KiCad 9.0

A guide to uninstall KiCad 9.0 from your system

This web page contains complete information on how to uninstall KiCad 9.0 for Windows. It was created for Windows by KiCad. Check out here for more information on KiCad. KiCad 9.0 is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0 folder, depending on the user's choice. You can uninstall KiCad 9.0 by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for admin rights. kicad.exe is the KiCad 9.0's main executable file and it occupies approximately 5.56 MB (5825312 bytes) on disk.

KiCad 9.0 is comprised of the following executables which occupy 20.40 MB (21387793 bytes) on disk:

• uninstall.exe (131.76 KB)
• bitmap2component.exe (2.43 MB)
• crashpad_handler.exe (607.78 KB)
• dxf2idf.exe (131.28 KB)
• eeschema.exe (957.78 KB)
• gerbview.exe (360.78 KB)
• idf2vrml.exe (289.28 KB)
• idfcyl.exe (51.28 KB)
• idfrect.exe (45.28 KB)
• kicad-cli.exe (2.50 MB)
• kicad.exe (5.56 MB)
• pcbnew.exe (957.78 KB)
• pcb_calculator.exe (361.28 KB)
• pl_editor.exe (659.78 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 (117.70 KB)
• pip3.exe (105.86 KB)
• wheel.exe (117.68 KB)

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This data is about KiCad 9.0 version 9.0.0.1.459.928 alone. Click on the links below for other KiCad 9.0 versions:

• 9.0.1
• 9.0.2.4.8548628
• 9.0.0.1.704.3376862
• 9.0.02
• 9.0.0.1.674.6769807
• 9.0.01
• 9.0.0.2.6.100
• 9.0.0.2.288.908396
• 9.0.0.2.146.683663
• 9.0.0.115.3984704
• 9.0.2
• 9.0.0
• 9.0.0.1.642.1249604
• 9.0.0.2.82.42772
• 9.0.0.1.661.7896576

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you remove KiCad 9.0.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\KiCad\9.0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\kicad\9.0

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• 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\_gerbview.dll
• 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\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\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
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\winsound.pyd
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\DLLs\zlib1.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\dxf2idf.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\eeschema.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\ffi-8.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\fontconfig-1.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\freetype.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\gerbview.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\getopt.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\git2.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\glew32.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\harfbuzz.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\harfbuzz-subset.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\iconv-2.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\icudt74.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\icuin74.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\icuio74.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\icutu74.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\icuuc74.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\idf2vrml.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\idfcyl.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\idfrect.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\intl-8.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\jpeg62.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\kiapi.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\kicad.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\kicad_3dsg.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\kicad-cli.exe
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\kicad-cmd.bat
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\kicommon.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\kigal.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\legacy.dll
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\Lib\__future__.py
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\Lib\__hello__.py
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\Lib\__phello__\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\Lib\__phello__\ham\__init__.py
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\Lib\__phello__\ham\eggs.py
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\Lib\__phello__\spam.py
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\Lib\__pycache__\__future__.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\Lib\__pycache__\_compat_pickle.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\Lib\__pycache__\_compression.cpython-311.pyc
• C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\Lib\__pycache__\_markupbase.cpython-311.pyc

Registry that is not 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

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\eeschema.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\kicad.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\pcbnew.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\KiCad\9.0\bin\pl_editor.exe.FriendlyAppName

How to remove KiCad 9.0 from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

KiCad 9.0 is a program marketed by KiCad. Sometimes, users choose to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is efortful because performing this by hand takes some skill regarding PCs. One of the best EASY solution to uninstall KiCad 9.0 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your computer.

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• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find KiCad 9.0 or simply click the Search field and type in "KiCad 9.0". If it exists on your system the KiCad 9.0 program will be found automatically. After you click KiCad 9.0 in the list , some data regarding the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding KiCad 9.0, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall KiCad 9.0.


8. After removing KiCad 9.0, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong KiCad 9.0 which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling KiCad 9.0 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall KiCad 9.0 by KiCad from your PC, we are not saying that KiCad 9.0 by KiCad is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall KiCad 9.0 supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.