QEMU

A guide to uninstall QEMU from your system

QEMU is a Windows application. Read more about how to remove it from your computer. It is produced by QEMU Community. You can find out more on QEMU Community or check for application updates here. Usually the QEMU program is to be found in the C:\Program Files\qemu directory, depending on the user's option during setup. QEMU's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\qemu\qemu-uninstall.exe. qemu-uninstall.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 115.82 KB (118600 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed alongside QEMU. They take about 561.54 MB (588821832 bytes) on disk.

• qemu-edid.exe (523.88 KB)
• qemu-ga.exe (748.88 KB)
• qemu-img.exe (1.72 MB)
• qemu-io.exe (1.67 MB)
• qemu-nbd.exe (1.78 MB)
• qemu-storage-daemon.exe (2.29 MB)
• qemu-system-aarch64.exe (17.01 MB)
• qemu-system-aarch64w.exe (17.01 MB)
• qemu-system-alpha.exe (8.29 MB)
• qemu-system-alphaw.exe (8.29 MB)
• qemu-system-arm.exe (15.17 MB)
• qemu-system-armw.exe (15.17 MB)
• qemu-system-avr.exe (5.31 MB)
• qemu-system-avrw.exe (5.31 MB)
• qemu-system-cris.exe (5.41 MB)
• qemu-system-crisw.exe (5.41 MB)
• qemu-system-hppa.exe (8.33 MB)
• qemu-system-hppaw.exe (8.33 MB)
• qemu-system-i386.exe (12.88 MB)
• qemu-system-i386w.exe (12.88 MB)
• qemu-system-loongarch64.exe (9.12 MB)
• qemu-system-loongarch64w.exe (9.12 MB)
• qemu-system-m68k.exe (6.23 MB)
• qemu-system-m68kw.exe (6.23 MB)
• qemu-system-microblaze.exe (5.47 MB)
• qemu-system-microblazeel.exe (5.47 MB)
• qemu-system-microblazeelw.exe (5.47 MB)
• qemu-system-microblazew.exe (5.47 MB)
• qemu-system-mips.exe (9.39 MB)
• qemu-system-mips64.exe (9.51 MB)
• qemu-system-mips64el.exe (10.36 MB)
• qemu-system-mips64elw.exe (10.36 MB)
• qemu-system-mips64w.exe (9.51 MB)
• qemu-system-mipsel.exe (9.38 MB)
• qemu-system-mipselw.exe (9.38 MB)
• qemu-system-mipsw.exe (9.39 MB)
• qemu-system-nios2.exe (5.33 MB)
• qemu-system-nios2w.exe (5.33 MB)
• qemu-system-or1k.exe (8.09 MB)
• qemu-system-or1kw.exe (8.09 MB)
• qemu-system-ppc.exe (10.59 MB)
• qemu-system-ppc64.exe (11.37 MB)
• qemu-system-ppc64w.exe (11.37 MB)
• qemu-system-ppcw.exe (10.59 MB)
• qemu-system-riscv32.exe (10.16 MB)
• qemu-system-riscv32w.exe (10.16 MB)
• qemu-system-riscv64.exe (10.20 MB)
• qemu-system-riscv64w.exe (10.20 MB)
• qemu-system-rx.exe (5.33 MB)
• qemu-system-rxw.exe (5.33 MB)
• qemu-system-s390x.exe (6.56 MB)
• qemu-system-s390xw.exe (6.56 MB)
• qemu-system-sh4.exe (8.29 MB)
• qemu-system-sh4eb.exe (8.30 MB)
• qemu-system-sh4ebw.exe (8.30 MB)
• qemu-system-sh4w.exe (8.29 MB)
• qemu-system-sparc.exe (5.82 MB)
• qemu-system-sparc64.exe (8.46 MB)
• qemu-system-sparc64w.exe (8.46 MB)
• qemu-system-sparcw.exe (5.82 MB)
• qemu-system-tricore.exe (5.42 MB)
• qemu-system-tricorew.exe (5.42 MB)
• qemu-system-x86_64.exe (12.92 MB)
• qemu-system-x86_64w.exe (12.92 MB)
• qemu-system-xtensa.exe (11.16 MB)
• qemu-system-xtensaeb.exe (11.03 MB)
• qemu-system-xtensaebw.exe (11.03 MB)
• qemu-system-xtensaw.exe (11.16 MB)
• qemu-uninstall.exe (115.82 KB)

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The current page applies to QEMU version 7.2.0 alone. You can find here a few links to other QEMU releases:

• 8.0.0
• 7.1.93
• 9.0.90
• 8.0.50
• 7.2.92
• 8.2.0
• 8.0.1
• 7.1.94
• 9.0.92
• 7.2.90
• 8.0.92
• 8.2.91
• 9.0.0
• 9.1.0
• 8.0.94
• 2.9.0
• 7.1.92
• 9.0.50
• 8.2.90
• 8.0.91
• 8.1.94
• 8.0.90
• 8.1.93
• 8.2.93
• 7.2.94
• 9.1.91
• 8.0.93
• 9.0.93
• 8.1.91
• 8.1.92
• 8.0.2
• 6.2.0
• 8.1.0
• 9.0.94
• 8.2.92

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When you're planning to uninstall QEMU you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\qemu
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\tools\qemu
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\QEMU

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\qemu\brlapi-0.8.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\COPYING
• C:\Program Files\qemu\lib\gdk-pixbuf-2.0\2.10.0\loaders.cache
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libatk-1.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libbrotlicommon.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libbrotlidec.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libbrotlienc.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libbz2-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libcairo-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libcairo-gobject-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libcapstone.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libcurl-4.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libdatrie-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libdb-6.0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libdeflate.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libepoxy-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libexpat-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libffi-8.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libfontconfig-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libfreetype-6.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libfribidi-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libgcc_s_seh-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libgdk-3-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libgio-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libglib-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libgmodule-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libgmp-10.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libgnutls-30.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libgraphite2.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libgstapp-1.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libgstbase-1.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libgstreamer-1.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libgtk-3-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libharfbuzz-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libhogweed-6.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libhwy.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libiconv-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libidn2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libintl-8.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libjack64.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libjbig-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libjpeg-8.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libjxl.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\liblcms2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libLerc.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\liblz4.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\liblzma-5.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\liblzo2-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libncursesw6.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libnettle-8.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libnfs-14.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libopus-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\liborc-0.4-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libp11-kit-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libpango-1.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libpangocairo-1.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libpangoft2-1.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libpangowin32-1.0-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libpcre2-8-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libpixman-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libpng16-16.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libpsl-5.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libsasl2-3.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libslirp-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libsnappy.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libspice-server-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libssh.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libssh2-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libssl-1_1-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libssp-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libstdc++-6.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libsystre-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libtasn1-6.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libthai-0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libtiff-6.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libtre-5.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libunistring-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libusb-1.0.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libusbredirparser-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libvirglrenderer-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libwebp-7.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libwinpthread-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libzstd.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\qemu-edid.exe
• C:\Program Files\qemu\qemu-ga.exe
• C:\Program Files\qemu\qemu-img.exe
• C:\Program Files\qemu\qemu-io.exe
• C:\Program Files\qemu\qemu-nbd.exe
• C:\Program Files\qemu\qemu-storage-daemon.exe
• C:\Program Files\qemu\qemu-system-aarch64.exe
• C:\Program Files\qemu\qemu-system-aarch64w.exe
• C:\Program Files\qemu\qemu-system-alpha.exe
• C:\Program Files\qemu\qemu-system-alphaw.exe
• C:\Program Files\qemu\qemu-system-arm.exe
• C:\Program Files\qemu\qemu-system-armw.exe
• C:\Program Files\qemu\qemu-system-avr.exe
• C:\Program Files\qemu\qemu-system-avrw.exe

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\QEMU
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\QEMU

A way to uninstall QEMU with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

QEMU is an application marketed by QEMU Community. Frequently, users try to erase it. Sometimes this is efortful because performing this manually takes some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK way to erase QEMU 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 Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to clean your Windows computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on your PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate QEMU or simply activate the Search field and type in "QEMU". The QEMU app will be found very quickly. After you click QEMU in the list , the following information about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about QEMU, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove QEMU.


8. After uninstalling QEMU, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of QEMU that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling QEMU with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove QEMU by QEMU Community from your computer, we are not saying that QEMU by QEMU Community is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove QEMU in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.