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How to uninstall Altium Designer 20 from your system

Altium Designer 20 is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your computer. It is written by Altium Limited. You can read more on Altium Limited or check for application updates here. Detailed information about Altium Designer 20 can be seen at . The application is usually placed in the C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20 directory (same installation drive as Windows). Altium Designer 20's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\System\Installation\AltiumInstaller.exe. The program's main executable file is named X2.EXE and it has a size of 40.85 MB (42838944 bytes).

The executables below are part of Altium Designer 20. They occupy about 157.46 MB (165113144 bytes) on disk.

  • ADLicenseGen.exe (86.50 KB)
  • AltiumMS.exe (12.88 MB)
  • X2.EXE (40.85 MB)
  • 7za.exe (722.50 KB)
  • ADElevator.exe (11.82 MB)
  • DxpPdfViewer.exe (5.19 MB)
  • ExtractDDB.exe (3.00 MB)
  • PCadB2AConverter.exe (112.50 KB)
  • CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess.exe (9.00 KB)
  • AltiumInstaller.exe (17.28 MB)
  • NDP461-KB3102436-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe (64.55 MB)
  • TouchProxy.exe (997.00 KB)
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The current web page applies to Altium Designer 20 version 20.2.8.258 alone. For more Altium Designer 20 versions please click below:

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you remove Altium Designer 20.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Altium Designer 20:
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {459DAF9B-EDD0-4D56-91FB-6CF448E8450C}
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\Altium Designer Summer 09
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {459DAF9B-EDD0-4D56-91FB-6CF448E8450C}

The files below are left behind on your disk by Altium Designer 20's application uninstaller when you removed it:
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\A3dEntry.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\Altium.Controls.Skins.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\Altium.CrashReport.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\Altium.Designer.Environment.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\Altium.DotNetSupport.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\Altium_SQLite3_x64.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\AltiumMS.exe
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\ArcPour.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\avcodec-57.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\avfilter-6.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\avformat-57.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\avutil-55.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\c3d.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\COPYING.LGPLv2.1
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\d3dx9_33.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\d3dx9_43.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\EULA.pdf
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\EULA_CN.pdf
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\EULA_DE.pdf
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\EULA_FR.pdf
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\EULA_JP.pdf
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\EULA_RU.pdf
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\FastMM_FullDebugMode.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\FastMM_FullDebugMode64.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\GPUPourLib.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\Help\ADES.HelpID
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\Help\ServerDlls.txt
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\libcairo-2x64.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\libcairo-gobject-2.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\libcairo-script-interpreter-2.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\libiomp5md.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\fonts\DistanceFont.fontdef
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\fonts\verdanab.ttf
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\imgs\lightbox_bk.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\imgs\lightbox_dn.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\imgs\lightbox_fr.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\imgs\lightbox_lf.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\imgs\lightbox_rt.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\imgs\lightbox_up.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\imgs\skybox_bk.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\imgs\skybox_dn.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\imgs\skybox_fr.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\imgs\skybox_lf.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\imgs\skybox_rt.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\imgs\skybox_up.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\Collision\CollisionMeshFragmentProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\Collision\CollisionMeshVertexProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\Collision\CollisionWireFragmentProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\Collision\CollisionWireVertexProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\Component\ComponentFragmentProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\Component\ComponentTranslucentFragmentProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\Component\ComponentTranslucentVertexProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\Component\ComponentVertexProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\Copper\CopperFillFragmentProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\Copper\CopperFillVertexProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\Copper\CopperTrackFragmentProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\Copper\CopperTrackVertexProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\CopperHighlighted\CopperMidlayerFillFragmentProgramPass0.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\CopperHighlighted\CopperMidlayerFillFragmentProgramPass1.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\CopperHighlighted\CopperMidlayerFillVertexProgramPass0.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\CopperHighlighted\CopperMidlayerFillVertexProgramPass1.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\CopperHighlighted\CopperMidlayerTrackFragmentProgramPass0.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\CopperHighlighted\CopperMidlayerTrackFragmentProgramPass1.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\CopperHighlighted\CopperMidlayerTrackVertexProgramPass0.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\CopperHighlighted\CopperMidlayerTrackVertexProgramPass1.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\CopperSilk\CopperSilkFillFragmentProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\CopperSilk\CopperSilkFillVertexProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\CopperSilk\CopperSilkTrackFragmentProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\CopperSilk\CopperSilkTrackVertexProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\CopperSolderMask\CopperSolderMaskFillFragmentProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\CopperSolderMask\CopperSolderMaskFillVertexProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\CopperSolderMask\CopperSolderMaskTrackFragmentProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\CopperSolderMask\CopperSolderMaskTrackVertexProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\DefaultFragmentProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\DefaultVertexProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\FontFragmentProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\FontVertexProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\Getinax\GetinaxFragmentProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\Getinax\GetinaxVertexProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\Grid\GridFragmentProgram.hlsl
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\media\materials\programs\HLSL\Grid\GridOrthoFragmentProgram.hlsl

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Altium\Altium Designer {459DAF9B-EDD0-4D56-91FB-6CF448E8450C}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Altium\Builds\Altium Designer {459DAF9B-EDD0-4D56-91FB-6CF448E8450C}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\022C3FB9104054944AF636FA6E4F1C41
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\EAECD528ECCB996448DF8F2C038042B0
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Altium Designer {459DAF9B-EDD0-4D56-91FB-6CF448E8450C}

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional values from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\X2.EXE.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\022C3FB9104054944AF636FA6E4F1C41\ProductName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\EAECD528ECCB996448DF8F2C038042B0\ProductName


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

Altium Designer 20 is a program released by Altium Limited. Frequently, people want to remove this program. Sometimes this can be hard because performing this manually requires some knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best SIMPLE action to remove 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 on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows computer.

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  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools button
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4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Altium Designer 20 or simply click the Search field and type in "Altium Designer 20". The Altium Designer 20 application will be found automatically. When you click Altium Designer 20 in the list of applications, the following data about the application is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about Altium Designer 20, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the app you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example 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 window will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Altium Designer 20.
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8. After removing Altium Designer 20, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Altium Designer 20 that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able 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 serve you properly.

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Disclaimer

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

2021-06-19 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2021-06-19 10:47:12.170