QEMU

A guide to uninstall QEMU from your PC

QEMU is a Windows application. Read below about how to uninstall it from your computer. It is produced by QEMU Community. Further information on QEMU Community can be seen here. QEMU is typically installed in the C:\Program Files\qemu directory, regulated by the user's option. You can uninstall QEMU by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\qemu\qemu-uninstall.exe. Note that you might get a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file has a size of 116.18 KB (118968 bytes) on disk and is labeled qemu-uninstall.exe.

The executable files below are installed beside QEMU. They occupy about 591.48 MB (620214904 bytes) on disk.

• qemu-edid.exe (558.73 KB)
• qemu-ga.exe (775.73 KB)
• qemu-img.exe (1.77 MB)
• qemu-io.exe (1.72 MB)
• qemu-nbd.exe (1.83 MB)
• qemu-storage-daemon.exe (2.34 MB)
• qemu-system-aarch64.exe (17.93 MB)
• qemu-system-aarch64w.exe (17.93 MB)
• qemu-system-alpha.exe (8.53 MB)
• qemu-system-alphaw.exe (8.53 MB)
• qemu-system-arm.exe (16.03 MB)
• qemu-system-armw.exe (16.03 MB)
• qemu-system-avr.exe (5.52 MB)
• qemu-system-avrw.exe (5.52 MB)
• qemu-system-cris.exe (5.62 MB)
• qemu-system-crisw.exe (5.62 MB)
• qemu-system-hppa.exe (8.57 MB)
• qemu-system-hppaw.exe (8.57 MB)
• qemu-system-i386.exe (13.67 MB)
• qemu-system-i386w.exe (13.67 MB)
• qemu-system-loongarch64.exe (10.16 MB)
• qemu-system-loongarch64w.exe (10.16 MB)
• qemu-system-m68k.exe (6.45 MB)
• qemu-system-m68kw.exe (6.45 MB)
• qemu-system-microblaze.exe (5.68 MB)
• qemu-system-microblazeel.exe (5.68 MB)
• qemu-system-microblazeelw.exe (5.68 MB)
• qemu-system-microblazew.exe (5.68 MB)
• qemu-system-mips.exe (9.73 MB)
• qemu-system-mips64.exe (9.83 MB)
• qemu-system-mips64el.exe (11.14 MB)
• qemu-system-mips64elw.exe (11.14 MB)
• qemu-system-mips64w.exe (9.83 MB)
• qemu-system-mipsel.exe (9.72 MB)
• qemu-system-mipselw.exe (9.72 MB)
• qemu-system-mipsw.exe (9.73 MB)
• qemu-system-nios2.exe (5.54 MB)
• qemu-system-nios2w.exe (5.54 MB)
• qemu-system-or1k.exe (8.35 MB)
• qemu-system-or1kw.exe (8.35 MB)
• qemu-system-ppc.exe (11.26 MB)
• qemu-system-ppc64.exe (12.07 MB)
• qemu-system-ppc64w.exe (12.07 MB)
• qemu-system-ppcw.exe (11.26 MB)
• qemu-system-riscv32.exe (11.01 MB)
• qemu-system-riscv32w.exe (11.01 MB)
• qemu-system-riscv64.exe (11.06 MB)
• qemu-system-riscv64w.exe (11.06 MB)
• qemu-system-rx.exe (5.54 MB)
• qemu-system-rxw.exe (5.54 MB)
• qemu-system-s390x.exe (8.24 MB)
• qemu-system-s390xw.exe (8.24 MB)
• qemu-system-sh4.exe (8.53 MB)
• qemu-system-sh4eb.exe (8.54 MB)
• qemu-system-sh4ebw.exe (8.54 MB)
• qemu-system-sh4w.exe (8.53 MB)
• qemu-system-sparc.exe (6.01 MB)
• qemu-system-sparc64.exe (8.71 MB)
• qemu-system-sparc64w.exe (8.71 MB)
• qemu-system-sparcw.exe (6.01 MB)
• qemu-system-tricore.exe (5.64 MB)
• qemu-system-tricorew.exe (5.64 MB)
• qemu-system-x86_64.exe (13.72 MB)
• qemu-system-x86_64w.exe (13.72 MB)
• qemu-system-xtensa.exe (11.41 MB)
• qemu-system-xtensaeb.exe (11.29 MB)
• qemu-system-xtensaebw.exe (11.29 MB)
• qemu-system-xtensaw.exe (11.41 MB)
• qemu-uninstall.exe (116.18 KB)

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This page is about QEMU version 8.1.0 only. For other QEMU versions please click below:

• 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
• 7.2.0
• 8.1.92
• 8.0.2
• 6.2.0
• 9.0.94
• 8.2.92

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are shown below.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\qemu
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\QEMU

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files\qemu\brlapi-0.8.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\COPYING
• C:\Program Files\qemu\jqemu.jar
• 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\libcacard-0.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-3-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\libfdt-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\libnspr4.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\libplc4.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\libplds4.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\libsharpyuv-0.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-3-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-5.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\myimage.img
• C:\Program Files\qemu\nss3.dll
• C:\Program Files\qemu\nssutil3.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

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\qemu-system-i386w.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\QEMU
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\QEMU

Additional values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2664293807-3327751519-2942985599-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\qemu\qemu-img.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2664293807-3327751519-2942985599-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\qemu\qemu-io.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2664293807-3327751519-2942985599-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\qemu\qemu-storage-daemon.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2664293807-3327751519-2942985599-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\qemu\qemu-system-i386.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2664293807-3327751519-2942985599-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\qemu\qemu-system-i386w.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2664293807-3327751519-2942985599-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\qemu\qemu-system-x86_64.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2664293807-3327751519-2942985599-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\qemu\qemu-system-x86_64w.exe

A way to erase QEMU with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

QEMU is a program offered by the software company QEMU Community. Some users try to remove this application. Sometimes this is difficult because uninstalling this manually requires some know-how related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY solution to remove QEMU is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find QEMU or simply click the Search feature and type in "QEMU". If it exists on your system the QEMU application will be found automatically. Notice that after you select QEMU in the list of applications, the following information about the program is available to you:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall QEMU.


8. After removing QEMU, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong QEMU that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing QEMU using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall QEMU by QEMU Community from your PC, we are not saying that QEMU by QEMU Community is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall 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.