Can't uninstall Arduino software

**** Be SURE to save any sketches to a safe location before deleting any of your installation, or you may lose your code forever! Don't say I didn't warn you. ****

That said, if you are running from an Arduino IDE straight out of a zip download file, then you should delete two folders. One to clear out the executables and one to clear out any libraries.

  1. delete the folder the Arduino.exe is located in
  2. delete the folder containing your sketches and any libraries you've downloaded

The second folder can be found by opening the IDE and looking in File/Preferences for the folder named below the text that says "more preferences can be directly edited in the file". In my case that would be the folder named "C:\Users<username>\AppData\Local\Arduino15" where the preferences.txt file resides. Your location may be different, so check under File/Preferences in the IDE to be sure.

Best of luck!