TeX Live 2020

A guide to uninstall TeX Live 2020 from your computer

TeX Live 2020 is a Windows program. Read below about how to remove it from your computer. It is made by TeX Live. Check out here for more info on TeX Live. You can read more about on TeX Live 2020 at http://www.tug.org/texlive. TeX Live 2020 is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\texlive\2020\tlpkg\installer folder, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the program. C:\Program Files (x86)\texlive\2020\tlpkg\installer\uninst.bat is the full command line if you want to remove TeX Live 2020. lz4.exe is the TeX Live 2020's main executable file and it takes close to 197.00 KB (201728 bytes) on disk.

TeX Live 2020 installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 3.35 MB (3511296 bytes) on disk.

• tar.exe (235.00 KB)
• lz4.exe (197.00 KB)
• wget.exe (2.68 MB)
• xz.exe (252.00 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 2020 of TeX Live 2020. If you're planning to uninstall TeX Live 2020 you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\TeXLive2020

How to remove TeX Live 2020 from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

TeX Live 2020 is a program by the software company TeX Live. Sometimes, people try to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is efortful because performing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY practice to uninstall TeX Live 2020 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 already installed on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to clean your PC.

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• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate TeX Live 2020 or simply click the Search feature and type in "TeX Live 2020". The TeX Live 2020 program will be found automatically. After you select TeX Live 2020 in the list , some information about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about TeX Live 2020, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for TeX Live 2020:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.tug.org/texlive
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\texlive\2020\tlpkg\installer\uninst.bat

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove TeX Live 2020.


8. After removing TeX Live 2020, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of TeX Live 2020 which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling TeX Live 2020 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove TeX Live 2020 by TeX Live from your PC, nor are we saying that TeX Live 2020 by TeX Live is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove TeX Live 2020 in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.