KiCad 6.0.2

How to uninstall KiCad 6.0.2 from your PC

KiCad 6.0.2 is a Windows program. Read more about how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was created by KiCad. Take a look here where you can get more info on KiCad. Click on www.kicad.org/ to get more information about KiCad 6.0.2 on KiCad's website. KiCad 6.0.2 is typically set up in the C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0 folder, regulated by the user's option. KiCad 6.0.2's complete uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\uninstaller.exe. KiCad 6.0.2's main file takes about 6.29 MB (6590344 bytes) and is named kicad.exe.

The executables below are part of KiCad 6.0.2. They take about 20.80 MB (21814579 bytes) on disk.

• uninstaller.exe (67.08 KB)
• bitmap2component.exe (2.66 MB)
• dxf2idf.exe (129.38 KB)
• eeschema.exe (1.35 MB)
• gerbview.exe (1.35 MB)
• idf2vrml.exe (287.88 KB)
• idfcyl.exe (46.88 KB)
• idfrect.exe (40.88 KB)
• kicad.exe (6.29 MB)
• kicad2step.exe (398.38 KB)
• pcbnew.exe (1.35 MB)
• pcb_calculator.exe (1.35 MB)
• pl_editor.exe (1.35 MB)
• python.exe (101.88 KB)
• pythonw.exe (99.88 KB)
• venvlauncher.exe (122.38 KB)
• venvwlauncher.exe (120.88 KB)
• xsltproc.exe (32.88 KB)
• _freeze_importlib.exe (25.88 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 (104.00 KB)
• w32.exe (88.00 KB)
• w64-arm.exe (162.50 KB)
• w64.exe (98.50 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 (103.91 KB)
• normalizer.exe (103.94 KB)
• pip3.exe (104.36 KB)
• wheel.exe (103.90 KB)

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The current web page applies to KiCad 6.0.2 version 6.0.2 alone. Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you remove KiCad 6.0.2.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\KiCad\6.0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad

The files below are left behind on your disk by KiCad 6.0.2's application uninstaller when you removed 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\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

Many times 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_pcb.7.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_pro.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_pro.7.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_sch.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_sch.7.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_wks.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_wks.7.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.pro.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.pro.7.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.sch.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.sch.7.0
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\KiCad
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KiCad 6.0

Open regedit.exe to delete the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_pcb\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_pcb.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_pcb\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_pcb.7.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_pro\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_pro.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_pro\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_pro.7.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_sch\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_sch.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_sch\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_sch.7.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_wks\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_wks.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_wks\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_wks.7.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pro\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.pro.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pro\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.pro.7.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.sch\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.sch.6.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.sch\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.sch.7.0
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\Y:\Software\Programma's\Cad Electro\KiCad\kicad-7.0.1-x86_64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\Y:\Software\Programma's\Cad Electro\KiCad\kicad-7.0.1-x86_64.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\Y:\Software\Programma's\Cad Electro\kicad-6.0.2-x86_64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\Y:\Software\Programma's\Cad Electro\kicad-6.0.2-x86_64.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2476503260-1059086959-4237701130-1003\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\kicad.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2476503260-1059086959-4237701130-1003\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\KiCad\6.0\bin\pl_editor.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2476503260-1059086959-4237701130-1003\\Device\HarddiskVolume8\Software\Programma's\Cad Electro\KiCad\kicad-7.0.1-x86_64.exe

How to erase KiCad 6.0.2 from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

KiCad 6.0.2 is a program by the software company KiCad. Some users try to erase this application. Sometimes this is troublesome because removing this by hand takes some experience regarding PCs. One of the best EASY procedure to erase KiCad 6.0.2 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW 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 interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find KiCad 6.0.2 or simply click the Search feature and type in "KiCad 6.0.2". The KiCad 6.0.2 application will be found automatically. Notice that after you select KiCad 6.0.2 in the list , the following data about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about KiCad 6.0.2, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for KiCad 6.0.2:

• 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 window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove KiCad 6.0.2.


8. After uninstalling KiCad 6.0.2, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of KiCad 6.0.2 which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing KiCad 6.0.2 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove KiCad 6.0.2 by KiCad from your computer, nor are we saying that KiCad 6.0.2 by KiCad is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove KiCad 6.0.2 supposing 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 stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.