsl-25.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgsl-28.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgslcblas-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgspell-1-3.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgtk-3-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgtkmm-3.0-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgtksourceview-4-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgtkspell3-3-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libharfbuzz-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libharfbuzz-subset-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libhwy.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libiconv-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libicudt68.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libicudt75.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libicuin68.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libicuin75.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libicuuc68.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libicuuc75.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libidn2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libinkscape_base.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libintl-8.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libjbig-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libjpeg-8.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libjxl.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libjxl_cms.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libjxl_threads.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libLerc.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libltdl-7.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\liblzma-5.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libMagick++-6.Q16HDRI-8.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libMagickCore-6.Q16HDRI-6.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libMagickWand-6.Q16HDRI-6.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libmpdec-4.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libmpfr-6.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libncursesw6.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libnghttp2-14.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libnghttp3-9.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libnspr4.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libopenblas.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libopenjp2-7.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libpanelw6.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libpango-1.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libpangocairo-1.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libpangoft2-1.0-0.dll

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\inkscape.svg
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\svgzfile\shell\Inkscape
• HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\Inkscape
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\05122918E7130BB43AD1FFC1417F705C
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{4E9A1766-6BA4-4015-BA8D-05A268638587}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Inkscape
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\inkscape.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Inkscape

Additional values that you should remove:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.svg\Inkscape.SVG_backup
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.svgz\Inkscape.SVGZ_backup
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\05122918E7130BB43AD1FFC1417F705C\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\include\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\lib\cmake\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\lib\pkgconfig\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\lib\python3.11\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\gdb\python\gdb\dap\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\gtksourceview-4\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\icons\Adwaita\symbolic\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\icons\Adwaita\symbolic-up-to-32\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\icons\hicolor\scalable\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\icons\hicolor\symbolic\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\inkscape\doc\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\inkscape\extensions\docs\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\inkscape\extensions\icons\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\inkscape\extensions\inkex\css\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\inkscape\extensions\inkex\deprecated\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\inkscape\extensions\inkex\gui\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\inkscape\extensions\inkex\interfaces\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\inkscape\extensions\inkex\paths\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\inkscape\extensions\inkman\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\inkscape\extensions\other\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\inkscape\icons\Dash\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\inkscape\icons\hicolor\cursors\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\inkscape\icons\multicolor\cursors\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\inkscape\screens\about\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\inkscape\templates\icons\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\inkscape\themes\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\inkscape\ui\resources\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\share\inkscape\ui\syntax-themes\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Installer\{4E9A1766-6BA4-4015-BA8D-05A268638587}\

How to erase Inkscape from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Inkscape is an application by the software company Inkscape. Sometimes, computer users decide to erase this application. Sometimes this can be difficult because performing this by hand takes some know-how related to Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY action to erase Inkscape 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 already installed on your Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to take care of your Windows system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Inkscape or simply activate the Search field and type in "Inkscape". The Inkscape app will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Inkscape in the list of applications, the following data regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Inkscape, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Inkscape:

• The software company is: https://inkscape.org
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Inkscape\Uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Inkscape.


8. After removing Inkscape, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Inkscape that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Inkscape with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Inkscape by Inkscape from your PC, nor are we saying that Inkscape by Inkscape is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Inkscape supposing 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' computers.