KiCad 8.0

A guide to uninstall KiCad 8.0 from your computer

You can find below details on how to remove KiCad 8.0 for Windows. The Windows release was created by KiCad. More information about KiCad can be read here. KiCad 8.0 is typically set up in the C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0 folder, but this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the application. The complete uninstall command line for KiCad 8.0 is C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0\uninstall.exe. kicad.exe is the KiCad 8.0's primary executable file and it takes circa 4.89 MB (5124424 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of KiCad 8.0. They take an average of 26.68 MB (27979320 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall.exe (131.38 KB)
• bitmap2component.exe (3.60 MB)
• crashpad_handler.exe (625.82 KB)
• dxf2idf.exe (131.82 KB)
• eeschema.exe (1.91 MB)
• gerbview.exe (1.71 MB)
• idf2vrml.exe (292.82 KB)
• idfcyl.exe (50.82 KB)
• idfrect.exe (44.82 KB)
• kicad-cli.exe (2.55 MB)
• kicad.exe (4.89 MB)
• pcbnew.exe (1.91 MB)
• pcb_calculator.exe (1.71 MB)
• pl_editor.exe (1.81 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 information on this page is only about version 8.0.21 of KiCad 8.0. Click on the links below for other KiCad 8.0 versions:

• 8.0.5
• 8.0.3
• 8.0.0
• 8.0.02
• 8.0.4
• 8.0.12
• 8.0.7
• 8.0.2
• 8.0.1
• 8.0.6
• 8.0.51

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files\KiCad\8.0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\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

Generally the following registry data will not be removed:

• 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 in order to remove the following registry values:

• 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\E:\Downloads\kicad-8.0.2-rc1-x86_64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\E:\Downloads\kicad-8.0.2-rc1-x86_64.exe.FriendlyAppName

A way to delete KiCad 8.0 from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

KiCad 8.0 is an application offered by KiCad. Some users decide to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be efortful because removing this manually requires some skill regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY solution to uninstall 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 PC, install it. This is a good step 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 setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs existing on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate KiCad 8.0 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "KiCad 8.0". The KiCad 8.0 program will be found very quickly. When you select KiCad 8.0 in the list , some information regarding the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding KiCad 8.0, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove KiCad 8.0.


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

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall KiCad 8.0 by KiCad from your computer, nor are we saying that KiCad 8.0 by KiCad is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall KiCad 8.0 in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.