KiCad 7.0
How to uninstall KiCad 7.0 from your computer
This page contains thorough information on how to remove KiCad 7.0 for Windows. It was created for Windows by
KiCad. You can find out more on KiCad or check for application updates
here. More information about the app KiCad 7.0 can be seen at
www.kicad.org/. KiCad 7.0 is typically installed in the C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0 folder, regulated by the user's choice. KiCad 7.0's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\uninstaller.exe. The application's main executable file is called kicad.exe and it has a size of 6.53 MB (6851912 bytes).
The executables below are part of KiCad 7.0. They take an average of 45.04 MB (
47224726 bytes) on disk.
- uninstaller.exe (67.66 KB)
- bitmap2component.exe (5.83 MB)
- crashpad_handler.exe (619.82 KB)
- dxf2idf.exe (132.32 KB)
- eeschema.exe (4.47 MB)
- gerbview.exe (4.47 MB)
- idf2vrml.exe (292.82 KB)
- idfcyl.exe (50.82 KB)
- idfrect.exe (44.82 KB)
- kicad-cli.exe (4.67 MB)
- kicad.exe (6.53 MB)
- pcbnew.exe (4.47 MB)
- pcb_calculator.exe (4.47 MB)
- pl_editor.exe (4.47 MB)
- python.exe (104.82 KB)
- pythonw.exe (102.82 KB)
- venvlauncher.exe (125.32 KB)
- venvwlauncher.exe (123.82 KB)
- _freeze_importlib.exe (28.82 KB)
- wininst-10.0-amd64.exe (228.82 KB)
- wininst-10.0.exe (198.32 KB)
- wininst-14.0-amd64.exe (585.82 KB)
- wininst-14.0.exe (459.32 KB)
- wininst-6.0.exe (71.82 KB)
- wininst-7.1.exe (75.82 KB)
- wininst-8.0.exe (71.82 KB)
- wininst-9.0-amd64.exe (230.82 KB)
- wininst-9.0.exe (203.32 KB)
- t32.exe (95.50 KB)
- t64-arm.exe (178.50 KB)
- t64.exe (105.50 KB)
- w32.exe (89.50 KB)
- w64-arm.exe (164.50 KB)
- w64.exe (99.50 KB)
- cli-32.exe (75.82 KB)
- cli-64.exe (84.82 KB)
- cli.exe (75.82 KB)
- gui-32.exe (75.82 KB)
- gui-64.exe (85.32 KB)
- gui.exe (75.82 KB)
- f2py.exe (115.73 KB)
- normalizer.exe (115.76 KB)
- pip3.exe (105.86 KB)
- wheel.exe (115.73 KB)
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7.0.6 only. You can find below info on other releases of KiCad 7.0:
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If you are manually uninstalling KiCad 7.0 we suggest you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.
Folders left behind when you uninstall KiCad 7.0:- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Profile 9\IndexedDB\https_forum.kicad.info_0.indexeddb.leveldb
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\KiCad
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad
Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall KiCad 7.0:- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\_cvpcb.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\_eeschema.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\_freeze_importlib.exe
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\_gerbview.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\_kipython.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\_pcb_calculator.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\_pcbnew.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\_pl_editor.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\bitmap2component.exe
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_atomic-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_chrono-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_container-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_context-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_contract-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_coroutine-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_date_time-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_fiber-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_filesystem-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_graph-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_iostreams-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_json-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_locale-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_log_setup-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_log-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_math_c99f-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_math_c99l-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_math_c99-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_math_tr1f-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_math_tr1l-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_math_tr1-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_nowide-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_prg_exec_monitor-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_program_options-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_python39-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_random-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_regex-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_serialization-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_stacktrace_noop-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_stacktrace_windbg_cached-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_stacktrace_windbg-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_system-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_thread-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_timer-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_type_erasure-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_unit_test_framework-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_url-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_wave-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\boost_wserialization-vc143-mt-x64-1_81.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\brotlicommon.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\brotlidec.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\brotlienc.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\bz2.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\cairo-2.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\cairo-script-interpreter-2.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\charset-1.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\crashpad_handler.exe
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\crashpad_wer.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\_asyncio.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\_bz2.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\_ctypes.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\_decimal.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\_elementtree.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\_hashlib.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\_lzma.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\_msi.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\_multiprocessing.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\_overlapped.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\_queue.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\_socket.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\_sqlite3.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\_ssl.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\_uuid.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\_zoneinfo.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\bz2.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\libcrypto-3-x64.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\libexpat.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\libffi.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\liblzma.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\libssl-3-x64.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\pyexpat.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\select.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\sqlite3.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\unicodedata.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\winsound.pyd
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\DLLs\zlib1.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\dxf2idf.exe
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\eeschema.exe
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\fontconfig-1.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\freetype.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\gerbview.exe
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\getopt.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\glew32.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\harfbuzz.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\harfbuzz-subset.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\iconv-2.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\icudt72.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\icuin72.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\icuio72.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\icutu72.dll
- C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\icuuc72.dll
Registry that is not removed:- 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.7.0
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_pro.7.0
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_sch.7.0
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_wks.7.0
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.pro.7.0
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.sch.7.0
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\KiCad
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script\Settings\Telemetry\kicad.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KiCad 7.0
Additional registry values that you should remove:- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_pcb\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_pcb.7.0
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_pro\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_pro.7.0
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_sch\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_sch.7.0
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.kicad_wks\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.kicad_wks.7.0
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pro\OpenWithProgids\KiCad.pro.7.0
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\kicad-7.0.6-x86_64.exe.ApplicationCompany
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\kicad-7.0.6-x86_64.exe.FriendlyAppName
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\kicad-8.0.0-x86_64.exe.ApplicationCompany
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\kicad-8.0.0-x86_64.exe.FriendlyAppName
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4017249373-1464514399-652457376-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\bin\kicad.exe
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4017249373-1464514399-652457376-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\UserName\Downloads\kicad-8.0.0-x86_64.exe
A way to uninstall KiCad 7.0 from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO
KiCad 7.0 is an application released by the software company KiCad. Sometimes, users want to remove this program. This can be hard because uninstalling this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK way to remove KiCad 7.0 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:
1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to optimize your system.
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- download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
- set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.
3. Press the General Tools category

4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool

5. All the applications installed on the PC will be made available to you
6. Scroll the list of applications until you find KiCad 7.0 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "KiCad 7.0". The KiCad 7.0 program will be found very quickly. When you select KiCad 7.0 in the list of programs, some data about the program is available to you:
- Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about KiCad 7.0, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
- Technical information about the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for KiCad 7.0:
- The software company is: www.kicad.org/
- The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\KiCad\7.0\uninstaller.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall KiCad 7.0.

8. After removing KiCad 7.0, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong KiCad 7.0 which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling KiCad 7.0 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.
Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.
Disclaimer
The text above is not a recommendation to remove KiCad 7.0 by KiCad from your PC, nor are we saying that KiCad 7.0 by KiCad is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove KiCad 7.0 in case you want to. 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' computers.
Last update on: 2023-07-08 16:46:23.577