# Installing Anki when there seems to be a previous version
**URL:** https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/installing-anki-when-there-seems-to-be-a-previous-version/30621
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [May 25, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/installing-anki-when-there-seems-to-be-a-previous-version/30621 "2023-05-25T18:06:20Z")
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### Author:  [@AK20](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/AK20)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/installing-anki-when-there-seems-to-be-a-previous-version/30621/1 "2023-05-25T18:06:20Z")
I had previously installed Anki and uninstalled it from my PC due to errors that were occuring (the programm did not want to start). I have done this a couple of times before and it always worked.
This time after uninstalling anki I tried to download it again. The installer always sends me the message: “A previous anki version needs to be uninstalled first. After unistallation completes, please run the installer again.”
I have spent multiple hours trying to find this previous version and to solve the problem without success…
Any ideas on where to look for it (eventhough i am pretty sure there is no previous version on this laptop)? What the problem might be? Or maybe how one can “override” the installation?
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### Author:  [@Yomia](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Yomia)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/installing-anki-when-there-seems-to-be-a-previous-version/30621/2 "2023-05-25T20:33:23Z")
Got the same problem. I uninstalled Anki, and now I can’t reinstall it because “A previous anki version needs to be uninstalled first. After unistallation completes, please run the installer again.”
I tried things. I found every file that has Anki written on it on my PC, and deleted it. Then, i went into regedit and deleted every key, value and data related to Anki, but to no avail: the installer still detects a previous installation.
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### Author:  [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2023, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/installing-anki-when-there-seems-to-be-a-previous-version/30621/3 "2023-05-26T08:41:49Z")
It should be sufficient to install and then uninstall 2.1.63, as that should ensure the registry key from the old install (HKLM “Software\WOW6432Node\Anki” “Install\_Dir64”) is removed.
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### Author:  [@AK20](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/AK20)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2023, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/installing-anki-when-there-seems-to-be-a-previous-version/30621/4 "2023-05-26T09:43:34Z")
Thank you so much! It worked 🙂
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### Author:  [@FlameTiger](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/FlameTiger)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/installing-anki-when-there-seems-to-be-a-previous-version/30621/5 "2023-06-09T23:09:37Z")
Thanks so much for the help too! It worked for me asw
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### Author:  [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/installing-anki-when-there-seems-to-be-a-previous-version/30621/6 "2023-07-09T23:09:49Z")
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