CMake

A way to uninstall CMake from your PC

This web page contains thorough information on how to remove CMake for Windows. The Windows version was created by Kitware. More information about Kitware can be seen here. Please follow https://cmake.org if you want to read more on CMake on Kitware's page. CMake is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\CMake folder, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the application. The full command line for removing CMake is MsiExec.exe /X{6FE90763-E53C-4067-A1C8-922870548814}. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for administrator rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 7.70 MB (8072192 bytes) on disk and is called cmake.exe.

The executable files below are part of CMake. They take an average of 42.28 MB (44328960 bytes) on disk.

• cmake-gui.exe (18.08 MB)
• cmake.exe (7.70 MB)
• cmcldeps.exe (802.00 KB)
• cpack.exe (7.46 MB)
• ctest.exe (8.25 MB)

The current web page applies to CMake version 3.11.1 alone. 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
• 3.7.0
• 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
• 3.27.8

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.31.1\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\cmake
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\atom\app-1.31.2\resources\app\apm\node_modules\git-utils\deps\libgit2\cmake

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• 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\cmcompress\Copyright.txt
• 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\cmlibrhash\README
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\cmlibuv\LICENSE
• 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\Copyright.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_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_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
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\list.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\load_cache.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\load_command.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\macro.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\make_directory.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\mark_as_advanced.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\math.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\message.rst.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake\doc\cmake\html\_sources\command\option.rst.txt

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Kitware\CMake
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\32D088BEC9D919544B9E5F1F2D371C08
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Kitware\CMake
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{EB880D23-9D9C-4591-B4E9-F5F1D273C180}

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\32D088BEC9D919544B9E5F1F2D371C08\ProductName

How to remove CMake using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

CMake is a program marketed by Kitware. Frequently, users want to uninstall it. Sometimes this is easier said than done because doing this manually requires some know-how regarding PCs. The best EASY solution 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 on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate CMake or simply click the Search feature and type in "CMake". The CMake program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click CMake in the list of applications, the following information about the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about CMake, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for CMake:

• The web site of the program is: https://cmake.org
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{6FE90763-E53C-4067-A1C8-922870548814}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove CMake.


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

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

Disclaimer

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