TeX Live 2018

A way to uninstall TeX Live 2018 from your system

TeX Live 2018 is a Windows program. Read more about how to remove it from your PC. It was created for Windows by TeX Live. Open here where you can read more on TeX Live. Please open http://www.tug.org/texlive if you want to read more on TeX Live 2018 on TeX Live's web page. The application is often placed in the C:\Program Files\texlive\2018\tlpkg\installer directory (same installation drive as Windows). C:\Program Files\texlive\2018\tlpkg\installer\uninst.bat is the full command line if you want to uninstall TeX Live 2018. lz4.exe is the TeX Live 2018's main executable file and it takes circa 246.81 KB (252732 bytes) on disk.

TeX Live 2018 contains of the executables below. They take 3.49 MB (3659580 bytes) on disk.

• tar.exe (235.00 KB)
• lz4.exe (246.81 KB)
• wget.exe (2.70 MB)
• xz.exe (214.50 KB)
• xzdec.exe (108.50 KB)

This info is about TeX Live 2018 version 2018 alone. Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Some of these are shown below.

Folders left behind when you uninstall TeX Live 2018:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\TeX Live 2021

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall TeX Live 2018:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\TeX Live 2021\TeX Live command-line.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\TeX Live 2021\TeX Live documentation.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\TeX Live 2021\TeX Live Manager.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\TeX Live 2021\TeXworks editor.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\TeX Live 2021\TeXworks editor.rar
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\TeX Live 2021\Uninstall TeX Live.lnk

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\TeXLive2018

How to delete TeX Live 2018 from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

TeX Live 2018 is an application offered by TeX Live. Frequently, users choose to uninstall it. This is efortful because deleting this manually takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE manner to uninstall TeX Live 2018 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





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

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on your PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate TeX Live 2018 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "TeX Live 2018". If it is installed on your PC the TeX Live 2018 program will be found automatically. Notice that when you select TeX Live 2018 in the list of applications, some information regarding the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding TeX Live 2018, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for TeX Live 2018:

• The publisher is: http://www.tug.org/texlive
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\texlive\2018\tlpkg\installer\uninst.bat

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall TeX Live 2018.


8. After uninstalling TeX Live 2018, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong TeX Live 2018 that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing TeX Live 2018 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall TeX Live 2018 by TeX Live from your PC, nor are we saying that TeX Live 2018 by TeX Live is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall TeX Live 2018 in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.