Inkscape

How to uninstall Inkscape from your system

You can find below details on how to uninstall Inkscape for Windows. It was created for Windows by Inkscape. Further information on Inkscape can be found here. Please follow https://inkscape.org if you want to read more on Inkscape on Inkscape's web page. Usually the Inkscape application is to be found in the C:\Program Files\Inkscape folder, depending on the user's option during install. You can remove Inkscape by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Inkscape\Uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for admin rights. The application's main executable file is labeled inkscape.exe and occupies 455.17 KB (466098 bytes).

The following executable files are contained in Inkscape. They take 12.34 MB (12936342 bytes) on disk.

• Uninstall.exe (481.15 KB)
• gdb.exe (10.24 MB)
• gdbus.exe (58.59 KB)
• gspawn-win64-helper-console.exe (28.94 KB)
• gspawn-win64-helper.exe (29.18 KB)
• inkscape.exe (455.17 KB)
• inkview.exe (434.04 KB)
• python.exe (100.11 KB)
• pythonw.exe (98.61 KB)
• python.exe (97.12 KB)
• pythonw.exe (95.62 KB)
• python.exe (134.54 KB)
• pythonw.exe (133.76 KB)

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The current page applies to Inkscape version 1.4.0 only. For more Inkscape versions please click below:

• 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
• 1.0.22

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you uninstall Inkscape.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Inkscape:

• C:\Program Files\Inkscape
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\inkscape
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Inkscape

The files below are left behind on your disk by Inkscape when you uninstall it:

• 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-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\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-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\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\libicudt75.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libicuin75.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\liblcms2-2.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\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
• 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\libpcre2-8-0.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-141.dll
• C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\libpoppler-glib-8.dll

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Inkscape.SVG
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Inkscape
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{4E9A1766-6BA4-4015-BA8D-05A268638587}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\inkscape.exe

Open regedit.exe to delete the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Inkscape\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Installer\{4E9A1766-6BA4-4015-BA8D-05A268638587}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-259734306-2040107381-4090335400-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\inkscape.exe

How to uninstall Inkscape from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Inkscape is a program released by Inkscape. Frequently, people decide to erase this application. Sometimes this can be efortful because deleting this manually takes some know-how related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE practice to erase Inkscape 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 system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Inkscape or simply click the Search feature and type in "Inkscape". If it is installed on your PC the Inkscape app will be found automatically. After you click Inkscape in the list , the following information about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Inkscape, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Inkscape:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Inkscape.


8. After uninstalling Inkscape, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Inkscape that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing Inkscape using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Inkscape by Inkscape from your PC, we are not saying that Inkscape by Inkscape is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Inkscape supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.