CMake

A guide to uninstall CMake from your computer

CMake is a computer program. This page contains details on how to remove it from your computer. It is made by Kitware. Additional info about Kitware can be seen here. Please open https://cmake.org if you want to read more on CMake on Kitware's web page. CMake is normally set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake directory, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the program. You can remove CMake by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{EF84A376-14C8-4B86-A59D-50219E1DA753}. Note that you might get a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file occupies 5.90 MB (6181888 bytes) on disk and is labeled cmake.exe.

CMake installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 33.82 MB (35463168 bytes) on disk.

• cmake-gui.exe (15.17 MB)
• cmake.exe (5.90 MB)
• cmcldeps.exe (676.00 KB)
• cpack.exe (5.77 MB)
• ctest.exe (6.33 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 3.14.6 of CMake. 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

...click to view all...
If you are manually uninstalling CMake we advise you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\lib\cmake
• C:\Program Files\SmartGit\git\mingw64\lib\cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.52.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\notebook\static\components\codemirror\mode\cmake

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\doxygen\examples\cmake_install.cmake
• C:\Program Files\doxygen\examples\CMakeFiles\CMakeDirectoryInformation.cmake
• C:\Program Files\doxygen\examples\CMakeFiles\examples.dir\cmake_clean.cmake
• C:\Program Files\doxygen\examples\CMakeFiles\examples.dir\DependInfo.cmake
• C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\lib\cmake\c-ares\c-ares-config.cmake
• C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\lib\cmake\c-ares\c-ares-targets.cmake
• C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\lib\cmake\c-ares\c-ares-targets-release.cmake
• C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\lib\cmake\minizip-exports.cmake
• C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\lib\cmake\minizip-exports-release.cmake
• C:\Program Files\Git\usr\share\nano\cmake.nanorc
• C:\Program Files\Git\usr\share\vim\vim81\ftplugin\cmake.vim
• C:\Program Files\Git\usr\share\vim\vim81\indent\cmake.vim
• C:\Program Files\Git\usr\share\vim\vim81\syntax\cmake.vim
• C:\Program Files\Notepad++\autoCompletion\cmake.xml
• C:\Program Files\SmartGit\git\mingw64\lib\cmake\c-ares\c-ares-config.cmake
• C:\Program Files\SmartGit\git\mingw64\lib\cmake\c-ares\c-ares-targets.cmake
• C:\Program Files\SmartGit\git\mingw64\lib\cmake\c-ares\c-ares-targets-release.cmake
• C:\Program Files\SmartGit\git\usr\share\nano\cmake.nanorc
• C:\Program Files\SmartGit\git\usr\share\vim\vim81\ftplugin\cmake.vim
• C:\Program Files\SmartGit\git\usr\share\vim\vim81\indent\cmake.vim
• C:\Program Files\SmartGit\git\usr\share\vim\vim81\syntax\cmake.vim
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\ASUS\Armoury Crate Service\AC_FDS\TemporaryIcon\cmake-gui.exe8429860582941791456.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.52.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\cmake\Modules\_._
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.52.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\generator\cmake.py
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.53.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\generator\cmake.py
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\notebook\static\components\codemirror\mode\cmake\cmake.js
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\cmake\FindHDF5.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\cmake\hdf5-config.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\cmake\hdf5-config-version.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\cmake\hdf5-targets.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\cmake\hdf5-targets-release.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\include\dynd\cmake_config.hpp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5\Qt5Config.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5\Qt5ConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt53DCore\Qt53DCoreConfig.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt53DCore\Qt53DCoreConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt53DInput\Qt53DInputConfig.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt53DInput\Qt53DInputConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt53DLogic\Qt53DLogicConfig.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt53DLogic\Qt53DLogicConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt53DQuick\Qt53DQuickConfig.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt53DQuick\Qt53DQuickConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt53DQuickInput\Qt53DQuickInputConfig.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt53DQuickInput\Qt53DQuickInputConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt53DQuickRender\Qt53DQuickRenderConfig.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt53DQuickRender\Qt53DQuickRenderConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt53DRender\Qt53DRender_AssimpParserPlugin.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt53DRender\Qt53DRender_GLTFSceneParserPlugin.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt53DRender\Qt53DRenderConfig.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt53DRender\Qt53DRenderConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5AxBase\Qt5AxBaseConfig.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5AxBase\Qt5AxBaseConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5AxContainer\Qt5AxContainerConfig.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5AxContainer\Qt5AxContainerConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5AxServer\Qt5AxServerConfig.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5AxServer\Qt5AxServerConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Bluetooth\Qt5BluetoothConfig.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Bluetooth\Qt5BluetoothConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Concurrent\Qt5ConcurrentConfig.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Concurrent\Qt5ConcurrentConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Core\Qt5CoreConfig.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Core\Qt5CoreConfigExtras.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Core\Qt5CoreConfigExtrasMkspecDir.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Core\Qt5CoreConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Core\Qt5CoreMacros.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Core\Qt5CTestMacros.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5DBus\Qt5DBusConfig.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5DBus\Qt5DBusConfigExtras.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5DBus\Qt5DBusConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5DBus\Qt5DBusMacros.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Designer\Qt5Designer_QAxWidgetPlugin.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Designer\Qt5Designer_QQuickWidgetPlugin.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Designer\Qt5Designer_QWebViewPlugin.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Designer\Qt5DesignerConfig.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Designer\Qt5DesignerConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Enginio\Qt5EnginioConfig.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Enginio\Qt5EnginioConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Gui\Qt5Gui_QDDSPlugin.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Gui\Qt5Gui_QGifPlugin.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Gui\Qt5Gui_QICNSPlugin.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Gui\Qt5Gui_QICOPlugin.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Gui\Qt5Gui_QJpegPlugin.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Gui\Qt5Gui_QMinimalIntegrationPlugin.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Gui\Qt5Gui_QOffscreenIntegrationPlugin.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Gui\Qt5Gui_QTgaPlugin.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Gui\Qt5Gui_QTiffPlugin.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Gui\Qt5Gui_QTuioTouchPlugin.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Gui\Qt5Gui_QWbmpPlugin.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Gui\Qt5Gui_QWebpPlugin.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Gui\Qt5Gui_QWindowsIntegrationPlugin.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Gui\Qt5GuiConfig.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Gui\Qt5GuiConfigExtras.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Gui\Qt5GuiConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Help\Qt5HelpConfig.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Help\Qt5HelpConfigExtras.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Help\Qt5HelpConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5LinguistTools\Qt5LinguistToolsConfig.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5LinguistTools\Qt5LinguistToolsConfigVersion.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5LinguistTools\Qt5LinguistToolsMacros.cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\Library\lib\cmake\Qt5Location\Qt5Location_QGeoServiceProviderFactoryMapbox.cmake

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cmake
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Kitware\CMake
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\D07F938AD238F3F45824389F3452110F
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{A839F70D-832D-4F3F-8542-83F9432511F0}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\landesk\managementsuite\WinClient\SoftwareMonitoring\MonitorLog\C:/Program Files/CMake/bin/cmake.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\landesk\managementsuite\WinClient\SoftwareMonitoring\MonitorLog\C:/Program Files/CMake/bin/cmake-gui.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\landesk\managementsuite\WinClient\SoftwareMonitoring\MonitorLog\cmake.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\landesk\managementsuite\WinClient\SoftwareMonitoring\MonitorLog\D:/.bbs_conan/808068/1/bin/cmake.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\.NETFramework\v2.0.50727\NGenService\Roots\c:/LegacyApp/Microsoft Visual Studio/Common7/IDE/CommonExtensions/Microsoft/CMake/TestExplorer/System.ValueTuple.dll

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\D07F938AD238F3F45824389F3452110F\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\windows\Installer\{A839F70D-832D-4F3F-8542-83F9432511F0}\

How to erase CMake from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CMake is a program by the software company Kitware. Some users try to uninstall this application. This can be hard because performing this by hand requires some skill related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE action to uninstall CMake 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 the best uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows system.

DOWNLOAD NOW

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find CMake or simply click 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 apps, the following data regarding the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding CMake, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for CMake:

• The software company is: https://cmake.org
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{EF84A376-14C8-4B86-A59D-50219E1DA753}

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


8. After removing CMake, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of CMake that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing CMake with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove CMake by Kitware from your PC, nor are we saying that CMake by Kitware is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove CMake supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.