MiKTeX

A way to uninstall MiKTeX from your computer

You can find below details on how to uninstall MiKTeX for Windows. The Windows release was created by MiKTeX.org. More data about MiKTeX.org can be found here. More info about the app MiKTeX can be seen at https://miktex.org/about. The application is usually placed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX folder. Take into account that this location can vary being determined by the user's choice. The full command line for removing MiKTeX is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\miktex/bin/x64\miktex-console.exe --start-page cleanup. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for administrator rights. MiKTeX's primary file takes about 1.05 MB (1103872 bytes) and its name is miktex-update.exe.

MiKTeX is comprised of the following executables which take 3.16 MB (3311616 bytes) on disk:

• miktex-update.exe (1.05 MB)

The current web page applies to MiKTeX version 23.10 only. Click on the links below for other MiKTeX versions:

• 23.4
• 21.6
• 21.2
• 21.8
• 20.6.29
• 22.10
• 21.1
• 21.12
• 2.3
• 20.11

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Numerous files, folders and Windows registry data can not be uninstalled when you want to remove MiKTeX from your computer.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall MiKTeX from your PC:

• 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

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fontconfig\cache\4057d2f2d7b7a7dd37b216d4cf74718a-le64.cache-7
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fontconfig\cache\6e976ea8eb2f70fc4d3057d053935c8d-le64.cache-7
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fontconfig\cache\8d51356f4bb435f1b6f84a242a76b34c-le64.cache-7
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fontconfig\cache\a95f59fbe4804e9d321b1891a0c18fee-le64.cache-7
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fontconfig\cache\CACHEDIR.TAG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fontconfig\cache\cdec0a6e73d9417ff1f51e02db2ca262-le64.cache-7
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\fontconfig\cache\d06f50544cff4c2832cebd242de19bdf-le64.cache-7
• 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\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\1593533f207fe9885520b3b2225f4680.fndb-5
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\data\le\610ef8619a71167bb11e47073088e910.fndb-5
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\data\le\acd26cb34199c0388ed60fdd8e32f206.fndb-5
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\data\le\df2c24cb21984fa85003c1ecc818ff83.fndb-5
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\miktex\log\initexmf.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\mpmcli.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_MiKTeX 2_9_doc_miktex_faq_chm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_MiKTeX 2_9_doc_miktex_miktex_chm
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_MiKTeX 2_9_miktex_bin_x64_miktex-texworks_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_MiKTeX 2_9_miktex_bin_x64_mo_admin_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_MiKTeX 2_9_miktex_bin_x64_mo_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_MiKTeX 2_9_miktex_bin_x64_mpm_mfc_admin_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_MiKTeX 2_9_miktex_bin_x64_mpm_mfc_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_MiKTeX 2_9_miktex_bin_x64_yap_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\C__Users_UserName_AppData_Local_Programs_MiKTeX_miktex_bin_x64_miktex-console_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\C__Users_UserName_AppData_Local_Programs_MiKTeX_miktex_bin_x64_miktex-texworks_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\https___miktex_org_
• 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
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmqx.tex
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmt1.pdf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmt1.tex
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmts1.pdf
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\lm\tstlmts1.tex
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\fonts\rsfs\README
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\doc\generic\dehyph\README

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• 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

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pdf\OpenWithProgIds\MiKTeX.pdf.2.9
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4292571192-1497256250-3245175533-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\x64\initexmf.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4292571192-1497256250-3245175533-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\x64\pdflatex.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4292571192-1497256250-3245175533-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64\miktex-console.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4292571192-1497256250-3245175533-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\miktex-update.tmp
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4292571192-1497256250-3245175533-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp\miktex-update_admin.tmp
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4292571192-1497256250-3245175533-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Setup\Office\Latex\phan mem\basic-miktex-2.9.6361-x64.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-4292571192-1497256250-3245175533-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Setup\Office\Latex\phan mem\phanmem\basic-miktex-23.10-x64.exe

A way to uninstall MiKTeX from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

MiKTeX is a program offered by the software company MiKTeX.org. Sometimes, computer users choose to erase this program. This is hard because deleting this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK approach to erase 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 PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows system.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• 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 wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate MiKTeX or simply activate the Search feature and type in "MiKTeX". If it exists on your system the MiKTeX program will be found automatically. After you click MiKTeX in the list , some data about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This 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 want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for MiKTeX:

• The web site of the program 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. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove MiKTeX.


8. After removing MiKTeX, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong MiKTeX that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling MiKTeX with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall MiKTeX by MiKTeX.org from your PC, we are not saying that MiKTeX by MiKTeX.org is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall MiKTeX supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.