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How to completely uninstall/remove cygwin from Windows 7

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Mar 15, 2026333273 views
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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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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: If you have any Cygwin services running, remove by repeating the instructions in http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.setup.uninstall-service for all services that you installed. Common services that might have been installed are and so on. Stop the X11 server if it is running, and…

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