KiCad 5.0.1_3

A guide to uninstall KiCad 5.0.1_3 from your system

This web page contains thorough information on how to remove KiCad 5.0.1_3 for Windows. It is developed by KiCad. Take a look here for more info on KiCad. More info about the app KiCad 5.0.1_3 can be seen at www.kicad-pcb.org/. KiCad 5.0.1_3 is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files\KiCad folder, subject to the user's decision. C:\Program Files\KiCad\uninstaller.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall KiCad 5.0.1_3. The application's main executable file is named kicad.exe and occupies 1.42 MB (1490432 bytes).

KiCad 5.0.1_3 contains of the executables below. They occupy 21.31 MB (22342667 bytes) on disk.

• uninstaller.exe (63.72 KB)
• bitmap2component.exe (1.37 MB)
• dxf2idf.exe (843.00 KB)
• cli-32.exe (21.50 KB)
• eeschema.exe (787.00 KB)
• gdb.exe (7.44 MB)
• gerbview.exe (786.50 KB)
• idf2vrml.exe (440.00 KB)
• idfcyl.exe (62.50 KB)
• idfrect.exe (53.00 KB)
• kicad-ogltest.exe (4.12 MB)
• kicad.exe (1.42 MB)
• kicad2step.exe (447.50 KB)
• pcbnew.exe (783.00 KB)
• pcb_calculator.exe (786.50 KB)
• pl_editor.exe (736.00 KB)
• python.exe (16.00 KB)
• pythonw.exe (16.00 KB)
• xsltproc.exe (93.77 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 (218.50 KB)
• wininst-9.0.exe (191.50 KB)
• t32.exe (87.00 KB)
• t64.exe (95.50 KB)
• w32.exe (83.50 KB)
• w64.exe (92.00 KB)
• cli-64.exe (22.50 KB)
• cli.exe (63.50 KB)
• gui-32.exe (21.50 KB)
• gui-64.exe (22.50 KB)
• gui.exe (63.50 KB)

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The current web page applies to KiCad 5.0.1_3 version 5.0.13 alone. A considerable amount of files, folders and Windows registry data can not be deleted when you remove KiCad 5.0.1_3 from your computer.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_bin_bitmap2component_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_bin_eeschema_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_bin_gerbview_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_bin_kicad_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_bin_pcb_calculator_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_bin_pcbnew_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_bin_pl_editor_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_DevelGroup_url
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_HomePage_url
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_LibrariesGroup_url
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_uninstaller_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_KiCad_UserForum_url
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad\eeschema
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad\fp-lib-table
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad\gerbview
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad\kicad
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad\sym-lib-table

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_pcb
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_wks
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\kicad.exe

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3507165008-3261438079-2903323644-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\KiCad\bin\gerbview.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3507165008-3261438079-2903323644-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\KiCad\bin\kicad.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3507165008-3261438079-2903323644-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Users\UserName\Downloads\kicad-5.0.1_3-x86_64.exe

A way to delete KiCad 5.0.1_3 from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

KiCad 5.0.1_3 is a program offered by KiCad. Some users try to uninstall this application. This is efortful because doing this by hand requires some experience related to removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK action to uninstall KiCad 5.0.1_3 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 PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to optimize your PC.

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• download the setup by clicking on the 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 interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate KiCad 5.0.1_3 or simply click the Search field and type in "KiCad 5.0.1_3". The KiCad 5.0.1_3 application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click KiCad 5.0.1_3 in the list , the following data about the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about KiCad 5.0.1_3, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for KiCad 5.0.1_3:

• The publisher is: www.kicad-pcb.org/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\KiCad\uninstaller.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall KiCad 5.0.1_3.


8. After uninstalling KiCad 5.0.1_3, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong KiCad 5.0.1_3 that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling KiCad 5.0.1_3 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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 KiCad 5.0.1_3 by KiCad from your computer, nor are we saying that KiCad 5.0.1_3 by KiCad is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall KiCad 5.0.1_3 in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.