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How to uninstall calibre from your computer

This web page contains detailed information on how to remove calibre for Windows. It was created for Windows by Kovid Goyal. You can read more on Kovid Goyal or check for application updates here. More details about the program calibre can be found at . The program is frequently located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2 folder (same installation drive as Windows). The entire uninstall command line for calibre is MsiExec.exe /I{63A1E236-1A28-4457-B9BC-A380A89E2D67}. calibre.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 56.50 KB (57856 bytes) on disk.

calibre installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 5.61 MB (5879296 bytes) on disk.

  • calibre-complete.exe (22.50 KB)
  • calibre-customize.exe (22.50 KB)
  • calibre-debug.exe (22.50 KB)
  • calibre-parallel.exe (22.50 KB)
  • calibre-server.exe (22.50 KB)
  • calibre-smtp.exe (22.50 KB)
  • calibre.exe (56.50 KB)
  • calibredb.exe (22.50 KB)
  • ebook-convert.exe (22.50 KB)
  • ebook-device.exe (22.50 KB)
  • ebook-edit.exe (85.00 KB)
  • ebook-meta.exe (22.50 KB)
  • ebook-polish.exe (22.50 KB)
  • ebook-viewer.exe (78.50 KB)
  • fetch-ebook-metadata.exe (22.50 KB)
  • lrf2lrs.exe (22.50 KB)
  • lrfviewer.exe (78.50 KB)
  • lrs2lrf.exe (22.50 KB)
  • markdown-calibre.exe (22.50 KB)
  • web2disk.exe (22.50 KB)
  • calibre-eject.exe (31.00 KB)
  • calibre-file-dialog.exe (35.00 KB)
  • cjpeg-calibre.exe (601.00 KB)
  • jpegtran-calibre.exe (324.00 KB)
  • JxrDecApp-calibre.exe (417.50 KB)
  • optipng-calibre.exe (140.50 KB)
  • pdfinfo.exe (1.04 MB)
  • pdftohtml.exe (1.23 MB)
  • pdftoppm.exe (1.18 MB)
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The information on this page is only about version 3.12.0 of calibre. You can find below info on other versions of calibre:

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If you are manually uninstalling calibre we recommend you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall calibre:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\calibre-cache
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\calibre

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall calibre:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_ctypes.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_ctypes_test.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_elementtree.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_hashlib.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_msi.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_multiprocessing.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_patiencediff_c.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_regex.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_socket.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_sqlite3.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_ssl.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_testcapi.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_win32sysloader.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\_winxptheme.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\apsw.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\bz2.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\bzzdec.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\calibre-eject.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\calibre-file-dialog.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\calibre-launcher.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\certgen.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\chm_extra.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\chmlib.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\cjpeg-calibre.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\cPalmdoc.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Cipher._AES.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Cipher._ARC2.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Cipher._ARC4.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Cipher._Blowfish.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Cipher._CAST.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Cipher._DES.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Cipher._DES3.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Cipher._XOR.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Hash._MD2.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Hash._MD4.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Hash._RIPEMD160.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Hash._SHA224.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Hash._SHA256.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Hash._SHA384.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Hash._SHA512.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Random.OSRNG.winrandom.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Util._counter.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\crypto.Util.strxor.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\dukpy.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\expat.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\freetype.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\freetype263MT.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\html.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\html5_parser.html_parser.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\hunspell.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\icu.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\icudt57.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\icuin57.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\icuio57.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\icule57.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\iculx57.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\icutu57.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\icuuc57.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\imageops.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\DLLs\jpeg8.dll

Registry keys:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.AZW
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.BOOK
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.CBC
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.CBR
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.CBZ
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.CHM
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.DJV
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.DOC
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.EPUB
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.FB2
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.HTM
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.IBOOK
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.IMP
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.LRF
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.LRX
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.MARKDOWN
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.MD
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.MOBI
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.ODT
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.PDB
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.PDF
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.PML
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.POBI
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.PRC
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.PS
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.RTF
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.TEXT
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.TPZ
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.TXT
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.XHTML
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre.AssocFile.XPS
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\calibre
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\calibre
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\calibre
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\632E1A3682A175449BCB3A088AE9D276
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{63A1E236-1A28-4457-B9BC-A380A89E2D67}

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional values from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.azw\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.AZW
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.azw1\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.AZW1
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.azw3\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.AZW3
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.book\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.BOOK
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cbc\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.CBC
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cbr\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.CBR
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cbz\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.CBZ
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.chm\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.CHM
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.djv\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.DJV
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.djvu\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.DJVU
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc\OpenWithProgids\calibre.AssocFile.DOC
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.docm\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.DOCM
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.docx\OpenWithProgids\calibre.AssocFile.DOCX
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.epub\OpenWithProgids\calibre.AssocFile.EPUB
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.fb2\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.FB2
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.htm\OpenWithProgids\calibre.AssocFile.HTM
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html\OpenWithProgids\calibre.AssocFile.HTML
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ibook\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.IBOOK
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ibooks\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.IBOOKS
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.imp\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.IMP
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lrf\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.LRF
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lrx\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.LRX
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.markdown\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.MARKDOWN
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.md\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.MD
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mobi\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.MOBI
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.odt\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.ODT
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pdb\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.PDB
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pdf\OpenWithProgids\calibre.AssocFile.PDF
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pml\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.PML
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pobi\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.POBI
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.prc\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.PRC
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ps\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.PS
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\OpenWithProgids\calibre.AssocFile.RTF
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.text\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.TEXT
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tpz\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.TPZ
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\OpenWithProgids\calibre.AssocFile.TXT
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xhtml\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.XHTML
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xps\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.XPS
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibre.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibre.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\ebook-viewer.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\ebook-viewer.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\632E1A3682A175449BCB3A088AE9D276\ProductName


A way to uninstall calibre from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

calibre is a program marketed by the software company Kovid Goyal. Some people try to erase this program. This is efortful because uninstalling this manually takes some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY way to erase calibre is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate calibre or simply click the Search feature and type in "calibre". If it exists on your system the calibre app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click calibre in the list , some information about the program is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about calibre, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the application you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for calibre:





  • The web site of the application is: https://calibre-ebook.com
  • The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{63A1E236-1A28-4457-B9BC-A380A89E2D67}
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall calibre.
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8. After removing calibre, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of calibre which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling calibre using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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 remove calibre by Kovid Goyal from your computer, nor are we saying that calibre by Kovid Goyal is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove calibre supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2017-11-10 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-11-10 13:40:43.033