NI Package Manager
How to uninstall NI Package Manager from your system
NI Package Manager is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your computer. It is produced by
NI. Additional info about NI can be found
here. The application is usually found in the C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall NI Package Manager by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\NIPackageManager.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. NI Package Manager's main file takes around 2.33 MB (2445368 bytes) and is called NIPackageManager.exe.
NI Package Manager contains of the executables below. They occupy 9.23 MB (
9681264 bytes) on disk.
- NIPackageManager.exe (2.33 MB)
- nipkg.exe (1.15 MB)
- Install.exe (1.92 MB)
- Install.exe (1.89 MB)
- NIUninstallUtility.exe (17.55 KB)
The current web page applies to NI Package Manager version
25.3.0 alone. You can find below info on other releases of NI Package Manager:
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Some files and registry entries are frequently left behind when you uninstall NI Package Manager.
Folders found on disk after you uninstall NI Package Manager from your PC:- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\National Instruments\NI Package Manager
Files remaining:- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\de\NationalInstruments.PackageManagement.Deployment.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\de\NIPackageManager.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\bin\de\Install.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\bin\fr\Install.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\bin\Install.exe
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\bin\ja\Install.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\bin\ko\Install.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\bin\NationalInstruments.PackageManagement.Core.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\bin\nipkg.ini
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\bin\nipkgclient.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\bin\zh-CN\Install.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\files.json
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\ni-package-manager-packages\eula-ms-dotnet-4.8.nipkg
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\ni-package-manager-packages\eula-ni-standard.nipkg
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\ni-package-manager-packages\ni-package-manager-deployment-support_25.3.0.49257-0+f105_windows_x64.nipkg
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\ni-package-manager-packages\ni-package-manager-released-feed.nipkg
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\ni-package-manager-packages\ni-package-manager-upgrader.nipkg
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\ni-package-manager-packages\Packages
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\nipkg.ini
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\preinstall\Install.exe
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\preinstall\InstallCHS.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\preinstall\InstallDEU.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\preinstall\InstallFRA.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\preinstall\InstallJPN.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\preinstall\InstallKOR.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\system-packages\Packages
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\system-packages\system-windows-x64.nipkg
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\fr\NationalInstruments.PackageManagement.Deployment.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\fr\NIPackageManager.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\ja\NationalInstruments.PackageManagement.Deployment.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\ja\NIPackageManager.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\ko\NationalInstruments.PackageManagement.Deployment.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\ko\NIPackageManager.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\NationalInstruments.LicenseManagement.Client.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\NationalInstruments.PackageManagement.Core.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\NationalInstruments.PackageManagement.Deployment.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\NationalInstruments.PackageManagement.Store.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\niceiplib_STATIC_CRT.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\NIMSIProperties\MIFSystemUtility.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\NIMSIProperties\MIFSystemUtility64.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\NIMSIProperties\niMetaUtils.msm
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\NIPackageManager.exe
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\nipkg.exe
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\nipkgclient.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Settings\ni-package-manager-defaults.ini
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Settings\ni-package-manager-released.ini
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\UninstallUtility\NIUninstallUtility.exe
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Updater\de\Install.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Updater\fr\Install.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Updater\Install.exe
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Updater\ja\Install.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Updater\ko\Install.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Updater\NationalInstruments.PackageManagement.Core.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Updater\nipkgclient.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Updater\zh-CN\Install.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\x86\nipkgclient.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\zh-CN\NationalInstruments.PackageManagement.Deployment.resources.dll
- C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\zh-CN\NIPackageManager.resources.dll
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Logs\NIPkgLogs\NIPkgLog_2025-04-16T23.19.34_17552.txt
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Logs\NIPkgLogs\NIPkgLog_2025-04-16T23.20.18_22436.txt
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Logs\NIPkgLogs\NIPkgLog_2025-04-16T23.30.03_18344.txt
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Logs\NIPkgLogs\NIPkgLog_2025-04-16T23.34.02_4680.txt
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Logs\NIPkgLogs\NIPkgLog_2025-04-21T16.46.20_4788.txt
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Logs\NIPkgLogs\NIPkgLog_2025-04-21T16.49.04_11752.txt
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Logs\NIPkgLogs\NIPkgLog_2025-04-21T16.49.50_1736.txt
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Logs\UnhandledException.log
Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\0FEF5CADE7DD8B94DA0F59298F2130BD
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\1E7A33E1D8391FC41BD86EFDDF99E5D1
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\80869F14D6E30D743881FBB8C5008682
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\D313C22801FD8984C892DDDF16646905
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\NI Package Manager
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\National Instruments\NI Package Manager
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\National Instruments\NI Package Manager
Registry values that are not removed from your computer:- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\0FEF5CADE7DD8B94DA0F59298F2130BD\ProductName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\1E7A33E1D8391FC41BD86EFDDF99E5D1\ProductName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\80869F14D6E30D743881FBB8C5008682\ProductName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\D313C22801FD8984C892DDDF16646905\ProductName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\_Legal Information\NI Package Manager Core 25.30.49257 {1E33A7E1-938D-4CF1-B18D-E6DFFD995E1D}\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\_Legal Information\NI Package Manager Deployment Support 25.3 25.30.49257 {41F96808-3E6D-47D0-8318-BF8B5C006828}\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\de\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\Deployment\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\fr\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\ja\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\ko\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\NIMSIProperties\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\UninstallUtility\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\x86\
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\National Instruments\NI Package Manager\zh-CN\
A way to uninstall NI Package Manager from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO
NI Package Manager is an application by NI. Some people decide to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be efortful because uninstalling this by hand takes some skill related to PCs. One of the best EASY procedure to uninstall NI Package Manager 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 on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your computer.
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- download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
- install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.
3. Press the General Tools button

4. Press the Uninstall Programs button

5. All the programs existing on the computer will appear
6. Scroll the list of programs until you find NI Package Manager or simply activate the Search feature and type in "NI Package Manager". If it is installed on your PC the NI Package Manager program will be found very quickly. When you select NI Package Manager in the list of programs, the following information about the program is made available to you:
- Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about NI Package Manager, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
- Details about the app you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove NI Package Manager.

8. After removing NI Package Manager, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong NI Package Manager that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing NI Package Manager using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.
Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.
Disclaimer
This page is not a recommendation to uninstall NI Package Manager by NI from your computer, nor are we saying that NI Package Manager by NI is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall NI Package Manager supposing 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.
Last update on: 2025-04-05 19:00:12.900