kdenlive
A guide to uninstall kdenlive from your system
This info is about kdenlive for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is written by
KDE e.V.. More information about KDE e.V. can be found
here. More info about the application kdenlive can be found at
https://community.kde.org/Craft. kdenlive is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\kdenlive folder, but this location may differ a lot depending on the user's option when installing the program. You can remove kdenlive by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\kdenlive\uninstall.exe. Note that you might get a notification for admin rights. kdenlive's main file takes about 11.19 MB (11732672 bytes) and its name is kdenlive.exe.
The executables below are part of kdenlive. They take about 15.58 MB (
16340850 bytes) on disk.
- uninstall.exe (237.65 KB)
- ffmpeg.exe (379.73 KB)
- ffplay.exe (169.73 KB)
- ffprobe.exe (210.23 KB)
- kdenlive.exe (11.19 MB)
- kdenlive_render.exe (125.16 KB)
- kioworker.exe (61.28 KB)
- melt.exe (71.21 KB)
- snoretoast.exe (2.40 MB)
- update-mime-database.exe (785.20 KB)
...click to view all...The information on this page is only about version
24.12.1 of kdenlive. You can find below info on other versions of kdenlive:
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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Part_A few of these are listed below.
Folders found on disk after you uninstall kdenlive from your PC:- C:\Program Files\kdenlive
- C:\Program Files\Shotcut\share\mlt\kdenlive
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\kdenlive
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\kdenlive
The files below are left behind on your disk by kdenlive when you uninstall it:- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\avcodec-59.dll
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\avcodec-60.dll
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\avdevice-59.dll
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\avdevice-60.dll
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\avfilter-8.dll
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\avfilter-9.dll
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\avformat-59.dll
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\avformat-60.dll
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\avutil-57.dll
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\avutil-58.dll
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\builtins.qmltypes
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\dbus-1\interfaces\kf5_org.kde.KLauncher.xml
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\dbus-1\interfaces\kf6_org.kde.JobView.xml
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\dbus-1\interfaces\kf6_org.kde.JobViewServer.xml
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\dbus-1\interfaces\kf6_org.kde.JobViewV2.xml
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\kdenlive\effects\region.xml
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\kdevfiletemplates\templates\ioslave.tar.bz2
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\kservices5\breezestyleconfig.desktop
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\kservices5\mltpreview.desktop
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\kservicetypes5\kiodndpopupmenuplugin.desktop
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\kservicetypes5\knotificationplugin.desktop
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\kservicetypes5\kurifilterplugin.desktop
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\kxmlgui5\kdenlive\kdenliveui.rc
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\af\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ar\LC_MESSAGES\kde5_xml_mimetypes.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ar\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ar\LC_MESSAGES\purpose_email.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ar\LC_MESSAGES\shared-mime-info.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\as\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\as\LC_MESSAGES\shared-mime-info.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ast\kf5_entry.desktop
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ast\LC_MESSAGES\kbookmarks5_qt.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ast\LC_MESSAGES\kdoctools5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ast\LC_MESSAGES\ki18n5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ast\LC_MESSAGES\kiconthemes5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ast\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ast\LC_MESSAGES\knotifications5_qt.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ast\LC_MESSAGES\knotifyconfig5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ast\LC_MESSAGES\kwidgetsaddons5_qt.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ast\LC_MESSAGES\kwindowsystem5_qt.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ast\LC_MESSAGES\libkirigami2plugin_qt.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ast\LC_MESSAGES\purpose_email.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ast\LC_MESSAGES\purpose_kdeconnectsms.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ast\LC_MESSAGES\purpose_ktp-sendfile.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ast\LC_MESSAGES\purpose_pastebin.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ast\LC_MESSAGES\shared-mime-info.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ast\LC_MESSAGES\solid5_qt.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ast\LC_MESSAGES\sonnet5_qt.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\az\LC_MESSAGES\kde5_xml_mimetypes.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\az\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\az\LC_MESSAGES\purpose_email.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\az\LC_MESSAGES\shared-mime-info.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\be@latin\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\be@latin\LC_MESSAGES\shared-mime-info.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\be\LC_MESSAGES\kde5_xml_mimetypes.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\be\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\bg\LC_MESSAGES\kde5_xml_mimetypes.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\bg\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\bg\LC_MESSAGES\shared-mime-info.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\bn\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\bn_IN\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\bn_IN\LC_MESSAGES\shared-mime-info.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\br\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\bs\LC_MESSAGES\kde5_xml_mimetypes.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\bs\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ca@valencia\LC_MESSAGES\kde5_xml_mimetypes.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ca@valencia\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ca@valencia\LC_MESSAGES\purpose_email.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ca@valencia\LC_MESSAGES\shared-mime-info.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ca\LC_MESSAGES\kde5_xml_mimetypes.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ca\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ca\LC_MESSAGES\purpose_email.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\ca\LC_MESSAGES\shared-mime-info.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\crh\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\cs\LC_MESSAGES\kde5_xml_mimetypes.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\cs\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\cs\LC_MESSAGES\purpose_email.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\cs\LC_MESSAGES\shared-mime-info.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\csb\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\cy\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\cy\LC_MESSAGES\shared-mime-info.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\da\LC_MESSAGES\kde5_xml_mimetypes.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\da\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\da\LC_MESSAGES\purpose_email.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\da\LC_MESSAGES\shared-mime-info.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\de\LC_MESSAGES\kde5_xml_mimetypes.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\de\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\de\LC_MESSAGES\purpose_email.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\de\LC_MESSAGES\shared-mime-info.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\el\LC_MESSAGES\kde5_xml_mimetypes.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\el\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\el\LC_MESSAGES\purpose_email.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\el\LC_MESSAGES\shared-mime-info.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\en_GB\LC_MESSAGES\kde5_xml_mimetypes.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\en_GB\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\en_GB\LC_MESSAGES\purpose_email.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\en_GB\LC_MESSAGES\shared-mime-info.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\eo\LC_MESSAGES\kde5_xml_mimetypes.qm
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\eo\LC_MESSAGES\kinit5.mo
- C:\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\data\locale\eo\LC_MESSAGES\shared-mime-info.mo
Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\KDE e.V.\kdenlive
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\kdenlive
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\kdenlive.exe
Additional registry values that you should delete:- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\kdenlive\bin\kdenlive.exe.FriendlyAppName
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\kdenlive-24.05.2.exe.FriendlyAppName
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\kdenlive-24.12.1.exe.FriendlyAppName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2952065834-3815107924-3549220330-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\kdenlive\bin\kdenlive.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2952065834-3815107924-3549220330-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\Downloads\kdenlive-24.12.1.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{9D425476-E1EF-48F8-9BE0-A778D5A54F22}C:\program files\kdenlive\bin\kdenlive.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{CB983652-E312-4128-A8CB-C7CEF2C43FE3}C:\program files\kdenlive\bin\kdenlive.exe
How to remove kdenlive with Advanced Uninstaller PRO
kdenlive is a program offered by KDE e.V.. Sometimes, computer users try to erase it. Sometimes this is efortful because performing this by hand takes some know-how regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best SIMPLE solution to erase kdenlive 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 the best uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your Windows PC.
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- download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
- set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.
3. Click on the General Tools category

4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool

5. A list of the applications existing on the PC will be shown to you
6. Navigate the list of applications until you find kdenlive or simply click the Search field and type in "kdenlive". The kdenlive application will be found very quickly. After you select kdenlive in the list , the following data regarding the program is made available to you:
- Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding kdenlive, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
- Details regarding the program you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for kdenlive:
- The web site of the application is: https://community.kde.org/Craft
- The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\kdenlive\uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove kdenlive.

8. After uninstalling kdenlive, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong kdenlive that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing kdenlive with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.
Your system will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.
Disclaimer
The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall kdenlive by KDE e.V. from your computer, nor are we saying that kdenlive by KDE e.V. is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall kdenlive 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.
Last update on: 2025-01-16 14:00:09.200