calibre

How to uninstall calibre from your system

This web page contains thorough information on how to uninstall calibre for Windows. The Windows version was created by Kovid Goyal. More information about Kovid Goyal can be seen here. More data about the software calibre can be seen at https://calibre-ebook.com. calibre is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2 folder, regulated by the user's decision. calibre's entire uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /I{BDE6D02A-86B7-4D4C-8248-7705C1C0CC79}. calibre.exe is the calibre's primary executable file and it takes circa 58.00 KB (59392 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are incorporated in calibre. They take 5.07 MB (5312512 bytes) on disk.

• calibre-complete.exe (24.00 KB)
• calibre-customize.exe (24.00 KB)
• calibre-debug.exe (24.00 KB)
• calibre-eject.exe (27.50 KB)
• calibre-file-dialog.exe (32.50 KB)
• calibre-parallel.exe (24.00 KB)
• calibre-server.exe (24.00 KB)
• calibre-smtp.exe (24.00 KB)
• calibre.exe (58.00 KB)
• calibredb.exe (24.00 KB)
• cjpeg-calibre.exe (542.00 KB)
• ebook-convert.exe (24.00 KB)
• ebook-device.exe (24.00 KB)
• ebook-edit.exe (86.50 KB)
• ebook-meta.exe (24.00 KB)
• ebook-polish.exe (24.00 KB)
• ebook-viewer.exe (79.50 KB)
• fetch-ebook-metadata.exe (24.00 KB)
• jpegtran-calibre.exe (283.00 KB)
• lrf2lrs.exe (24.00 KB)
• lrfviewer.exe (79.50 KB)
• lrs2lrf.exe (24.00 KB)
• markdown-calibre.exe (24.00 KB)
• optipng-calibre.exe (129.50 KB)
• pdfinfo.exe (1.01 MB)
• pdftohtml.exe (1.22 MB)
• pdftoppm.exe (1.17 MB)
• web2disk.exe (24.00 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2.78.0 of calibre. Click on the links below for other calibre versions:

• 5.24.0
• 2.65.0
• 3.19.0
• 3.22.1
• 5.39.1
• 2.65.1
• 1.36.0
• 0.9.34
• 0.9.41
• 2.23.0
• 5.10.1
• 2.20.0
• 2.0.0
• 2.35.0
• 0.9.12
• 3.17.0
• 3.30.0
• 5.0.1
• 5.22.1
• 3.48.0
• 2.18
• 1.45.0
• 3.31.0
• 1.34.0
• 5.16.1
• 5.29.0
• 3.23.0
• 2.68.0
• 3.47.1
• 3.1.0
• 3.27.1
• 0.9.30
• 2.44.1
• 3.8.0
• 5.1.0
• 2.39.0
• 2.44.0
• 0.9.26
• 0.9.37
• 0.9.16
• 3.22.0
• 2.7.0
• 3.26.1
• 0.9.39
• 1.0.0
• 5.3.0
• 0.9.38
• 3.24.1
• 5.21.0
• 1.33.0
• 1.16.0
• 0.9.18
• 2.73.0
• 2.33.0
• 2.43.0
• 5.27.0
• 1.13.0
• 3.24.2
• 2.28.0
• 2.83.0
• 0.9.44
• 5.33.2
• 3.43.0
• 1.11.0
• 3.18.0
• 0.9.11
• 3.15.0
• 2.66.0
• 0.9.22
• 2.25.0
• 3.39.0
• 5.42.0
• 4.17.0
• 1.19.0
• 3.28.0
• 3.4.0
• 2.85.1
• 0.9.25
• 3.26.0
• 2.70.0
• 4.3.0
• 3.39.1
• 0.9.29
• 0.9.13
• 3.33.1
• 1.18.0
• 1.28.0
• 1.41.0
• 3.10.0
• 5.37.0
• 3.47.0
• 1.31.0
• 3.41.1
• 0.9.10
• 5.4.2
• 3.20.0
• 3.13.0
• 4.9.0
• 2.37.1
• 3.41.3

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If you are manually uninstalling calibre we recommend you to check 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

The files below are left behind on your disk by calibre when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibre.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibre-complete.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibre-customize.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibredb.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibre-debug.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibre-eject.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibre-file-dialog.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibre-launcher.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibre-parallel.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibre-server.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibre-smtp.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\cjpeg-calibre.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\expat.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\freetype.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\icudt53.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\icuin53.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\icuio53.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\icule53.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\iculx53.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\icutu53.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\icuuc53.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\jpeg8.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\libeay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\libexslt.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\libiconv.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\libimobiledevice.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\libplist.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\libpng16.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\libusbmuxd.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\libxml2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\libxslt.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\perfmondata.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\podofo.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\py.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\pyc.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\PyISAPI_loader.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\python27.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\pythoncom27.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\pythoncomloader27.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\pywintypes27.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\Qt5Core.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\Qt5Gui.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\Qt5Multimedia.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\Qt5MultimediaWidgets.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\Qt5Network.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\Qt5OpenGL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\Qt5Positioning.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\Qt5PrintSupport.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\Qt5Sensors.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\Qt5Sql.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\Qt5Svg.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\Qt5WebKit.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\Qt5WebKitWidgets.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\Qt5Widgets.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\Qt5WinExtras.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\Qt5Xml.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\sqlite3.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\ssleay32.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\DLLs\zlib1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\ebook-convert.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\ebook-device.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\ebook-edit.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\ebook-meta.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\ebook-polish.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\ebook-viewer.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\fetch-ebook-metadata.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\jpegtran-calibre.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\LICENSE
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\lrf2lrs.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\lrfviewer.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\lrs2lrf.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\markdown-calibre.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\Microsoft.VC90.CRT\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\Microsoft.VC90.CRT\msvcm90.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\Microsoft.VC90.CRT\msvcp90.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\Microsoft.VC90.CRT\msvcr90.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\optipng-calibre.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\pdfinfo.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\pdftohtml.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\pdftoppm.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\plugins2\dukpy.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\plugins2\hunspell.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\plugins2\imageops.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\plugins2\podofo.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\plugins2\progress_indicator.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\plugins2\sqlite_custom.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\plugins2\unrar.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\plugins2\wpd.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\pylib.zip
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\qt_plugins\audio\qtaudio_windows.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\qt_plugins\iconengines\qsvgicon.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\qt_plugins\imageformats\qdds.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\qt_plugins\imageformats\qgif.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\qt_plugins\imageformats\qicns.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\qt_plugins\imageformats\qico.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\qt_plugins\imageformats\qjp2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\qt_plugins\imageformats\qjpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\qt_plugins\imageformats\qmng.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\qt_plugins\imageformats\qsvg.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\qt_plugins\imageformats\qtga.dll

Generally the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

• 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\A20D6EDB7B68C4D4288477501C0CCC97
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{BDE6D02A-86B7-4D4C-8248-7705C1C0CC79}

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• 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-edit.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\ebook-edit.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\A20D6EDB7B68C4D4288477501C0CCC97\ProductName

A way to remove calibre from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

calibre is an application released by Kovid Goyal. Sometimes, computer users want to remove this program. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because doing this manually takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK approach to remove calibre is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to take care of your system.

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• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate calibre or simply click the Search field and type in "calibre". If it is installed on your PC the calibre application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click calibre in the list of apps, some information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding calibre, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for calibre:

• The publisher is: https://calibre-ebook.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{BDE6D02A-86B7-4D4C-8248-7705C1C0CC79}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove calibre.


8. After removing calibre, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong calibre which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling calibre with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall calibre by Kovid Goyal from your PC, we are not saying that calibre by Kovid Goyal is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall calibre in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.