Arduino

How to uninstall Arduino from your PC

Arduino is a Windows program. Read below about how to uninstall it from your PC. It was created for Windows by Arduino LLC. Further information on Arduino LLC can be seen here. Arduino is commonly installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino directory, but this location may vary a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the application. C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove Arduino. arduino.exe is the Arduino's main executable file and it occupies circa 393.00 KB (402432 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed beside Arduino. They occupy about 65.74 MB (68937341 bytes) on disk.

• arduino-builder.exe (3.70 MB)
• arduino.exe (393.00 KB)
• arduino_debug.exe (390.50 KB)
• uninstall.exe (402.02 KB)
• dpinst-amd64.exe (1,023.08 KB)
• dpinst-x86.exe (900.56 KB)
• RFDLoader.exe (145.00 KB)
• SVDConv.exe (314.00 KB)
• avr-ar.exe (724.50 KB)
• avr-as.exe (839.00 KB)
• avr-ld.exe (1.06 MB)
• avr-nm.exe (710.00 KB)
• avr-objcopy.exe (871.50 KB)
• avr-objdump.exe (1,002.00 KB)
• avr-ranlib.exe (724.50 KB)
• avr-readelf.exe (502.00 KB)
• avr-strip.exe (871.50 KB)
• avr-addr2line.exe (699.50 KB)
• avr-g++.exe (770.00 KB)
• avr-c++filt.exe (698.00 KB)
• avr-cpp.exe (768.50 KB)
• avr-elfedit.exe (68.00 KB)
• avr-gcc.exe (767.00 KB)
• avr-gcc-ar.exe (63.50 KB)
• avr-gcc-nm.exe (63.50 KB)
• avr-gcc-ranlib.exe (63.50 KB)
• avr-gcov.exe (477.00 KB)
• avr-gdb.exe (3.71 MB)
• avr-gprof.exe (676.50 KB)
• avr-run.exe (630.00 KB)
• avr-size.exe (709.00 KB)
• avr-strings.exe (700.00 KB)
• avrdude.exe (511.50 KB)
• loaddrv.exe (17.00 KB)
• cc1.exe (8.78 MB)
• cc1plus.exe (9.73 MB)
• collect2.exe (492.50 KB)
• lto-wrapper.exe (631.00 KB)
• lto1.exe (8.17 MB)
• fixincl.exe (151.50 KB)
• jabswitch.exe (30.06 KB)
• java-rmi.exe (15.56 KB)
• java.exe (186.56 KB)
• javacpl.exe (68.06 KB)
• javaw.exe (187.06 KB)
• javaws.exe (262.56 KB)
• jjs.exe (15.56 KB)
• jp2launcher.exe (76.56 KB)
• keytool.exe (15.56 KB)
• kinit.exe (15.56 KB)
• klist.exe (15.56 KB)
• ktab.exe (15.56 KB)
• orbd.exe (16.06 KB)
• pack200.exe (15.56 KB)
• policytool.exe (15.56 KB)
• rmid.exe (15.56 KB)
• rmiregistry.exe (15.56 KB)
• servertool.exe (15.56 KB)
• ssvagent.exe (51.56 KB)
• tnameserv.exe (16.06 KB)
• unpack200.exe (155.56 KB)
• ctags.exe (276.65 KB)

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The current web page applies to Arduino version 1.6.10 alone. You can find below info on other releases of Arduino:

• 1.8.2
• 1.8.14
• 1.8.15
• 1.8.8
• 1.6.54
• 1.5.4
• 1.8.5
• 1.8.6
• 1.6.5
• 1.8.19
• 1.8.18
• 1.6.2
• 1.8.10
• 1.8.16
• 1.0.6
• 1.8.3
• 1.6.9
• 1.6.13
• 1.8.7
• 1.6.7
• 1.8.12
• 1.8.9
• 1.6.52
• 1.5.7
• 1.8.13
• 1.6.6
• 1.8.0
• 1.5.8
• 1.6.11
• 1.6.8
• 1.6.12
• 1.8.4
• 1.6.1
• 1.6.0
• 1.6.55
• 1.6.3
• 1.6.4
• 1.8.1
• 1.0.5
• 1.8.11

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Some files and registry entries are frequently left behind when you remove Arduino.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\libraries\TFT\examples\Arduino
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\libraries\WiFi\extras\wifi_dnld\src\SOFTWARE_FRAMEWORK\BOARDS\ARDUINO
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\libraries\WiFi\extras\wifiHD\src\SOFTWARE_FRAMEWORK\BOARDS\ARDUINO

The files below were left behind on your disk by Arduino's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\arduino.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\arduino.l4j.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\arduino_debug.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\arduino_debug.l4j.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\arduino-builder.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\drivers\arduino.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\drivers\arduino.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\drivers\arduino_gemma.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\drivers\arduino_gemma.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\drivers\arduino-org.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\drivers\arduino-org.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\drivers\Old_Arduino_Drivers.zip
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\boards.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\atmega\ATmegaBOOT_168.c
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\atmega\ATmegaBOOT_168_atmega1280.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\atmega\ATmegaBOOT_168_atmega328.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\atmega\ATmegaBOOT_168_atmega328_pro_8MHz.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\atmega\ATmegaBOOT_168_diecimila.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\atmega\ATmegaBOOT_168_ng.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\atmega\ATmegaBOOT_168_pro_8MHz.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\atmega\Makefile
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\atmega8\ATmegaBOOT.c
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\atmega8\ATmegaBOOT.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\atmega8\ATmegaBOOT.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\atmega8\ATmegaBOOT-prod-firmware-2009-11-07.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\atmega8\Makefile
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\bt\ATmegaBOOT_168.c
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\bt\ATmegaBOOT_168.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\bt\ATmegaBOOT_168_atmega328_bt.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\bt\Makefile
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Caterina.c
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Caterina.h
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Caterina-Esplora.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Caterina-Esplora.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Caterina-Genuino-Micro.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Caterina-Genuino-Micro.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Caterina-Leonardo.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Caterina-Leonardo.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Caterina-Micro.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Caterina-Micro.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Caterina-Yun.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Caterina-Yun-noblink.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Descriptors.c
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Descriptors.h
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Esplora-prod-firmware-2012-12-10.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Esplora-prod-firmware-2012-12-10.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Leonardo-prod-firmware-2012-04-26.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Leonardo-prod-firmware-2012-04-26.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Leonardo-prod-firmware-2012-12-10.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Leonardo-prod-firmware-2012-12-10.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Makefile
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Micro-prod-firmware-2012-11-23.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Micro-prod-firmware-2012-11-23.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Micro-prod-firmware-2012-12-10.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina\Micro-prod-firmware-2012-12-10.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina-Arduino_Robot\Caterina.c
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina-Arduino_Robot\Caterina.h
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina-Arduino_Robot\Caterina-Robot.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina-Arduino_Robot\Caterina-Robot-Control.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina-Arduino_Robot\Caterina-Robot-Motor.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina-Arduino_Robot\Descriptors.c
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina-Arduino_Robot\Descriptors.h
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina-Arduino_Robot\Makefile
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina-Arduino_Robot\README.md
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina-LilyPadUSB\Caterina.c
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina-LilyPadUSB\Caterina.h
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina-LilyPadUSB\Caterina-LilyPadUSB.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina-LilyPadUSB\Descriptors.c
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina-LilyPadUSB\Descriptors.h
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina-LilyPadUSB\Makefile
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\caterina-LilyPadUSB\Readme.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\gemma\avrdude.conf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\gemma\gemma_v1.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\gemma\README.md
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\gemma\usbconfig.h
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\gemma\usbconfig.patch
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\lilypad\LilyPadBOOT_168.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\lilypad\src\ATmegaBOOT.c
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\lilypad\src\Makefile
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\boot.h
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\makeall
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\Makefile
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\omake
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\optiboot.c
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\optiboot_atmega168.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\optiboot_atmega168.lst
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\optiboot_atmega328.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\optiboot_atmega328.lst
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\optiboot_atmega328-Mini.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\optiboot_atmega8.hex
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\optiboot_atmega8.lst
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\pin_defs.h
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\README.TXT
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\optiboot\stk500.h
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\stk500v2\avr_cpunames.h
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\stk500v2\avrinterruptnames.h
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\stk500v2\command.h
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\stk500v2\License.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\stk500v2\Makefile
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Ard16\hardware\arduino\avr\bootloaders\stk500v2\Mega2560-prod-firmware-2011-06-29.hex

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Arduino file
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Arduino
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Arduino

Additional values that are not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files (x86)\arduino\java\bin\javaw.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\program files (x86)\arduino\java\bin\javaw.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4119226367-3545681915-640122330-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\InstalledApps\Arduino\java\bin\javaw.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4119226367-3545681915-640122330-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume6\Arduino\Arduino IDE\Arduino IDE.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4119226367-3545681915-640122330-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume6\Arduino\java\bin\javaw.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4119226367-3545681915-640122330-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume6\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\java\bin\javaw.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4119226367-3545681915-640122330-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume6\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Arduino IDE\Arduino IDE.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4119226367-3545681915-640122330-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume6\Users\UserName\Downloads\arduino-1.6.10-windows.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4119226367-3545681915-640122330-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume6\Users\UserName\Downloads\arduino-1.8.19-windows (1).exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4119226367-3545681915-640122330-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume6\Users\UserName\Downloads\arduino-ide_2.0.3_Windows_64bit.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{7EA5357B-1398-4EE5-B0C0-F73886C8129F}C:\program files (x86)\arduino\java\bin\javaw.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{218F4F6C-1F8D-48E4-86A1-8E3F1EBE99BD}C:\program files (x86)\arduino\java\bin\javaw.exe

A way to erase Arduino from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Arduino is an application offered by the software company Arduino LLC. Sometimes, computer users try to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is efortful because performing this manually takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY solution to uninstall Arduino 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your system.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Arduino or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Arduino". If it exists on your system the Arduino app will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Arduino in the list of apps, some information regarding the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding Arduino, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Arduino.


8. After uninstalling Arduino, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Arduino which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Arduino with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories 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

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Arduino by Arduino LLC from your computer, nor are we saying that Arduino by Arduino LLC is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Arduino supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.