MiKTeX
A guide to uninstall MiKTeX from your computer
MiKTeX is a software application. This page holds details on how to remove it from your PC. It is made by MiKTeX.org. Take a look here for more information on MiKTeX.org. Please open https://miktex.org/about if you want to read more on MiKTeX on MiKTeX.org's web page. MiKTeX is frequently set up in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX directory, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the application. 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. Note that you might get a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file is titled miktex-console.exe and occupies 1.05 MB (1097216 bytes).MiKTeX installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 90.75 MB (95161197 bytes) on disk.
- biber.exe (30.26 MB)
- arctrl.exe (233.50 KB)
- cjklatex.exe (113.50 KB)
- findtexmf.exe (119.00 KB)
- gsf2pk.exe (169.50 KB)
- initexmf.exe (563.00 KB)
- mgs.exe (217.00 KB)
- miktex-afm2tfm.exe (107.00 KB)
- miktex-asy.exe (4.84 MB)
- miktex-autosp.exe (81.50 KB)
- miktex-axohelp.exe (135.50 KB)
- miktex-bg5conv.exe (37.00 KB)
- miktex-bibsort.exe (205.00 KB)
- miktex-bibtex.exe (299.50 KB)
- miktex-bibtex8.exe (210.50 KB)
- miktex-bibtexu.exe (217.50 KB)
- miktex-cef5conv.exe (41.00 KB)
- miktex-cefconv.exe (41.00 KB)
- miktex-cefsconv.exe (41.00 KB)
- miktex-cfftot1.exe (453.00 KB)
- miktex-chktex.exe (134.00 KB)
- miktex-console.exe (1.05 MB)
- miktex-console_admin.exe (1.05 MB)
- miktex-ctangle.exe (115.00 KB)
- miktex-cweave.exe (156.00 KB)
- miktex-devnag.exe (97.50 KB)
- miktex-dvicopy.exe (204.00 KB)
- miktex-dvipdfmx.exe (960.50 KB)
- miktex-dvipdft.exe (91.00 KB)
- miktex-dvipng.exe (159.00 KB)
- miktex-dvips.exe (334.50 KB)
- miktex-dvisvgm.exe (9.08 MB)
- miktex-dvitype.exe (187.00 KB)
- miktex-epsffit.exe (91.50 KB)
- miktex-epstopdf.exe (452.00 KB)
- miktex-extconv.exe (37.00 KB)
- miktex-fc-cache.exe (75.00 KB)
- miktex-fc-cat.exe (73.50 KB)
- miktex-fc-conflist.exe (69.50 KB)
- miktex-fc-list.exe (71.00 KB)
- miktex-fc-match.exe (71.50 KB)
- miktex-fc-pattern.exe (70.50 KB)
- miktex-fc-query.exe (71.00 KB)
- miktex-fc-scan.exe (70.50 KB)
- miktex-fc-validate.exe (71.50 KB)
- miktex-fribidixetex.exe (138.00 KB)
- miktex-gftodvi.exe (188.00 KB)
- miktex-gftopk.exe (143.00 KB)
- miktex-gftype.exe (175.00 KB)
- miktex-gregorio.exe (867.50 KB)
- miktex-hbf2gf.exe (105.00 KB)
- miktex-kpsewhich.exe (84.00 KB)
- miktex-lacheck.exe (125.50 KB)
- miktex-lua.exe (47.50 KB)
- miktex-luac.exe (48.50 KB)
- miktex-luahbtex.exe (6.17 MB)
- miktex-luatex.exe (6.14 MB)
- miktex-makebase.exe (168.50 KB)
- miktex-makefmt.exe (225.00 KB)
- miktex-makeindex.exe (153.00 KB)
- miktex-makemf.exe (167.00 KB)
- miktex-makepk.exe (213.50 KB)
- miktex-maketfm.exe (193.50 KB)
- miktex-mf.exe (712.50 KB)
- miktex-mft.exe (161.50 KB)
- miktex-mkocp.exe (72.00 KB)
- miktex-mmafm.exe (300.00 KB)
- miktex-mmpfb.exe (374.50 KB)
- miktex-mpost.exe (160.00 KB)
- miktex-odvicopy.exe (201.00 KB)
- miktex-ofm2opl.exe (206.50 KB)
- miktex-opl2ofm.exe (226.00 KB)
- miktex-otfinfo.exe (565.50 KB)
- miktex-otftotfm.exe (868.50 KB)
- miktex-otp2ocp.exe (92.00 KB)
- miktex-outocp.exe (71.50 KB)
- miktex-ovf2ovp.exe (231.50 KB)
- miktex-ovp2ovf.exe (246.50 KB)
- miktex-patgen.exe (165.00 KB)
- miktex-pdfattach.exe (75.00 KB)
- miktex-pdfdetach.exe (82.00 KB)
- miktex-pdffonts.exe (80.00 KB)
- miktex-pdfimages.exe (96.00 KB)
- miktex-pdfinfo.exe (144.50 KB)
- miktex-pdfseparate.exe (76.50 KB)
- miktex-pdftex.exe (2.53 MB)
- miktex-pdftocairo.exe (213.00 KB)
- miktex-pdftohtml.exe (199.50 KB)
- miktex-pdftoppm.exe (90.50 KB)
- miktex-pdftops.exe (90.00 KB)
- miktex-pdftosrc.exe (1.46 MB)
- miktex-pdftotext.exe (123.50 KB)
- miktex-pdfunite.exe (102.50 KB)
- miktex-pk2bm.exe (74.50 KB)
- miktex-pltotf.exe (175.00 KB)
- miktex-pmxab.exe (631.50 KB)
- miktex-pooltype.exe (124.50 KB)
- miktex-prepmx.exe (189.00 KB)
- miktex-ps2pk.exe (208.00 KB)
- miktex-psbook.exe (89.00 KB)
- miktex-psnup.exe (97.50 KB)
- miktex-psresize.exe (96.00 KB)
- miktex-psselect.exe (90.00 KB)
- miktex-pstops.exe (96.50 KB)
- miktex-rebar.exe (46.50 KB)
- miktex-rungs.exe (64.00 KB)
- miktex-scor2prt.exe (122.50 KB)
- miktex-sjisconv.exe (37.00 KB)
- miktex-synctex.exe (205.00 KB)
- miktex-t1dotlessj.exe (371.00 KB)
- miktex-t1lint.exe (324.00 KB)
- miktex-t1rawafm.exe (329.00 KB)
- miktex-t1reencode.exe (364.00 KB)
- miktex-t1testpage.exe (344.00 KB)
- miktex-t4ht.exe (98.00 KB)
- miktex-tangle.exe (166.00 KB)
- miktex-tex.exe (599.50 KB)
- miktex-tex2aspc.exe (47.00 KB)
- miktex-tex4ht.exe (173.00 KB)
- miktex-texworks.exe (7.32 MB)
- miktex-tftopl.exe (178.00 KB)
The information on this page is only about version 21.8 of MiKTeX. You can find here a few links to other MiKTeX versions:
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MiKTeX has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.
Directories found on disk:
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\mik81568\miktex
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX
The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove MiKTeX:
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\bibtex\bib\biblatex\biblatex-examples.bib
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\bibtex\bib\biblatex\biblatex-examples.bltxml
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\bibtex\bib\bibtex\xampl.bib
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\bibtex\bib\oberdiek\oberdiek-bundle.bib
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\bibtex\bib\oberdiek\oberdiek-source.bib
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\amscls\amsalpha.bst
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\amscls\amsplain.bst
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\biblatex\biblatex.bst
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\bibtex\abbrv.bst
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\bibtex\acm.bst
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\bibtex\alpha.bst
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\bibtex\apalike.bst
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\bibtex\ieeetr.bst
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\bibtex\plain.bst
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\bibtex\siam.bst
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\bibtex\bst\bibtex\unsrt.bst
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\british\README_en_GB.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\british\wordlist_marcoagpinto_20200201_233820w.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\english\license.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\english\README.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\english\README_en_US.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\english\WordNet_license.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\french\README_fr.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\german\COPYING_GPLv2
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\german\COPYING_GPLv3
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\german\COPYING_LGPL_v2.0.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\german\COPYING_LGPL_v2.1.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\german\COPYING_OASIS.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\german\README_de_DE_frami.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\dicts\german\README_extension_owner.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\cm\README
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\courier\COPYRIGHT
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\csfonts\cs-fonts.doc
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\00bugs.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\00error.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\00files.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\00inst.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\00readme.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\copyrite.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\dc-chg.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\dcdoc.dvi
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\dcdoc.tex
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\ec-chg.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\ecstdedt.tex
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\tc-chg.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\ec\tcstdedt.tex
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\GUST-FONT-LICENSE.TXT
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\lm-hist.txt
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\lm-info.pdf
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\MANIFEST-Latin-Modern.TXT
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\README-Latin-Modern.TXT
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmot1.pdf
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmot1.tex
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmot4.pdf
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmot4.tex
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmqx.pdf
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmqx.tex
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmt1.pdf
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmt1.tex
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmts1.pdf
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmts1.tex
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\rsfs\README
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\generic\dehyph\README
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\generic\ruhyphen\README
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\ghostscript\COPYING
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\ghostscript\LICENSE
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\auxhook\auxhook.pdf
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\auxhook\README.md
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\bigintcalc\bigintcalc.pdf
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\bigintcalc\README.md
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\bitset\bitset.pdf
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\bitset\README.md
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\etexcmds\etexcmds.pdf
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\etexcmds\README.md
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\gettitlestring\gettitlestring.pdf
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\gettitlestring\README.md
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\graphics-cfg\README.md
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\hycolor\hycolor.pdf
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\hycolor\README.md
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\infwarerr\infwarerr.pdf
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\infwarerr\README.md
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\intcalc\intcalc.pdf
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\intcalc\README.md
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\kvdefinekeys\kvdefinekeys.pdf
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\kvdefinekeys\README.md
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\letltxmacro\letltxmacro.pdf
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\letltxmacro\letltxmacro-showcases.tex
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\letltxmacro\README.md
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\pdfescape\pdfescape.pdf
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\pdfescape\README.md
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\refcount\README.md
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\refcount\refcount.pdf
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\uniquecounter\README.md
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\uniquecounter\uniquecounter.pdf
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\latex\uniquecounter\uniquecounter-example.tex
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\miktex\ghostscript-bin-x64\COPYING
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\miktex\ghostscript-bin-x64\LICENSE
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\miktex\yap.chm
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\miktex\zip-bin-x64\LICENSE
- C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\dvipdfm\config\dvipdfmx.cfg.template
Registry keys:
- 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\MiKTeX.org
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MiKTeX
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MiKTeX.org
Additional 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\.dvi\OpenWithProgIds\MiKTeX.dvi.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
How to uninstall MiKTeX from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO
MiKTeX is an application released by the software company MiKTeX.org. Frequently, users try to uninstall it. Sometimes this can be troublesome because removing this manually takes some know-how related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY procedure to uninstall MiKTeX is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows computer.
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- download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
- set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
3. Click on the General Tools category
4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool
5. A list of the applications existing on your PC will appear
6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate MiKTeX or simply click the Search field and type in "MiKTeX". The MiKTeX application will be found automatically. Notice that after you select MiKTeX in the list of programs, some information about the application is available to you:
- Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about MiKTeX, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
- Details about the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
- The publisher is: https://miktex.org/about
- The uninstall string is: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\miktex/bin/x64\miktex-console.exe
8. After uninstalling MiKTeX, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of MiKTeX which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling MiKTeX using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.
Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.
Disclaimer
This page is not a recommendation to uninstall MiKTeX by MiKTeX.org from your computer, we are not saying that MiKTeX by MiKTeX.org is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall MiKTeX supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.
2021-10-11 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO
follow @danarmLast update on: 2021-10-11 12:37:37.140