Arduino

How to uninstall Arduino from your system

Arduino is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your PC. It is written by Arduino LLC. You can read more on Arduino LLC or check for application updates here. Arduino is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino directory, depending on the user's option. C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove Arduino. The program's main executable file has a size of 394.50 KB (403968 bytes) on disk and is named arduino.exe.

Arduino contains of the executables below. They occupy 72.06 MB (75558235 bytes) on disk.

• arduino-builder.exe (3.14 MB)
• arduino.exe (394.50 KB)
• arduino_debug.exe (392.00 KB)
• uninstall.exe (403.23 KB)
• dpinst-amd64.exe (1,023.08 KB)
• dpinst-x86.exe (900.56 KB)
• avr-ar.exe (724.50 KB)
• avr-as.exe (934.00 KB)
• avr-ld.exe (1.20 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)
• arduinoOTA.exe (6.31 MB)
• 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 (766.50 KB)
• avr-run.exe (817.50 KB)
• avr-size.exe (709.00 KB)
• avr-strings.exe (700.00 KB)
• avrdude.exe (512.50 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 (68.56 KB)
• javaw.exe (187.06 KB)
• javaws.exe (263.56 KB)
• jjs.exe (15.56 KB)
• jp2launcher.exe (81.06 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 (277.15 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 1.8.2 of Arduino. Click on the links below for other Arduino versions:

• 1.6.10
• 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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Arduino has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove Arduino:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino.l4j.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino_debug.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino_debug.l4j.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\arduino-builder.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\AdafruitCircuitPlayground.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\AdafruitCircuitPlayground.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\amd64\libusb0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\amd64\libusb0.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\arduino.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\arduino.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\arduino_gemma.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\arduino_gemma.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\arduino-org.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\arduino-org.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\CP210x_6.7.4\slabvcp.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\CP210x_6.7.4\slabvcp.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\CP210x_6.7.4\x64\silabser.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\CP210x_6.7.4\x64\WdfCoInstaller01009.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\CP210x_6.7.4\x86\silabser.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\CP210x_6.7.4\x86\WdfCoInstaller01009.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\CP210x_6.7\ReleaseNotes.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\CP210x_6.7\SLAB_License_Agreement_VCP_Windows.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\CP210x_6.7\slabvcp.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\CP210x_6.7\slabvcp.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\CP210x_6.7\x64\silabenm.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\CP210x_6.7\x64\silabser.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\CP210x_6.7\x64\WdfCoInstaller01009.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\CP210x_6.7\x86\silabenm.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\CP210x_6.7\x86\silabser.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\CP210x_6.7\x86\WdfCoInstaller01009.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\dpinst-amd64.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\dpinst-x86.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\amd64\ftbusui.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\amd64\ftcserco.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\amd64\ftd2xx.lib
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\amd64\ftd2xx64.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\amd64\ftdibus.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\amd64\ftlang.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\amd64\ftser2k.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\amd64\ftserui2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\ftd2xx.h
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\ftdibus.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\ftdibus.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\ftdiport.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\ftdiport.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\i386\ftbusui.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\i386\ftcserco.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\i386\ftd2xx.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\i386\ftd2xx.lib
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\i386\ftdibus.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\i386\ftlang.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\i386\ftser2k.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\i386\ftserui2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\LogoVerificationReport.pdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\Static\amd64\ftd2xx.lib
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\FTDI USB Drivers\Static\i386\ftd2xx.lib
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\genuino.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\genuino.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\ia64\libusb0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\ia64\libusb0.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\license\libusb0\installer_license.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\linino.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\linino-boards_amd64.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\linino-boards_x86.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\Old_Arduino_Drivers.zip
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\README.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\x86\libusb0.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\drivers\x86\libusb0_x86.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\AnalogReadSerial\AnalogReadSerial.ino
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\AnalogReadSerial\AnalogReadSerial.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\AnalogReadSerial\layout.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\AnalogReadSerial\schematic.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\BareMinimum\BareMinimum.ino
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\BareMinimum\BareMinimum.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\Blink\Blink.ino
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\Blink\Blink.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\DigitalReadSerial\DigitalReadSerial.ino
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\DigitalReadSerial\DigitalReadSerial.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\DigitalReadSerial\layout.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\DigitalReadSerial\schematic.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\Fade\Fade.ino
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\Fade\Fade.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\Fade\layout.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\Fade\schematic.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\ReadAnalogVoltage\layout.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\ReadAnalogVoltage\ReadAnalogVoltage.ino
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\ReadAnalogVoltage\ReadAnalogVoltage.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\01.Basics\ReadAnalogVoltage\schematic.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\02.Digital\BlinkWithoutDelay\BlinkWithoutDelay.ino
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\02.Digital\BlinkWithoutDelay\BlinkWithoutDelay.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\02.Digital\BlinkWithoutDelay\layout.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\02.Digital\BlinkWithoutDelay\schematic.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\02.Digital\Button\Button.ino
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\02.Digital\Button\Button.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\02.Digital\Button\layout.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\02.Digital\Button\schematic.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\02.Digital\Debounce\button.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\02.Digital\Debounce\Debounce.ino
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\examples\02.Digital\Debounce\Debounce.txt

Registry that is not cleaned:

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

How to delete Arduino with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Arduino is a program released by the software company Arduino LLC. Some people want to uninstall it. This is easier said than done because performing this by hand requires some knowledge regarding PCs. One of the best SIMPLE procedure to uninstall Arduino is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





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

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs installed on your PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Arduino or simply activate the Search field and type in "Arduino". The Arduino app will be found very quickly. When you click Arduino in the list , some data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Arduino, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Arduino.


8. After uninstalling Arduino, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with 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 removing Arduino using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Arduino by Arduino LLC from your computer, we are not saying that Arduino by Arduino LLC is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Arduino in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.