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How to uninstall Kodi from your computer

This web page contains thorough information on how to uninstall Kodi for Windows. The Windows release was created by XBMC Foundation. More info about XBMC Foundation can be read here. Please follow if you want to read more on Kodi on XBMC Foundation's website. Usually the Kodi application is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi directory, depending on the user's option during setup. C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove Kodi. Kodi's main file takes around 36.38 MB (38150144 bytes) and its name is kodi.exe.

Kodi contains of the executables below. They occupy 38.79 MB (40669277 bytes) on disk.




  • kodi.exe (36.38 MB)
  • Uninstall.exe (440.59 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)
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The current page applies to Kodi version 21.2.0.0 only. For other Kodi versions please click below:

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Kodi has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Kodi:
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Kodi

The files below are left behind on your disk by Kodi when you uninstall it:
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\addon.xml
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\icon.png
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.af_za\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.am_et\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.ar_sa\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.ast_es\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.az_az\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.be_by\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.bg_bg\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.bs_ba\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.ca_es\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.cs_cz\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.cy_gb\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.da_dk\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.de_de\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.el_gr\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.en_au\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.en_gb\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.en_nz\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.en_us\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.eo\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.es_ar\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.es_es\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.es_mx\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.et_ee\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.eu_es\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.fa_af\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.fa_ir\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.fi_fi\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.fo_fo\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.fr_ca\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.fr_fr\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.gl_es\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.he_il\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.hi_in\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.hr_hr\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.hu_hu\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.hy_am\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.id_id\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.is_is\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.it_it\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.ja_jp\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.kn_in\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.ko_kr\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.lt_lt\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.lv_lv\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.mi\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.mk_mk\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.ml_in\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.mn_mn\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.ms_my\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.mt_mt\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.my_mm\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.nb_no\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.nl_nl\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.oc_fr\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.os_os\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.pl_pl\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.pt_br\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.pt_pt\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.ro_ro\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.ru_ru\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.si_lk\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.sk_sk\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.sl_si\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.sq_al\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.sr_rs@latin\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.sr_rs\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.sv_se\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.szl\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.ta_in\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.te_in\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.tg_tj\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.th_th\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.tr_tr\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.uk_ua\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.uz_uz\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.vi_vn\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.zh_cn\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\language\resource.language.zh_tw\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.aac\resources\settings.xml
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.wma\addon.xml
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.wma\icon.png
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.wma\resources\language\resource.language.af_za\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.wma\resources\language\resource.language.am_et\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.wma\resources\language\resource.language.ar_sa\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.wma\resources\language\resource.language.ast_es\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.wma\resources\language\resource.language.az_az\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.wma\resources\language\resource.language.be_by\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.wma\resources\language\resource.language.bg_bg\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.wma\resources\language\resource.language.bs_ba\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.wma\resources\language\resource.language.ca_es\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.wma\resources\language\resource.language.cs_cz\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.wma\resources\language\resource.language.cy_gb\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.wma\resources\language\resource.language.da_dk\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.wma\resources\language\resource.language.de_de\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.wma\resources\language\resource.language.el_gr\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.wma\resources\language\resource.language.en_au\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.wma\resources\language\resource.language.en_gb\strings.po
  • C:\Program Files\Kodi\addons\audioencoder.kodi.builtin.wma\resources\language\resource.language.en_nz\strings.po

Registry keys:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Kodi
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\DirectInput\KODI.EXE678C02AE02B12800
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Kodi

Open regedit.exe to delete the values below from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\kodi-21.2-Omega-x64.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\kodi-21.2-Omega-x64.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4023574417-4288788151-3697552349-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Kodi\kodi.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\TCP Query User{8FCE75A2-C65C-4705-9388-890600CD36A9}C:\program files\kodi\kodi.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\FirewallRules\UDP Query User{5D221658-96A3-4F98-AC3F-4B82C97C5216}C:\program files\kodi\kodi.exe


A way to delete Kodi using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Kodi is an application offered by XBMC Foundation. Some computer users choose to erase it. This can be easier said than done because uninstalling this manually requires some knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. The best EASY way to erase Kodi is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

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


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Kodi or simply activate the Search field and type in "Kodi". The Kodi app will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Kodi in the list of apps, some data regarding the program is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Kodi, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the app you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for Kodi:





  • The web site of the program is: http://kodi.tv
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\uninstall.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Kodi.
Uninstall Kodi


8. After uninstalling Kodi, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Kodi that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Kodi using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Kodi by XBMC Foundation from your PC, we are not saying that Kodi by XBMC Foundation is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Kodi supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2025-01-21 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2025-01-21 12:54:01.603