AutoHotkey

A way to uninstall AutoHotkey from your system

This page contains thorough information on how to remove AutoHotkey for Windows. The Windows release was created by AutoHotkey Foundation LLC. More information on AutoHotkey Foundation LLC can be found here. You can get more details related to AutoHotkey at https://autohotkey.com. AutoHotkey is normally installed in the C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey directory, regulated by the user's choice. The full command line for uninstalling AutoHotkey is C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for admin rights. AutoHotkey64.exe is the AutoHotkey's primary executable file and it occupies about 1.22 MB (1279488 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of AutoHotkey. They occupy an average of 12.78 MB (13398912 bytes) on disk.

• AutoHotkeyU64.exe (1.26 MB)
• AutoHotkeyA32.exe (775.50 KB)
• AutoHotkeyU32.exe (893.00 KB)
• AutoHotkey32.exe (955.50 KB)
• AutoHotkey64.exe (1.22 MB)
• Ahk2Exe.exe (972.00 KB)
• AutoHotkey32_UIA.exe (956.44 KB)
• AutoHotkey64_UIA.exe (1.22 MB)

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The current page applies to AutoHotkey version 2.0.19 only. You can find below a few links to other AutoHotkey releases:

• 2.0.2
• 2.0.8
• 2.1.1
• 2.0.14
• 2.0.13
• 2.0.0
• 2.0.10
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.11
• 2.0.12
• 2.0.3
• 2.1.14
• 2.0.16
• 2.0.6
• 2.0.5
• 2.0.15
• 2.0.9
• 2.0.18
• 2.1.16
• 2.0.17
• 2.0.1
• 2.1.1.140
• 2.0.7

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you uninstall AutoHotkey.

Folders left behind when you uninstall AutoHotkey:

• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Temp1_AutoHotkey_2.0.19.zip

The files below are left behind on your disk by AutoHotkey when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\license.txt
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\bounce-v1.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\CommandLineToArgs.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\common.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\config.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\CreateAppShortcut.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\EnableUIAccess.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\GetGitHubReleaseAssetURL.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\HashFile.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\identify.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\identify_regex.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\launcher-common.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\README.txt
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\ShellRun.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\spy.ico
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\ui-base.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\install.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\install-ahk2exe.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\installed-files.csv
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\install-version.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\launcher.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\reload-v1.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\reset-assoc.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\Templates\Minimal for v2.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-dash.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-editor.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-launcherconfig.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-newscript.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-setup.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-uninstall.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\WindowSpy.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey.chm
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey.exe
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey32.exe
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey32_UIA.exe
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey64.exe
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\WindowSpy.ahk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutoHotkey_2.0.19.lnk

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\AutoHotkey
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AutoHotkey

How to remove AutoHotkey with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

AutoHotkey is a program by AutoHotkey Foundation LLC. Sometimes, users try to uninstall this application. Sometimes this can be troublesome because removing this manually requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK approach to uninstall AutoHotkey 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, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to clean your Windows system.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate AutoHotkey or simply activate the Search field and type in "AutoHotkey". If it is installed on your PC the AutoHotkey application will be found very quickly. After you click AutoHotkey in the list of apps, the following information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding AutoHotkey, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for AutoHotkey:

• The web site of the application is: https://autohotkey.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove AutoHotkey.


8. After removing AutoHotkey, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong AutoHotkey which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling AutoHotkey with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove AutoHotkey by AutoHotkey Foundation LLC from your computer, nor are we saying that AutoHotkey by AutoHotkey Foundation LLC is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove AutoHotkey supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.