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A guide to uninstall calibre from your PC

calibre is a Windows program. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by Kovid Goyal. Take a look here where you can find out more on Kovid Goyal. You can get more details about calibre at . calibre is usually installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2 folder, but this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the application. You can uninstall calibre by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /I{ADE16B20-7433-4EF1-AE97-217A5DE21481}. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. calibre.exe is the calibre's main executable file and it takes close to 63.94 KB (65472 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed along with calibre. They occupy about 7.60 MB (7966848 bytes) on disk.

  • calibre-complete.exe (29.94 KB)
  • calibre-customize.exe (29.94 KB)
  • calibre-debug.exe (29.94 KB)
  • calibre-parallel.exe (29.94 KB)
  • calibre-server.exe (29.94 KB)
  • calibre-smtp.exe (29.94 KB)
  • calibre.exe (63.94 KB)
  • calibredb.exe (29.94 KB)
  • ebook-convert.exe (29.94 KB)
  • ebook-device.exe (29.94 KB)
  • ebook-edit.exe (92.44 KB)
  • ebook-meta.exe (29.94 KB)
  • ebook-polish.exe (29.94 KB)
  • ebook-viewer.exe (85.94 KB)
  • fetch-ebook-metadata.exe (29.94 KB)
  • lrf2lrs.exe (29.94 KB)
  • lrfviewer.exe (85.94 KB)
  • lrs2lrf.exe (29.94 KB)
  • markdown-calibre.exe (29.94 KB)
  • web2disk.exe (29.94 KB)
  • calibre-eject.exe (39.44 KB)
  • calibre-file-dialog.exe (42.44 KB)
  • cjpeg-calibre.exe (682.44 KB)
  • jpegtran-calibre.exe (474.94 KB)
  • JXRDecApp-calibre.exe (431.94 KB)
  • optipng-calibre.exe (152.44 KB)
  • pdfinfo.exe (1.37 MB)
  • pdftohtml.exe (1.62 MB)
  • pdftoppm.exe (1.55 MB)
  • QtWebEngineProcess.exe (494.44 KB)
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The information on this page is only about version 5.24.0 of calibre. Click on the links below for other calibre versions:

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calibre has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders left behind when you uninstall calibre:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\calibre-cache
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\calibre-ebook.com
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\calibre

The files below were left behind on your disk by calibre's application uninstaller when you removed it:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_asyncio.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_bz2.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_ctypes.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_ctypes_test.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_decimal.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_elementtree.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_hashlib.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_lzma.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_msi.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_multiprocessing.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_overlapped.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_patiencediff_c.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_queue.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_socket.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_sqlite3.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_ssl.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_testbuffer.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_testcapi.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_testconsole.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_testimportmultiple.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_testinternalcapi.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\_testmultiphase.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\API-MS-Win-core-xstate-l2-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\apsw.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\bzzdec.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\calibre-eject.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\calibre-file-dialog.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\calibre-launcher.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\cchardet._cchardet.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\certgen.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\chm._chmlib.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\cjpeg-calibre.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\cpalmdoc.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._ARC4.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._chacha20.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_aes.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_aesni.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_arc2.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_blowfish.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_cast.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_cbc.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_cfb.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_ctr.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_des.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_des3.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_ecb.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_eksblowfish.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_ocb.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._raw_ofb.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Cipher._Salsa20.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Hash._BLAKE2b.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Hash._BLAKE2s.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Hash._ghash_clmul.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Hash._ghash_portable.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Hash._keccak.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Hash._MD2.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Hash._MD4.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Hash._MD5.pyd
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\app\bin\crypto.Hash._poly1305.pyd

Generally the following registry data will not be removed:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\calibre
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\calibre
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\calibre
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\calibre
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\02B61EDA33471FE4EA7912A7D52E4118

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.azw\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.AZW
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.azw1\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.AZW1
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.azw3\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.AZW3
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.book\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.BOOK
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cb7\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.CB7
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cbc\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.CBC
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cbr\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.CBR
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cbz\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.CBZ
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.chm\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.CHM
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.djv\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.DJV
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.djvu\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.DJVU
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.doc\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.DOC
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.docm\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.DOCM
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.docx\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.DOCX
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.epub\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.EPUB
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.fb2\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.FB2
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.htm\OpenWithProgids\calibre.AssocFile.HTM
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.html\OpenWithProgids\calibre.AssocFile.HTML
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ibook\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.IBOOK
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ibooks\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.IBOOKS
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.imp\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.IMP
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lrf\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.LRF
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.lrx\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.LRX
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.markdown\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.MARKDOWN
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.md\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.MD
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mobi\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.MOBI
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.odt\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.ODT
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pdb\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.PDB
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pdf\OpenWithProgids\calibre.AssocFile.PDF
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pml\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.PML
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pobi\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.POBI
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.prc\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.PRC
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ps\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.PS
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rtf\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.RTF
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.text\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.TEXT
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tpz\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.TPZ
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.TXT
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xhtml\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.XHTML
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.xps\OpenWithProgIDs\calibre.AssocFile.XPS
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\02B61EDA33471FE4EA7912A7D52E4118\ProductName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1536404493-1375676756-228736133-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\calibre.exe


A way to uninstall calibre from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

calibre is an application by Kovid Goyal. Frequently, users decide to remove this program. This can be difficult because uninstalling this manually requires some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. The best EASY procedure to remove calibre is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

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


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find calibre or simply click the Search field and type in "calibre". The calibre program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select calibre in the list , the following information regarding the program is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding calibre, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the application you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for calibre:





  • The web site of the application is: https://calibre-ebook.com
  • The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{ADE16B20-7433-4EF1-AE97-217A5DE21481}
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall calibre.
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8. After removing calibre, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong calibre which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling calibre using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall calibre by Kovid Goyal from your PC, nor are we saying that calibre by Kovid Goyal is not a good application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall calibre in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2021-07-30 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2021-07-30 18:01:56.677