KiCad 8.0

How to uninstall KiCad 8.0 from your PC

This web page is about KiCad 8.0 for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by KiCad. You can read more on KiCad or check for application updates here. KiCad 8.0 is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0 folder, however this location can differ a lot depending on the user's option when installing the program. The entire uninstall command line for KiCad 8.0 is C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\uninstall.exe. kicad.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 4.88 MB (5117768 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are installed along with KiCad 8.0. They occupy about 26.61 MB (27898787 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall.exe (131.74 KB)
• bitmap2component.exe (3.60 MB)
• crashpad_handler.exe (610.82 KB)
• dxf2idf.exe (131.82 KB)
• eeschema.exe (1.90 MB)
• gerbview.exe (1.71 MB)
• idf2vrml.exe (291.32 KB)
• idfcyl.exe (51.32 KB)
• idfrect.exe (45.32 KB)
• kicad-cli.exe (2.54 MB)
• kicad.exe (4.88 MB)
• pcbnew.exe (1.90 MB)
• pcb_calculator.exe (1.71 MB)
• pl_editor.exe (1.80 MB)
• python.exe (101.32 KB)
• pythonw.exe (99.32 KB)
• venvlauncher.exe (110.82 KB)
• venvwlauncher.exe (108.82 KB)
• _freeze_module.exe (2.81 MB)
• f2py.exe (117.78 KB)
• t32.exe (95.50 KB)
• t64-arm.exe (178.50 KB)
• t64.exe (105.50 KB)
• w32.exe (89.50 KB)
• w64-arm.exe (164.50 KB)
• w64.exe (99.50 KB)
• cli-32.exe (75.82 KB)
• cli-64.exe (84.82 KB)
• cli-arm64.exe (145.82 KB)
• cli.exe (75.82 KB)
• gui-32.exe (75.82 KB)
• gui-64.exe (85.32 KB)
• gui-arm64.exe (146.32 KB)
• gui.exe (75.82 KB)
• normalizer.exe (117.75 KB)
• pip3.exe (105.86 KB)
• wheel.exe (117.73 KB)

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The current page applies to KiCad 8.0 version 8.0.3 only. Click on the links below for other KiCad 8.0 versions:

• 8.0.5
• 8.0.0
• 8.0.02
• 8.0.4
• 8.0.21
• 8.0.12
• 8.0.7
• 8.0.2
• 8.0.1
• 8.0.6
• 8.0.51

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you uninstall KiCad 8.0.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall KiCad 8.0:

• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\KiCad
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\org.kicad.kicad
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall KiCad 8.0:

• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\_cvpcb.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\_eeschema.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\_freeze_module.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\_gerbview.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\_kipython.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\_pcb_calculator.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\_pcbnew.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\_pl_editor.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\bitmap2component.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\boost_atomic-vc143-mt-x64-1_83.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\boost_chrono-vc143-mt-x64-1_83.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\boost_container-vc143-mt-x64-1_83.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\boost_date_time-vc143-mt-x64-1_83.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\boost_filesystem-vc143-mt-x64-1_83.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\boost_locale-vc143-mt-x64-1_83.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\boost_prg_exec_monitor-vc143-mt-x64-1_83.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\boost_random-vc143-mt-x64-1_83.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\boost_regex-vc143-mt-x64-1_83.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\boost_serialization-vc143-mt-x64-1_83.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\boost_system-vc143-mt-x64-1_83.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\boost_thread-vc143-mt-x64-1_83.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\boost_unit_test_framework-vc143-mt-x64-1_83.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\boost_wserialization-vc143-mt-x64-1_83.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\brotlicommon.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\brotlidec.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\brotlienc.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\bz2.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\cairo-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\cairo-script-interpreter-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\charset-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\crashpad_handler.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\crashpad_wer.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\_asyncio.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\_bz2.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\_ctypes.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\_decimal.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\_elementtree.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\_hashlib.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\_lzma.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\_msi.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\_multiprocessing.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\_overlapped.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\_queue.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\_socket.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\_sqlite3.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\_ssl.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\_uuid.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\_zoneinfo.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\bz2.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\ffi-8.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\libcrypto-3-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\libexpat.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\liblzma.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\libssl-3-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\pyexpat.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\select.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\sqlite3.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\unicodedata.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\winsound.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\DLLs\zlib1.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\dxf2idf.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\eeschema.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\ffi-8.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\fontconfig-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\freetype.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\gerbview.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\getopt.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\git2.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\glew32.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\harfbuzz.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\harfbuzz-subset.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\iconv-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\icudt74.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\icuin74.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\icuio74.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\icutu74.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\icuuc74.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\idf2vrml.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\idfcyl.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\idfrect.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\intl-8.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\jpeg62.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\kicad.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\kicad_3dsg.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\kicad-cli.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\kicad-cmd.bat
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\kicommon.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\kigal.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\legacy.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\Lib\__future__.py
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\Lib\__hello__.py
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\Lib\__phello__\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\Lib\__phello__\ham\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\Lib\__phello__\ham\eggs.py
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\Lib\__phello__\spam.py
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\Lib\__pycache__\__future__.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\Lib\__pycache__\_compat_pickle.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\Lib\__pycache__\_compression.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\Lib\__pycache__\_markupbase.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\Lib\__pycache__\_strptime.cpython-311.pyc

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_pcb
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_pro
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_sch
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_wks
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\kicad.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_pcb.8.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_pro.8.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_sch.8.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_wks.8.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.pro.8.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.sch.8.0
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\KiCad
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\kicad.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KiCad 8.0

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_pcb\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_pcb.8.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_pro\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_pro.8.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_sch\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_sch.8.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_wks\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_wks.8.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pro\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.pro.8.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.sch\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.sch.8.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\eeschema.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\kicad.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\pcbnew.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\pl_editor.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\E:\Mosharrof Document\Soft\PCB\kicad-8.0.3-x86_64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\E:\Mosharrof Document\Soft\PCB\kicad-8.0.3-x86_64.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1478182799-910887478-1666241896-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\bin\kicad.exe

How to uninstall KiCad 8.0 from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

KiCad 8.0 is an application offered by the software company KiCad. Some computer users try to remove this program. Sometimes this can be efortful because performing this manually takes some know-how related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK action to remove KiCad 8.0 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 the best uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find KiCad 8.0 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "KiCad 8.0". The KiCad 8.0 application will be found very quickly. When you click KiCad 8.0 in the list of apps, some data about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about KiCad 8.0, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall KiCad 8.0.


8. After removing KiCad 8.0, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of KiCad 8.0 that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling KiCad 8.0 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall KiCad 8.0 by KiCad from your PC, we are not saying that KiCad 8.0 by KiCad is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall KiCad 8.0 in case 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' PCs.