How can I completely uninstall/remove cygwin? I don't think it is as simple as deleting C:cygwin. Maybe alter registry?
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To uninstall these files, you have to purchase licensed version of Reimage Reimage uninstall software. In order to eliminate the tool completely, you have to find all supporting files via Windows Registry Editor and remove each of them.
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The developers give fairly detailed instructions on how to remove the software:
How do I uninstall all of Cygwin?
Setup has no automatic uninstall facility. The recommended method to remove all of Cygwin is as follows:
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John T
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Actually it was rather.. easy.Just do this..
then just right click delete it . it'll be gone.
Luigi Mackenzie C. BritoLuigi Mackenzie C. Brito
Follow the below steps.
Then delete the folder
c:cygwin and all its sub-folders. This approach worked for me.
Be aware that windows commands like takeown are depending on the locale, i.e. option
/d y works only in english systems. In german system one needs to use /d j to work (without hint in the english help, *facepalm microsoft)*
RadhakrishnaRadhakrishna
I did this in Win 7 after trying everything possible from within Win 7 (note.. I have been able to disable rootkits easier than delete CygWin!!)
gave access denied
BUT I then went to Windows explorer and deleted (recycled) the C:Cygwin folder and it worked. Gone completely.
Thanks to the above post!Hope this helps somebody.
PeterPeter
I had trouble in deleting Cygwin folder and I have traversed the entire directory structure and deleted each sub-folder. This is really painful, but no other choice.
CHEMBETI ARAVINDCHEMBETI ARAVIND
In addition to Luigi's answer,
icacls c:cygwin /t /grant everyone:F
In localized Windows there's no security group with name 'everyone', you should replace a group name by a correspondent SID: Amplitude software free.
icacls cygwin /t /grant '*S-1-1-0':F
More SIDs are here.
Vladislav AlexeevVladislav Alexeev
Launch the Cygwin installer and goto to package viewer and select view as a category and install type as uninstall .. Done.
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Chaitanya Lohith BollapragadaChaitanya Lohith Bollapragada
I didn't see it mentioned on here but if anyone still can't remove the C:cygwin folder because it is in use, check for the service 'Server' on your computer. It's not a part of Cygwin, but I saw that it is used for named-pipe sharing, and I was able to delete the Cygwin folder when I stopped it.
Just FYI
IsaacIsaac
Well, none of that worked, so here's what I did:
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