MiKTeX

How to uninstall MiKTeX from your PC

MiKTeX is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is made by MiKTeX.org. Go over here for more information on MiKTeX.org. Further information about MiKTeX can be seen at https://miktex.org/about. MiKTeX is normally installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX directory, regulated by the user's option. You can uninstall MiKTeX by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\miktex/bin/x64\miktex-console.exe --start-page cleanup. Note that you might receive a notification for admin rights. MiKTeX's main file takes about 228.00 KB (233472 bytes) and is called bibsort.exe.

The following executables are installed alongside MiKTeX. They occupy about 3.12 MB (3267515 bytes) on disk.

• bibsort.exe (228.00 KB)
• prepmx.exe (348.82 KB)
• prepmx.exe (434.74 KB)
• pmxab.exe (1.38 MB)
• scor2prt.exe (761.52 KB)

This info is about MiKTeX version 22.10 alone. Click on the links below for other MiKTeX versions:

• 23.4
• 21.6
• 21.2
• 23.10
• 21.8
• 20.6.29
• 21.1
• 21.12
• 2.3
• 20.11

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MiKTeX has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall MiKTeX:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\MiKTeX
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX

The files below were left behind on your disk when you remove MiKTeX:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fontconfig\cache\1ad1f415b176017fc77594ae9f86780a-le64.cache-7
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fontconfig\cache\5cac451ca68e263cbc1c988ec27aa7b4-le64.cache-7
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fontconfig\cache\684c0149c83ea343585660fe85c89a37-le64.cache-7
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fontconfig\cache\8d51356f4bb435f1b6f84a242a76b34c-le64.cache-7
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fontconfig\cache\9525251258e6a05b6b8cb581fe2ec42f-le64.cache-7
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fontconfig\cache\9bc9e0d6251898153bed29424787ed17-le64.cache-7
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fontconfig\cache\ad7e4c331b802717603df5e9d5847154-le64.cache-7
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fontconfig\cache\b04fd1bf3610c846003a935436533ec5-le64.cache-7
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fontconfig\cache\CACHEDIR.TAG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fonts\map\dvipdfmx\kanjix.map
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fonts\map\dvips\builtin35.map
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fonts\map\dvips\download35.map
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fonts\map\dvips\ps2pk.map
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fonts\map\dvips\psfonts.map
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fonts\map\dvips\psfonts_pk.map
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fonts\map\dvips\psfonts_t1.map
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fonts\map\pdftex\pdftex.map
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fonts\map\pdftex\pdftex_dl14.map
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fonts\map\pdftex\pdftex_ndl14.map
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fonts\pk\ljfour\public\cm\dpi600\cmmi10.pk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fonts\pk\ljfour\public\cm\dpi600\cmr10.pk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fonts\pk\ljfour\public\cm\dpi600\cmr7.pk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\cache\packages\miktex-zzdb1-2.9\mpm.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\cache\packages\miktex-zzdb3-2.9\package-manifests.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\data\le\29fc79cc7423fd33e9f2aeb6a2699c64.fndb-5
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\data\le\707efe169eda2c95b4ab2c47084aa8e9.fndb-5
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\data\le\bfb93dc2005c5d659174525507bec5fe.fndb-5
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\data\le\df2c24cb21984fa85003c1ecc818ff83.fndb-5
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\data\le\mf.base
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\data\le\pdftex\pdflatex.fmt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\log\dvipng.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\log\initexmf.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\log\makefmt\pdflatex\2022-11-08-15-14-48.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\log\makefmt\pdflatex\2022-11-08-18-46-34.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\log\miktex.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\log\miktex-console.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\log\miktex-fc-cache.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\log\miktex-gftopk.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\log\miktex-makebase.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\log\miktex-makefmt.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\log\miktex-makepk.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\log\miktex-mf.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\log\miktex-pdftex.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\log\mpmcli.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\log\pdflatex.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\log\yap.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\bibtex\bib\biblatex\biblatex-examples.bib
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\bibtex\bib\biblatex\biblatex-examples.bltxml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\bibtex\bib\bibtex\xampl.bib
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\bibtex\bib\oberdiek\oberdiek-bundle.bib
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\bibtex\bib\oberdiek\oberdiek-source.bib
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\biblatex\biblatex.bst
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\bibtex\abbrv.bst
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\bibtex\acm.bst
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\bibtex\alpha.bst
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\bibtex\apalike.bst
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\bibtex\ieeetr.bst
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\bibtex\plain.bst
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\bibtex\siam.bst
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\bibtex\unsrt.bst
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\british\README_en_GB.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\british\wordlist_marcoagpinto_20200201_233820w.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\english\license.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\english\README.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\english\README_en_US.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\english\WordNet_license.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\french\README_fr.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\german\COPYING_GPLv2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\german\COPYING_GPLv3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\german\COPYING_LGPL_v2.0.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\german\COPYING_LGPL_v2.1.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\german\COPYING_OASIS.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\german\README_de_DE_frami.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\german\README_extension_owner.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\cm\README
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\courier\COPYRIGHT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\csfonts\cs-fonts.doc
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\00bugs.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\00error.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\00files.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\00inst.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\00readme.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\copyrite.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\dc-chg.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\dcdoc.dvi
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\dcdoc.tex
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\ec-chg.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\ecstdedt.tex
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\tc-chg.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\tcstdedt.tex
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\GUST-FONT-LICENSE.TXT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\lm-hist.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\lm-info.pdf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\MANIFEST-Latin-Modern.TXT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\README-Latin-Modern.TXT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmot1.pdf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmot1.tex
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmot4.pdf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmot4.tex
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmqx.pdf

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\MiKTeX220300-core.DLL
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\MiKTeX220300-packagemanager.DLL
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\MiKTeX221000-core.DLL
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\MiKTeX221000-packagemanager.DLL
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.asy.2.9
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.bib.2.9
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.cls.2.9
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.dtx.2.9
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.dvi.2.9
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.ltx.2.9
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.pdf.2.9
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.sty.2.9
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.tex.2.9
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MiKTeX
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MiKTeX.org
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Classes\AppID\MiKTeX220300-core.DLL
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Classes\AppID\MiKTeX220300-packagemanager.DLL
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Classes\AppID\MiKTeX221000-core.DLL
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Classes\AppID\MiKTeX221000-packagemanager.DLL

Supplementary registry values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.asy\OpenWithProgIds\MiKTeX.asy.2.9
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bib\OpenWithProgIds\MiKTeX.bib.2.9
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cls\OpenWithProgIds\MiKTeX.cls.2.9
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dtx\OpenWithProgIds\MiKTeX.dtx.2.9
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ltx\OpenWithProgIds\MiKTeX.ltx.2.9
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pdf\OpenWithProgids\MiKTeX.pdf.2.9
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.sty\OpenWithProgIds\MiKTeX.sty.2.9
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tex\OpenWithProgIds\MiKTeX.tex.2.9
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64\miktex.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64\miktex.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64\miktex-console_admin.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64\miktex-console_admin.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\alfit\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64\miktex-texworks.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\alfit\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64\miktex-texworks.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\alfit\Downloads\basic-miktex-22.10-x64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\alfit\Downloads\basic-miktex-22.10-x64.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\alfit\Downloads\basic-miktex-23.4-x64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\alfit\Downloads\basic-miktex-23.4-x64.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1038523168-2683444851-2273589533-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64\miktex.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1038523168-2683444851-2273589533-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64\miktex-console.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1038523168-2683444851-2273589533-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64\miktex-console_admin.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1038523168-2683444851-2273589533-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\alfit\Downloads\basic-miktex-22.10-x64.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1038523168-2683444851-2273589533-1002\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Users\alfit\Downloads\basic-miktex-23.4-x64.exe

A way to erase MiKTeX with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

MiKTeX is a program by MiKTeX.org. Sometimes, people choose to remove this application. This is hard because removing this manually requires some experience regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best SIMPLE manner to remove MiKTeX 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 general tool to clean your Windows system.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications installed on your PC will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate MiKTeX or simply activate the Search field and type in "MiKTeX". The MiKTeX application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click MiKTeX in the list , some data about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about MiKTeX, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for MiKTeX:

• The publisher is: https://miktex.org/about
• The uninstall string is: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\miktex/bin/x64\miktex-console.exe --start-page cleanup

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall MiKTeX.


8. After uninstalling MiKTeX, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of MiKTeX which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing MiKTeX with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove MiKTeX by MiKTeX.org from your PC, we are not saying that MiKTeX by MiKTeX.org is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove MiKTeX in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.