Hello, I’ve been loving Kdenlive after transitioning from Capcut, but after a while I’ve noticed it generates log/cache or whatever files on the top level of %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local directory, as I use a lot of application on a daily basis and need to check crashes log from time to time, a cluttered user space makes it hard for me to govern the other app.
I’m using Windows 11
Hi @Mio, and welcome to the forum and community.
Thanks for providing the screenshot but I don’t see a lot of Kdenlive clutter there.
some years ago’ i made a removal script for kdenlive (Windows) .. this was on old forum.
this is the link: www.wcn.it/kdenliveremover.zip
is a batch.. anyone can take a look to it to see what folder are related to a kdenlive installation. (Program files and appdata)
BTW these are the files/folders created on appdata local (latest nightly build) other folders are not related to Kdenlive. (or maybe a folders with a simple name like CACHE can be used from some other apps.. but.. it’s just cache)
CLS
;@echo off
@echo __ .___ .__ .__ ]+[
@echo " | | __ | /_ ____ | | || __ ____
@echo " | |/ // __ |/ __ \ / | | | \ / // __ \
@echo " | </ // \ /| | \ || |\ /\ /
@echo " || _ |___ >| //| _/ _ >
@echo / / / / /
@echo .__
@echo " _______ ____ _____ _______ _______ | |
@echo " _ __ _/ __ \ / \ / _ \ / /_ \ | |
@echo " | | /\ /| Y Y ( <> ) / / __ | |
@echo " || _ >|| /_/ _/ (____ /____/
@echo / / /11-2025
@echo .
setlocal
:PROMPT
SET /P AREYOUSURE=Are you sure (Y/[N])?
IF /I “%AREYOUSURE%” NEQ “Y” GOTO END
cls
echo … Killing processes …
taskkill /IM “kioslave5.exe” /T /F
taskkill /IM “kdenlive.exe” /T /F
taskkill /IM “dbus-daemon.exe” /T /F
taskkill /IM “gpgme-w32spawn.exe” /T /F
taskkill /IM “ffplay.exe” /T /F
taskkill /IM “ffprobe.exe” /T /F
taskkill /IM “ffmpeg.exe” /T /F
taskkill /IM “melt.exe” /T /F
taskkill /IM “kdenlive_render.exe” /T /F
wmic process where name=‘kdenlive.exe’ delete
wmic process where name=‘kioslave5.exe’ delete
wmic process where name=‘dbus-daemon.exe’ delete
wmic process where name=‘gpgme-w32spawn.exe’ delete
wmic process where name=‘ffplay.exe’ delete
wmic process where name=‘ffprobe.exe’ delete
wmic process where name=‘ffmpeg.exe’ delete
wmic process where name=‘melt.exe’ delete
wmic process where name=‘kdenlive_render.exe’ delete
echo … deleting content of Kdenlive-related folders …
del %LOCALAPPDATA%\kdenlive*.* /s /q
del %LOCALAPPDATA%\cache*.* /s /q
del %LOCALAPPDATA%\mime*.* /s /q
del %LOCALAPPDATA%\kdenliverc /s /q
del %LOCALAPPDATA%\user-places.xbel /s /q
del %LOCALAPPDATA%\user-places.xbel.tbcache /s /q
del %LOCALAPPDATA%\kdenlive-layoutsrc /s /q
del %LOCALAPPDATA%\user-places.xbel.bak /s /q
del %LOCALAPPDATA%\klanguageoverridesrc /s /q
del %LOCALAPPDATA%\knewstuff3*.* /s /q
del %LOCALAPPDATA%\kxmlgui5*.* /s /q
del %LOCALAPPDATA%\kdeglobals /s /q
del %LOCALAPPDATA%\cache\qtshadercache-x86_64-little_endian-llp64*.* /s /q
del %APPDATA%.kde*.* /s /q
del %APPDATA%.kde\cache-pc*.* /s /q
del %APPDATA%.kde\share*.* /s /q
DEL %APPDATA%\kdenlive*.* /s /q
del %LOCALAPPDATA%\kdenlive.notifyrc /s /q
del %LOCALAPPDATA%\kdenlive-kddlayoutsrc /s /q
del %LOCALAPPDATA%\state\kdenlivestaterc /s /q
echo … deleting content of CrashDumps folder …
del %LOCALAPPDATA%\CrashDumps*.* /s /q
echo … deleting main application …
del “c:\program files\kdenlive*.*” /s /q >nul
echo … deleting Kdenlive-related folders …
RMDIR /Q/S “c:\program files\kdenlive”
RMDIR /Q/S “%LOCALAPPDATA%\kdenlive”
RMDIR /Q/S “%LOCALAPPDATA%\knewstuff3”
RMDIR /Q/S “%LOCALAPPDATA%\kxmlgui5”
RMDIR /Q/S “%APPDATA%\kdenlive”
RMDIR /Q/S “%LOCALAPPDATA%\cache\qtshadercache-x86_64-little_endian-llp64”
RMDIR /Q/S “%APPDATA%.kde”
RMDIR /Q/S “%LOCALAPPDATA%\mime”
@echo .___
@echo " | /_ ____ ____
@echo " / __ |/ _ \ / _/ __ \
@echo "/ // ( <> ) | \ /
@echo "_ |_/|| /___ >
@echo / / /
@echo .
set /p DUMMY=Hit ENTER to continue…
:END
endlocal
rem HISTORY:
rem 08-2021 initial release
rem 09-2021 replaced “%programfiles%” with “c:\program files” because is not working on Windows 7
rem 10-2021 added deletion of “klanguageoverridesrc”
rem 12-2021 added deletion of “kxmlgui5” and “knewstuff3”
rem 03-2022 added deletion of “qtshadercache-x86_64-little_endian-llp64”
rem 04-2023 added deletion of “.kde” and “mime”