Kate

A way to uninstall Kate from your system

This page contains thorough information on how to remove Kate for Windows. It is made by KDE e.V.. Take a look here where you can get more info on KDE e.V.. More details about the program Kate can be found at https://kate-editor.org/. Kate is usually set up in the C:\Program Files\Kate folder, regulated by the user's option. The full command line for removing Kate is C:\Program Files\Kate\uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file occupies 373.21 KB (382168 bytes) on disk and is named kate.exe.

The following executables are contained in Kate. They take 873.02 KB (893972 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall.exe (252.18 KB)
• kate-syntax-highlighter.exe (94.21 KB)
• kate.exe (373.21 KB)
• kioslave5.exe (53.21 KB)
• update-mime-database.exe (100.21 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 23.08.1 of Kate. You can find below a few links to other Kate releases:

• 24.05.0
• 19.04.2
• 42612
• 4273
• 7710684
• 856623
• 21.04.1
• 54676950
• 20.12.1
• 20.08.3
• 547419
• 19.08.2
• 9706
• 20.04.2
• 20.04.1
• 23.04.2
• 24.11.70
• 19.12.3
• 23.08.4
• 22.12.0
• 23.08.0
• 20.12.0
• 19.08.1
• 20.08.1
• 0999
• 22.12.1
• 22.08.3
• 23.04.1
• 22.12.2
• 20.04.0
• 23.04.3
• 38385
• 20.12.3
• 21.12.3
• 19347117
• 276667
• 6441798
• 21.12.1
• 297845
• 20.12.2
• 2615
• 21.08.3
• 22.08.1
• 21.08.2
• 21.08.1
• 21.12.0
• 19.04.3
• 24.02.1
• 910660
• 22.12.3
• 20.08.2
• 19.12.2
• 25394

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Kate has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\kate

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove Kate:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\kate\anonymous.katesession
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\kate\lspclient\settings.json

Usually the following registry data will not be removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\kate.exe
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\kde.org\UserFeedback.org.kde.kate
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\KDE e.V.\Kate
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Kate

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Kate\bin\kate.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\Programs\kate-23.08.1-2166-windows-cl-msvc2019-x86_64.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-568713978-3700863414-3310554246-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Kate\bin\kate.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-568713978-3700863414-3310554246-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\Downloads\Programs\kate-23.08.1-2166-windows-cl-msvc2019-x86_64.exe

How to uninstall Kate with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Kate is a program released by KDE e.V.. Frequently, computer users try to remove this application. This is efortful because doing this by hand takes some experience related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK practice to remove Kate 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 a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Kate or simply click the Search feature and type in "Kate". The Kate program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Kate in the list , some information regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding Kate, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Kate:

• The web site of the program is: https://kate-editor.org/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Kate\uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Kate.


8. After removing Kate, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Kate which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Kate using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Kate by KDE e.V. from your PC, we are not saying that Kate by KDE e.V. is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Kate in case you decide this is what you want to do. 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.