Altium Designer 20

A guide to uninstall Altium Designer 20 from your system

This page is about Altium Designer 20 for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by Altium Limited. You can read more on Altium Limited or check for application updates here. You can get more details related to Altium Designer 20 at http://www.altium.com. The program is frequently found in the C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20 folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove Altium Designer 20 by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\System\Installation\AltiumInstaller.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file has a size of 39.87 MB (41806232 bytes) on disk and is labeled X2.EXE.

The following executables are installed together with Altium Designer 20. They occupy about 155.78 MB (163348192 bytes) on disk.

• AltiumMS.exe (12.58 MB)
• X2.EXE (39.87 MB)
• 7za.exe (722.50 KB)
• ADElevator.exe (11.81 MB)
• DxpPdfViewer.exe (5.19 MB)
• ExtractDDB.exe (2.96 MB)
• PCadB2AConverter.exe (112.50 KB)
• CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess.exe (8.00 KB)
• AltiumInstaller.exe (17.03 MB)
• NDP461-KB3102436-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe (64.55 MB)
• TouchProxy.exe (997.00 KB)

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This page is about Altium Designer 20 version 20.0.2.26 only. Click on the links below for other Altium Designer 20 versions:

• 20.2.5.213
• 20.2.6.244
• 20.1.8.145
• 20.2.8.258
• 20.0.1.14
• 20.1.10.176
• 20.2.7.254
• 20.0.11.256
• 20.0.13.296
• 20.1.7.139
• 20.2.2.114
• 20.0.14.345
• 20.0.7.75
• 20.1.11.218
• 20.1.14.287
• 20.0.9.164
• 20.0.10.225
• 20.0.12.288
• 20.2.4.192
• 20.1.12.249
• 20.2.3.150
• 20.0.8.157

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Some files and registry entries are frequently left behind when you uninstall Altium Designer 20.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Altium Designer 20:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\CEF_debug.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\DXP_Shutdown.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\DXP_SplashScreen.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\DXP_Startup.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\ButtonTab.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\cache.info
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\CheckBox.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\CollapseBottom.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\CollapseBottomTop.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\CollapseRightLeft.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\CollapseTop.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\DocumentTabTrue.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\Dropdown.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\DropdownButton.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\DropdownGlyphFalse.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\EditorQuickButton.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\EllipsisGlyph.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\GridChecksFalse.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\GridChecksTrue.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\GridDragging.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\GridEditorGlyphs.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\GridFilterGlyph.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\GridIndicators.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\GridSortGlyph.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\HierarchyFalse0.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\HierarchyFalse1.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\InplaceEdit.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\PanelCaptionGlyphs.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\PanelTabFalse.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\PanelTabTrue.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\ProgressBar.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\ProgressBody.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\PushButtonNormal.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\PushButtonSelect.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\PushButtonSeparatorFalse.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\PushButtonSeparatorTrue.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\PushButtonSimple.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\Radio.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\ScrollArrowsFalse.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\ScrollArrowsTrue.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\ScrollThumbFalse.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\ScrollThumbTrue.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\SearchCancel.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\SideBarArrow.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\SpinArrows.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\TabFalse.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\TabTrue.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\TextBox.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\TrackBar.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\TrackThumbFalse.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\TrackThumbTrue.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\TriangleArrow12Left.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UIThemeCache\TriangleArrow12Right.bmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\ADVPCB.DFT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\Advsch.dft
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\Advsch.MMsdft
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\CAMtastic\LogFilesLog_2023_5_17_14_32_3.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\CAMtastic\LogFilesLog_2023_5_17_14_33_37.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\DXP.RAF
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\DXP.RCS
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\LastWorkspace\Project Group 1.DsnWrk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\UserTools.TLT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Black.config_3d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Blue.config_3d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Brown.config_3d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Color By Layer.config_3d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Dk Green.config_3d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Lt Green.config_3d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Red.config_3d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D White.config_3d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\ViewConfigurations\Altium Standard 2D.config_2dsimple
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\ViewConfigurations\Altium Transparent 2D.config_2dsimple
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}\ViewConfigurations\RegisteredViewConfigurations.ini

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Altium\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Altium\Builds\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Altium Designer {A8EDA464-A956-41BF-AB39-ED521C090609}

How to remove Altium Designer 20 from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Altium Designer 20 is an application released by Altium Limited. Some users try to erase this application. This can be difficult because uninstalling this by hand takes some experience regarding PCs. One of the best SIMPLE procedure to erase Altium Designer 20 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 PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Altium Designer 20 or simply click the Search field and type in "Altium Designer 20". If it exists on your system the Altium Designer 20 application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Altium Designer 20 in the list of apps, some data about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have about Altium Designer 20, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Altium Designer 20:

• The web site of the application is: http://www.altium.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\System\Installation\AltiumInstaller.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Altium Designer 20.


8. After removing Altium Designer 20, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Altium Designer 20 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Altium Designer 20 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Altium Designer 20 by Altium Limited from your computer, nor are we saying that Altium Designer 20 by Altium Limited is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Altium Designer 20 in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.