CMake

How to uninstall CMake from your PC

This page contains detailed information on how to uninstall CMake for Windows. It was created for Windows by Kitware. More information about Kitware can be read here. More information about the app CMake can be found at https://cmake.org. The program is usually found in the C:\Program Files\CMake folder. Keep in mind that this path can differ being determined by the user's choice. The full command line for uninstalling CMake is MsiExec.exe /X{9FD49C88-F564-4F8B-98ED-D91FB2EEB308}. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for administrator rights. cmake.exe is the CMake's primary executable file and it occupies around 8.53 MB (8945296 bytes) on disk.

CMake installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 46.64 MB (48902352 bytes) on disk.

• cmake-gui.exe (19.35 MB)
• cmake.exe (8.53 MB)
• cmcldeps.exe (1.03 MB)
• cpack.exe (8.52 MB)
• ctest.exe (9.21 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 3.18.0 of CMake. For more CMake versions please click below:

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

Folders that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\bin\cmake.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\bin\cmake-gui.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\bin\cmcldeps.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\bin\cpack.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\bin\ctest.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\cmake.org.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\CMake.qch
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\cmcurl\COPYING
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\cmlibarchive\COPYING
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\cmliblzma\COPYING
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\cmlibrhash\COPYING
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\cmlibuv\LICENSE
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\cmnghttp2\COPYING
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\cmsys\Copyright.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\cmzlib\Copyright.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\cmzstd\LICENSE
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\Copyright.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_images\GUI-Add-Entry.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_images\GUI-Choose-Generator.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_images\GUI-Configure-Dialog.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_images\GUI-Source-Binary.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_images\VS-Choose-Arch.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_compile_definitions.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_compile_options.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_custom_command.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_custom_target.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_definitions.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_dependencies.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_executable.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_library.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_link_options.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_subdirectory.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\add_test.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\aux_source_directory.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\break.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\build_command.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\build_name.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\cmake_host_system_information.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\cmake_language.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\cmake_minimum_required.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\cmake_parse_arguments.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\cmake_policy.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\configure_file.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\continue.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\create_test_sourcelist.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_build.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_configure.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_coverage.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_empty_binary_directory.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_memcheck.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_read_custom_files.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_run_script.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_sleep.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_start.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_submit.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_test.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_update.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\ctest_upload.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\define_property.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\else.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\elseif.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\enable_language.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\enable_testing.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\endforeach.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\endfunction.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\endif.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\endmacro.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\endwhile.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\exec_program.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\execute_process.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\export.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\export_library_dependencies.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\file.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\find_file.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\find_library.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\find_package.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\find_path.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\find_program.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\fltk_wrap_ui.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\foreach.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\function.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\get_cmake_property.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\get_directory_property.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\get_filename_component.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\get_property.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\get_source_file_property.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\get_target_property.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\get_test_property.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\if.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\include.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\include_directories.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\include_external_msproject.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\include_guard.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\include_regular_expression.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\install.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\install_files.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\install_programs.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\install_targets.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\link_directories.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\link_libraries.rst.txt

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Kitware\CMake
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\IntelliPoint\AppSpecific\cmake-gui.exe
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\IntelliType Pro\AppSpecific\cmake-gui.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F77DE0BF1BA67DD40989466E5D1C4D6F
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Kitware\CMake
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{FB0ED77F-6AB1-4DD7-9098-64E6D5C1D4F6}

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\F77DE0BF1BA67DD40989466E5D1C4D6F\ProductName

A way to delete CMake with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CMake is a program released by the software company Kitware. Sometimes, computer users try to uninstall it. Sometimes this is hard because removing this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK approach to uninstall CMake is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your Windows PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find CMake or simply activate the Search feature and type in "CMake". The CMake app will be found very quickly. After you click CMake in the list , some data regarding the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding CMake, 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 pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for CMake:

• The web site of the program is: https://cmake.org
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{9FD49C88-F564-4F8B-98ED-D91FB2EEB308}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove CMake.


8. After uninstalling CMake, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong CMake which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing CMake using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall CMake by Kitware from your computer, we are not saying that CMake by Kitware is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall CMake in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.