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Posted on:January 22, 2009 at 01:22 PM

how to uninstall cygwin

how to uninstall cygwin

As cygwin doesn’t supply uninstaller, the whole uninstall process should be done manually.

  1. Stop any service if running.
  2. Delete cygwin folder. (cygwin)
  3. Delete cygwin install file folder.
  4. Delete 2 registry keys.
HKLM\Software\Cygnus Solutions
\HKUS-1-5-21-1801674531-2077806209-2146658873-1004\Software\Cygnus Solutions