KiCad 6.0.1

How to uninstall KiCad 6.0.1 from your computer

This web page is about KiCad 6.0.1 for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was created by KiCad. More information on KiCad can be seen here. More information about the program KiCad 6.0.1 can be seen at www.kicad.org/. Usually the KiCad 6.0.1 program is found in the C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0 directory, depending on the user's option during install. You can remove KiCad 6.0.1 by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\uninstaller.exe. Note that you might get a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file is named kicad.exe and its approximative size is 6.28 MB (6582088 bytes).

KiCad 6.0.1 is composed of the following executables which occupy 20.77 MB (21778557 bytes) on disk:

• uninstaller.exe (67.08 KB)
• bitmap2component.exe (2.66 MB)
• dxf2idf.exe (126.32 KB)
• eeschema.exe (1.34 MB)
• gerbview.exe (1.34 MB)
• idf2vrml.exe (286.32 KB)
• idfcyl.exe (47.82 KB)
• idfrect.exe (41.32 KB)
• kicad.exe (6.28 MB)
• kicad2step.exe (397.32 KB)
• pcbnew.exe (1.34 MB)
• pcb_calculator.exe (1.34 MB)
• pl_editor.exe (1.34 MB)
• python.exe (102.82 KB)
• pythonw.exe (100.82 KB)
• venvlauncher.exe (122.82 KB)
• venvwlauncher.exe (121.32 KB)
• xsltproc.exe (33.32 KB)
• _freeze_importlib.exe (26.32 KB)
• wininst-10.0-amd64.exe (217.00 KB)
• wininst-10.0.exe (186.50 KB)
• wininst-14.0-amd64.exe (574.00 KB)
• wininst-14.0.exe (447.50 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 (219.00 KB)
• wininst-9.0.exe (191.50 KB)
• t32.exe (94.50 KB)
• t64-arm.exe (176.50 KB)
• t64.exe (103.50 KB)
• w32.exe (88.00 KB)
• w64-arm.exe (162.50 KB)
• w64.exe (97.50 KB)
• cli.exe (64.00 KB)
• cli-64.exe (73.00 KB)
• gui.exe (64.00 KB)
• gui-64.exe (73.50 KB)
• f2py.exe (103.89 KB)
• normalizer.exe (103.92 KB)
• pip3.exe (103.86 KB)
• wheel.exe (103.88 KB)

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The current web page applies to KiCad 6.0.1 version 6.0.1 alone. Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you remove KiCad 6.0.1.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall KiCad 6.0.1:

• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\UserName Data\Default\IndexedDB\https_forum.kicad.info_0.indexeddb.leveldb
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\KiCad
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\kicad

The files below are left behind on your disk by KiCad 6.0.1 when you uninstall it:

• 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\harfbuzz.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\harfbuzz-subset.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

Generally the following registry data will not be cleaned:

• 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.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_pro.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_sch.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_wks.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.pro.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.sch.6.0
• HKEY_CURRENT_UserName\Software\KiCad
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KiCad 6.0

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_pcb\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_pcb.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_pro\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_pro.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_sch\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_sch.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_wks\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_wks.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pro\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.pro.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.sch\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.sch.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\UserNames\UserName\Downloads\kicad-6.0.11-x86_64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\UserNames\UserName\Downloads\kicad-6.0.11-x86_64.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserNameSettings\S-1-5-21-1407710995-2043801213-1385652110-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\eeschema.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserNameSettings\S-1-5-21-1407710995-2043801213-1385652110-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\kicad.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserNameSettings\S-1-5-21-1407710995-2043801213-1385652110-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\UserNames\UserName\Downloads\kicad-6.0.11-x86_64.exe

A way to uninstall KiCad 6.0.1 from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

KiCad 6.0.1 is a program by the software company KiCad. Sometimes, users try to uninstall it. This is troublesome because uninstalling this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK manner to uninstall KiCad 6.0.1 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 already installed on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to optimize your computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find KiCad 6.0.1 or simply activate the Search field and type in "KiCad 6.0.1". If it is installed on your PC the KiCad 6.0.1 app will be found automatically. Notice that when you click KiCad 6.0.1 in the list of applications, the following data regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding KiCad 6.0.1, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for KiCad 6.0.1:

• The software company is: www.kicad.org/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\uninstaller.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall KiCad 6.0.1.


8. After uninstalling KiCad 6.0.1, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of KiCad 6.0.1 that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing KiCad 6.0.1 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove KiCad 6.0.1 by KiCad from your computer, nor are we saying that KiCad 6.0.1 by KiCad is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove KiCad 6.0.1 supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.