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A guide to uninstall KiCad 9.0 from your computer

KiCad 9.0 is a Windows application. Read more about how to remove it from your computer. It is written by KiCad. You can read more on KiCad or check for application updates here. The application is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0 directory (same installation drive as Windows). C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove KiCad 9.0. KiCad 9.0's main file takes about 5.67 MB (5949216 bytes) and is named kicad.exe.

KiCad 9.0 installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 20.56 MB (21554633 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (131.71 KB)
  • bitmap2component.exe (2.46 MB)
  • crashpad_handler.exe (607.78 KB)
  • dxf2idf.exe (131.28 KB)
  • eeschema.exe (958.78 KB)
  • gerbview.exe (362.28 KB)
  • idf2vrml.exe (289.28 KB)
  • idfcyl.exe (51.28 KB)
  • idfrect.exe (45.28 KB)
  • kicad-cli.exe (2.51 MB)
  • kicad.exe (5.67 MB)
  • pcbnew.exe (958.78 KB)
  • pcb_calculator.exe (362.78 KB)
  • pl_editor.exe (660.78 KB)
  • python.exe (101.78 KB)
  • pythonw.exe (99.78 KB)
  • venvlauncher.exe (111.28 KB)
  • venvwlauncher.exe (109.28 KB)
  • _freeze_module.exe (2.82 MB)
  • f2py.exe (117.74 KB)
  • numpy-config.exe (117.74 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 (75.78 KB)
  • cli-64.exe (84.78 KB)
  • cli-arm64.exe (145.78 KB)
  • cli.exe (75.78 KB)
  • gui-32.exe (75.78 KB)
  • gui-64.exe (85.28 KB)
  • gui-arm64.exe (146.28 KB)
  • gui.exe (75.78 KB)
  • normalizer.exe (117.69 KB)
  • pip3.exe (105.86 KB)
  • wheel.exe (117.67 KB)
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The information on this page is only about version 9.0.1 of KiCad 9.0. You can find below info on other versions of KiCad 9.0:

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you uninstall KiCad 9.0.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall KiCad 9.0 from your computer:
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\KiCad\9.0
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad\9.0

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall KiCad 9.0:
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\_cvpcb.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\_eeschema.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\_freeze_module.exe
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\_kipython.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\_pcb_calculator.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\_pcbnew.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\_pl_editor.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\bitmap2component.exe
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\boost_atomic-vc143-mt-x64-1_86.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\boost_chrono-vc143-mt-x64-1_86.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\boost_container-vc143-mt-x64-1_86.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\boost_date_time-vc143-mt-x64-1_86.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\boost_filesystem-vc143-mt-x64-1_86.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\boost_locale-vc143-mt-x64-1_86.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\boost_prg_exec_monitor-vc143-mt-x64-1_86.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\boost_random-vc143-mt-x64-1_86.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\boost_regex-vc143-mt-x64-1_86.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\boost_serialization-vc143-mt-x64-1_86.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\boost_system-vc143-mt-x64-1_86.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\boost_thread-vc143-mt-x64-1_86.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\boost_unit_test_framework-vc143-mt-x64-1_86.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\boost_wserialization-vc143-mt-x64-1_86.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\brotlicommon.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\brotlidec.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\brotlienc.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\bz2.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\cairo-2.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\cairo-script-interpreter-2.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\charset-1.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\concrt140.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\crashpad_handler.exe
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\crashpad_wer.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\_asyncio.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\_bz2.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\_ctypes.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\_decimal.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\_elementtree.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\_hashlib.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\_lzma.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\_msi.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\_multiprocessing.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\_overlapped.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\_queue.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\_socket.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\_sqlite3.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\_ssl.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\_uuid.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\_zoneinfo.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\bz2.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\ffi-8.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\libcrypto-3-x64.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\libexpat.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\liblzma.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\libssl-3-x64.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\pyexpat.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\select.pyd
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\sqlite3.dll
  • C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\unicodedata.pyd

Many times the following registry data will not be removed:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_pcb.9.0
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_pro.9.0
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_sch.9.0
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.kicad_wks.9.0
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.pro.9.0
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\KiCad.sch.9.0
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KiCad 9.0


A way to uninstall KiCad 9.0 from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

KiCad 9.0 is an application offered by KiCad. Some people want to remove this application. This can be easier said than done because performing this by hand takes some know-how related to PCs. One of the best QUICK way to remove KiCad 9.0 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 Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows computer.

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  • 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 number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find KiCad 9.0 or simply click the Search feature and type in "KiCad 9.0". The KiCad 9.0 app will be found automatically. Notice that after you select KiCad 9.0 in the list , some information regarding the program is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding KiCad 9.0, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the app you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove KiCad 9.0.
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8. After uninstalling KiCad 9.0, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of KiCad 9.0 that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling KiCad 9.0 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove KiCad 9.0 by KiCad from your PC, nor are we saying that KiCad 9.0 by KiCad is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove KiCad 9.0 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.

2025-04-01 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2025-04-01 08:05:08.023