KiCad 5.1.12_1

A guide to uninstall KiCad 5.1.12_1 from your system

This info is about KiCad 5.1.12_1 for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It was created for Windows by KiCad. More information on KiCad can be found here. You can see more info about KiCad 5.1.12_1 at www.kicad.org/. KiCad 5.1.12_1 is typically set up in the C:\Program Files\KiCad directory, but this location can differ a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the program. C:\Program Files\KiCad\uninstaller.exe is the full command line if you want to remove KiCad 5.1.12_1. kicad.exe is the KiCad 5.1.12_1's main executable file and it takes around 2.00 MB (2100224 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of KiCad 5.1.12_1. They take an average of 23.87 MB (25030695 bytes) on disk.

• uninstaller.exe (67.26 KB)
• bitmap2component.exe (1.72 MB)
• dxf2idf.exe (251.50 KB)
• easy_install.exe (22.50 KB)
• eeschema.exe (811.50 KB)
• gdb.exe (9.00 MB)
• gerbview.exe (810.50 KB)
• idf2vrml.exe (443.50 KB)
• idfcyl.exe (59.50 KB)
• idfrect.exe (50.50 KB)
• kicad-ogltest.exe (4.17 MB)
• kicad.exe (2.00 MB)
• kicad2step.exe (451.00 KB)
• pcbnew.exe (808.00 KB)
• pcb_calculator.exe (810.50 KB)
• pip.exe (22.50 KB)
• pl_editor.exe (760.50 KB)
• python.exe (18.00 KB)
• xsltproc.exe (94.29 KB)
• wininst-6.0.exe (60.00 KB)
• wininst-7.1.exe (64.00 KB)
• wininst-8.0.exe (60.00 KB)
• wininst-9.0-amd64.exe (218.50 KB)
• wininst-9.0.exe (191.50 KB)
• t32.exe (90.50 KB)
• t64.exe (100.00 KB)
• w32.exe (87.00 KB)
• w64.exe (97.00 KB)
• t32.exe (94.50 KB)
• t64.exe (103.50 KB)
• w32.exe (88.00 KB)
• w64.exe (97.50 KB)
• cli-32.exe (49.00 KB)
• cli-64.exe (44.50 KB)
• cli.exe (63.50 KB)
• gui-32.exe (49.00 KB)
• gui-64.exe (44.50 KB)
• gui.exe (63.50 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 5.1.121 of KiCad 5.1.12_1. Quite a few files, folders and Windows registry entries will not be removed when you are trying to remove KiCad 5.1.12_1 from your PC.

Folders that were found:

• C:\Program Files\KiCad
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\KiCad
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\vlg46mww.default-release\storage\default\https+++forum.kicad.info

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\_cvpcb.kiface
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\_eeschema.kiface
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\_freeze_importlib.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\_gerbview.kiface
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\_kipython.kiface
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\_pcb_calculator.kiface
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\_pcbnew.kiface
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\_pl_editor.kiface
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\bitmap2component.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_atomic-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_chrono-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_container-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_context-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_contract-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_coroutine-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_date_time-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_fiber-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_filesystem-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_graph-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_iostreams-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_json-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_locale-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_log_setup-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_log-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_math_c99f-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_math_c99l-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_math_c99-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_math_tr1f-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_math_tr1l-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_math_tr1-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_nowide-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_prg_exec_monitor-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_program_options-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_python39-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_random-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_regex-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_serialization-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_stacktrace_noop-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_stacktrace_windbg_cached-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_stacktrace_windbg-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_system-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_thread-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_timer-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_type_erasure-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_unit_test_framework-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_wave-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\boost_wserialization-vc142-mt-x64-1_76.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\brotlicommon.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\brotlidec.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\brotlienc.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\bz2.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\cairo-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\cairo-script-interpreter-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\charset-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\_asyncio.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\_bz2.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\_ctypes.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\_decimal.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\_elementtree.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\_hashlib.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\_lzma.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\_msi.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\_multiprocessing.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\_overlapped.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\_queue.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\_socket.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\_sqlite3.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\_ssl.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\_uuid.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\_zoneinfo.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\bz2.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\libexpat.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\libffi.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\libssl-1_1-x64.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\lzma.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\pyexpat.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\select.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\sqlite3.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\unicodedata.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\winsound.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\DLLs\zlib1.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\dxf2idf.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\eeschema.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\fontconfig-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\freetype.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\gerbview.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\glew32.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\iconv-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\icudt69.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\icuin69.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\icuio69.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\icutu69.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\icuuc69.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\idf2vrml.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\idfcyl.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\idfrect.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\intl-8.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\jpeg62.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\kicad.exe

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be removed; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_pcb
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_pro
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_sch
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_wks
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\kicad.exe
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_pcb
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_pro
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_sch
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_wks
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.pro
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.sch
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\KiCad
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KiCad

Supplementary values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_pcb\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_pcb
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_pro\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_pro
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_sch\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_sch
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_wks\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_wks
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pro\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.pro
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.sch\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.sch
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\KiCad\5.99\bin\kicad.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\kicad.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\pcbnew.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\KiCad\bin\kicad.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\F:\kicad-6.0.0-x86_64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\F:\kicad-6.0.0-x86_64.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3046864590-2635127896-3823512444-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\eeschema.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3046864590-2635127896-3823512444-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\kicad.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3046864590-2635127896-3823512444-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\pcbnew.exe

A way to erase KiCad 5.1.12_1 from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

KiCad 5.1.12_1 is a program marketed by the software company KiCad. Sometimes, people decide to erase it. This is easier said than done because doing this manually requires some know-how related to removing Windows programs manually. The best QUICK approach to erase KiCad 5.1.12_1 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to optimize your computer.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find KiCad 5.1.12_1 or simply click the Search feature and type in "KiCad 5.1.12_1". If it is installed on your PC the KiCad 5.1.12_1 application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select KiCad 5.1.12_1 in the list of applications, some data regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding KiCad 5.1.12_1, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for KiCad 5.1.12_1:

• The software company is: www.kicad.org/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\KiCad\uninstaller.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove KiCad 5.1.12_1.


8. After removing KiCad 5.1.12_1, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong KiCad 5.1.12_1 that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling KiCad 5.1.12_1 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove KiCad 5.1.12_1 by KiCad from your computer, we are not saying that KiCad 5.1.12_1 by KiCad is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove KiCad 5.1.12_1 in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.