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A guide to uninstall Altium Designer 21 from your system

Altium Designer 21 is a computer program. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by Altium Limited. Further information on Altium Limited can be found here. Click on to get more details about Altium Designer 21 on Altium Limited's website. Usually the Altium Designer 21 application is to be found in the C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20 folder, depending on the user's option during install. The entire uninstall command line for Altium Designer 21 is C:\Program Files\Altium\AD20\System\Installation\AltiumInstaller.exe. The application's main executable file is labeled X2.EXE and its approximative size is 41.09 MB (43088800 bytes).

The executables below are part of Altium Designer 21. They occupy about 204.13 MB (214047856 bytes) on disk.

  • AltiumMS.exe (10.60 MB)
  • X2.EXE (41.09 MB)
  • 7za.exe (722.50 KB)
  • ADElevator.exe (11.93 MB)
  • ComponentSync.Executor.exe (11.00 KB)
  • DxpPdfViewer.exe (5.23 MB)
  • ExtractDDB.exe (2.97 MB)
  • PCadB2AConverter.exe (112.50 KB)
  • CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess.exe (9.00 KB)
  • AltiumInstaller.exe (18.55 MB)
  • ndp48-x86-x64-allos-enu.exe (111.94 MB)
  • TouchProxy.exe (997.00 KB)
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This info is about Altium Designer 21 version 21.1.0.24 only. You can find here a few links to other Altium Designer 21 versions:

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Folders remaining:
  • C:\Program Files\Altium\AD21
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\IDM\DwnlData\UserName\Altium_Designer_24.1_302

Usually, the following files remain on disk:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\CEF_debug.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\DXP_Shutdown.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\DXP_SplashScreen.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\DXP_Startup.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\Mesh\MZ_BB18FAC0
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\Mesh\MZ_ED0A170C
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\ButtonTab.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\cache.info
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\CheckBox.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\CollapseBottom.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\CollapseBottomTop.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\CollapseRightLeft.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\CollapseTop.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\DocumentTabTrue.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\Dropdown.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\DropdownButton.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\DropdownGlyphFalse.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\EditorQuickButton.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\EllipsisGlyph.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\GridChecksFalse.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\GridChecksTrue.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\GridDragging.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\GridEditorGlyphs.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\GridFilterGlyph.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\GridIndicators.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\GridSortGlyph.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\HierarchyFalse0.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\HierarchyFalse1.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\InplaceEdit.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\PanelCaptionGlyphs.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\PanelTabFalse.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\PanelTabTrue.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\ProgressBar.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\ProgressBody.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\PushButtonNormal.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\PushButtonSeparatorFalse.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\PushButtonSeparatorTrue.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\PushButtonSimple.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\Radio.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\ScrollArrowsFalse.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\ScrollArrowsTrue.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\ScrollThumbFalse.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\ScrollThumbTrue.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\SearchCancel.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\SideBarArrow.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\SpinArrows.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\TabFalse.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\TabTrue.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\TextBox.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\TrackBar.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\TrackThumbFalse.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\TrackThumbTrue.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\TriangleArrow12Left.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UIThemeCache\TriangleArrow12Right.bmp
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\ADVPCB.DFT
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\Advsch.dft
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\Advsch.MMsdft
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\CAMtastic\LogFilesLog_2023_11_29_17_45_34.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\CAMtastic\LogFilesLog_2023_11_29_17_45_42.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\CAMtastic\LogFilesLog_2023_11_29_17_45_47.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\CAMtastic\LogFilesLog_2023_11_29_17_45_55.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\CAMtastic\LogFilesLog_2023_11_29_17_46_5.log
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\DXP.RAF
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\DXP.RCS
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\LastWorkspace\Project Group 1.DsnWrk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\UserTools.TLT
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Black.config_3d
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Blue.config_3d
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Brown.config_3d
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Color By Layer.config_3d
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Dk Green.config_3d
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Lt Green.config_3d
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D Red.config_3d
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\ViewConfigurations\Altium 3D White.config_3d
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\ViewConfigurations\Altium Standard 2D.config_2dsimple
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\ViewConfigurations\Altium Transparent 2D.config_2dsimple
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}\ViewConfigurations\RegisteredViewConfigurations.ini
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\IDM\DwnlData\UserName\Altium_Designer_24.1_302\Altium_Designer_24.1.rar
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\IDM\DwnlData\UserName\Altium_Designer_24.1_302\Altium_Designer_24_302.log

Registry keys:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Altium\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Altium\Builds\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Altium Designer {D9DB08DB-514E-4468-9999-A4FA1EBE1F88}

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files\altium\ad21\x2.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{EDA02C51-3293-424A-A3D5-E42BCC16A061}C:\program files\altium\ad21\x2.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{665D4F00-A766-4A67-8A73-2D11539E2635}C:\program files\altium\ad21\x2.exe


How to remove Altium Designer 21 from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Altium Designer 21 is an application released by Altium Limited. Frequently, users decide to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be hard because deleting this by hand takes some skill related to Windows internal functioning. The best EASY practice to uninstall Altium Designer 21 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows system.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start 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 useful program.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Altium Designer 21 or simply click the Search field and type in "Altium Designer 21". The Altium Designer 21 app will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Altium Designer 21 in the list of applications, the following information regarding the application is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding Altium Designer 21, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Altium Designer 21:





  • The web site of the program 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 show up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Altium Designer 21.
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8. After removing Altium Designer 21, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Altium Designer 21 which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Altium Designer 21 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Altium Designer 21 by Altium Limited from your computer, we are not saying that Altium Designer 21 by Altium Limited is not a good application for your computer. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Altium Designer 21 in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2021-02-07 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2021-02-07 11:19:08.353