Inkscape

A way to uninstall Inkscape from your computer

Inkscape is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your computer. It is made by Inkscape. More information on Inkscape can be seen here. Please follow https://inkscape.org if you want to read more on Inkscape on Inkscape's page. Inkscape is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\Inkscape folder, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the application. You can remove Inkscape by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /I{DBDA3649-0685-4067-ADB6-7A3B9B30720F}. Note that you might be prompted for admin rights. inkscape.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 319.50 KB (327168 bytes) on disk.

Inkscape contains of the executables below. They occupy 12.04 MB (12626108 bytes) on disk.

• gdb.exe (8.98 MB)
• gdbus.exe (52.62 KB)
• gspawn-win64-helper-console.exe (21.99 KB)
• gspawn-win64-helper.exe (21.99 KB)
• inkscape.exe (319.50 KB)
• inkview.exe (311.50 KB)
• python.exe (97.15 KB)
• pythonw.exe (95.65 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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The current web page applies to Inkscape version 1.0.2.2 alone. You can find below info on other releases of Inkscape:

• 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
• 1.2.1
• 1.4.02
• 1.2.01
• 1.3.0
• 1.0.22
• 1.4.0

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

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

• C:\Program Files\Inkscape
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\inkscape
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\inkscape

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• 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\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\libbrotlicommon.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libbrotlidec.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-1_1-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\libfftw3-3.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\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgomp-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgraphite2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgsl-25.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libgslcblas-0.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\libgtkspell3-3-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libharfbuzz-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libiconv-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libicudt68.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libicuin68.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libicuuc68.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\libjpeg-8.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\liblcms2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\liblqr-1-0.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-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libnghttp2-14.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\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
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libpangomm-1.4-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libpangowin32-1.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libpcre-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libpixman-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libplc4.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libplds4.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libpng16-16.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libpoppler-105.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libpoppler-glib-8.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libpotrace-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libpsl-5.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libpython3.8.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libquadmath-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libraqm-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libreadline8.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\librevenge-0.0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\librevenge-stream-0.0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\librsvg-2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libsigc-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libsoup-2.4-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libsqlite3-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libssh2-1.dll

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Inkscape.SVG
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Inkscape
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\9463ADBD58607604DA6BA7B3B90327F0
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{DBDA3649-0685-4067-ADB6-7A3B9B30720F}

Supplementary values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\9463ADBD58607604DA6BA7B3B90327F0\CM_C_inkscape
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\9463ADBD58607604DA6BA7B3B90327F0\CM_G_group_2_inkscape_data
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\inkscape.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\inkscape.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\9463ADBD58607604DA6BA7B3B90327F0\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{DBDA3649-0685-4067-ADB6-7A3B9B30720F}\

A way to erase Inkscape with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Inkscape is a program marketed by the software company Inkscape. Frequently, computer users choose to uninstall it. Sometimes this is troublesome because performing this by hand takes some experience related to Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK way to uninstall Inkscape is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is 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 useful uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your PC.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


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 click the Search field and type in "Inkscape". If it is installed on your PC the Inkscape application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Inkscape in the list of programs, some data about the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Inkscape, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Inkscape:

• The web site of the application is: https://inkscape.org
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{DBDA3649-0685-4067-ADB6-7A3B9B30720F}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Inkscape.


8. After removing Inkscape, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Inkscape that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Inkscape with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready 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 only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Inkscape in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.