CMake

A way to uninstall CMake from your computer

This info is about CMake for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was created by Kitware. You can read more on Kitware or check for application updates here. Detailed information about CMake can be found at https://cmake.org. CMake is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\CMake directory, but this location can vary a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the program. CMake's complete uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /X{3B98BA21-4079-464C-B23C-E5E19D10EADB}. CMake's primary file takes around 8.25 MB (8645776 bytes) and is called cmake.exe.

The executables below are part of CMake. They take about 45.08 MB (47272656 bytes) on disk.

• cmake-gui.exe (19.18 MB)
• cmake.exe (8.25 MB)
• cmcldeps.exe (1.03 MB)
• cpack.exe (7.97 MB)
• ctest.exe (8.66 MB)

The current page applies to CMake version 3.17.3 alone. Click on the links below for other CMake versions:

• 3.27.1
• 3.10.1
• 3.20.5
• 3.20.0
• 3.22.4
• 3.27.0
• 3.9.2
• 3.16.3
• 3.26.5
• 3.18.1
• 3.22.5
• 3.27.4
• 3.15.3
• 3.28.0
• 3.15.7
• 3.11.3
• 3.16.4
• 3.10.2
• 3.6.3
• 3.29.0
• 3.9.4
• 3.27.6
• 3.29.1
• 3.24.0
• 3.19.6
• 3.19.1
• 3.18.2
• 3.15.1
• 3.14.1
• 3.15.2
• 3.19.3
• 3.12.3
• 3.16.6
• 3.11
• 3.22.0
• 3.13.2
• 3.18.5
• 3.12.0
• 3.24.2
• 3.16.2
• 3.26.4
• 3.25.0
• 3.20.2
• 3.11.0
• 3.13
• 3.8.2
• 3.19.4
• 3.13.1
• 3.14.5
• 3.14.7
• 3.13.3
• 3.21.0
• 3.21.3
• 3.19.5
• 3.28.3
• 3.6.2
• 3.10.3
• 3.23.2
• 3.23.3
• 3.27.2
• 3.27.7
• 3.27.3
• 3.23.0
• 3.21.2
• 3.20.3
• 3.22.1
• 3.20.6
• 3.5.1
• 3.21.5
• 3.16.7
• 3.17.1
• 3.28.2
• 3.9.5
• 3.18.4
• 3.16.5
• 3.16.8
• 3.17.2
• 3.11.1
• 3.7.0
• 3.24.1
• 3.19.2
• 3.25.1
• 3.14.4
• 3.25.3
• 3.20.4
• 3.5.0
• 3.27.5
• 3.15.4
• 3.17.0
• 3.23.5
• 3.29.2
• 3.5
• 3.7.2
• 3.8.0
• 3.20.1
• 3.17
• 3.23.4
• 3.13.4
• 3.23.1
• 3.9.6

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If you're planning to uninstall CMake you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall CMake:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_CMake_bin_cmake-gui_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_CMake_doc_cmake_html_index_html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\0.0.309\modules\discord_spellcheck\node_modules\node-addon-api\doc\cmake-js.md
• C:\Windows\Installer\{3B98BA21-4079-464C-B23C-E5E19D10EADB}\ProductIcon.ico

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Kitware\CMake
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\12AB89B39704C4642BC35E1ED901AEBD
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Kitware\CMake
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{3B98BA21-4079-464C-B23C-E5E19D10EADB}

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\12AB89B39704C4642BC35E1ED901AEBD\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\windows\Installer\{3B98BA21-4079-464C-B23C-E5E19D10EADB}\

A way to delete CMake with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CMake is a program by Kitware. Some people try to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is efortful because deleting this by hand takes some knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK action to uninstall CMake is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows system.

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• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate CMake or simply activate the Search feature and type in "CMake". If it is installed on your PC the CMake app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select CMake in the list of programs, some information about the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about CMake, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for CMake:

• The software company is: https://cmake.org
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{3B98BA21-4079-464C-B23C-E5E19D10EADB}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall CMake.


8. After uninstalling CMake, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of CMake that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling CMake with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove CMake by Kitware from your computer, we are not saying that CMake by Kitware is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove CMake supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.