OBS Studio

How to uninstall OBS Studio from your system

This page contains detailed information on how to uninstall OBS Studio for Windows. The Windows release was created by OBS Project. Check out here where you can get more info on OBS Project. OBS Studio is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\obs-studio directory, depending on the user's option. You can remove OBS Studio by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\obs-studio\uninstall.exe. Note that you might be prompted for admin rights. The program's main executable file is named obs32.exe and it has a size of 2.11 MB (2208192 bytes).

The following executable files are contained in OBS Studio. They occupy 7.00 MB (7343375 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall.exe (59.45 KB)
• obs32.exe (2.11 MB)
• obs64.exe (2.47 MB)
• ffmpeg-mux32.exe (35.94 KB)
• ffmpeg-mux64.exe (44.44 KB)
• get-graphics-offsets32.exe (190.44 KB)
• get-graphics-offsets64.exe (207.44 KB)
• inject-helper32.exe (172.44 KB)
• inject-helper64.exe (188.94 KB)
• cef-bootstrap.exe (670.94 KB)
• wow_helper.exe (71.44 KB)
• cef-bootstrap.exe (841.94 KB)

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This web page is about OBS Studio version 20.0.1 alone. You can find below info on other releases of OBS Studio:

• 30.1.2
• 23.1.0
• 27.2.1
• 24.0.0
• 21.0.0
• 28.1.2
• 27.2.2
• 0.14.0
• 25.0.4
• 0.13.3
• 25.0.1
• 27.0.1
• 20.1.3
• 22.0.2
• 22.0.1
• 19.0.1
• 22.0.0
• 18.0.2
• 30.0.0
• 0.15.4
• 19.0.0
• Unknown
• 29.0.2
• 25.0.0
• 0.16.5
• 27.2.0
• 30.1.03
• 30.0.02
• 26.0.1
• 21.0.1
• 27.0.0
• 28.0.2
• 28.0.1
• 18.0.0
• 20.1.1
• 29.1.1
• 29.1.2
• 28.0.3
• 24.0.3
• 28.0.0
• 0.14.2
• 24.0.2
• 17.0.1
• 20.1.2
• 0.16.6
• 30.0.2
• 0.13.2
• 25.0.8
• 24.0.1
• 23.2.0
• 0.13.4
• 0.15.0
• 28.1.0
• 29.0.0
• 28.1.1
• 19.0.2
• 0.15.1
• 30.1.01
• 27.1.0
• 29.1.0
• 0.13.1
• 0.16.0
• 0.16.1
• 30.1.0
• 20.0.0
• 27.2.3
• 27.1.3
• 27.1.2
• 18.0.1
• 23.0.2
• 0.15.2
• 30.0.03
• 23.2.1
• 30.1.1
• 21.1.0
• 17.0.2
• 26.1.1
• 27.1.1
• 29.0.1
• 23.0.0
• 26.0.0
• 0.16.2
• 21.1.2
• 26.0.2
• 29.1.3
• 23.0.1
• 0.16.4
• 20.1.0
• 30.0.01
• 0.14.1
• 27.2.4
• 17.0.0
• 26.1.0
• 0.15.3
• 0.16.3
• 19.0.3
• 30.0.1

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall OBS Studio:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Untitled\basic.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Untitled\recordEncoder.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Untitled\service.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\scenes\Untitled.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\crashes\Crash 2017-08-20 16-19-42.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\crashes\Crash 2017-08-20 17-35-25.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\crashes\Crash 2017-08-20 17-44-25.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\crashes\Crash 2017-08-20 18-02-15.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\crashes\Crash 2017-08-20 22-25-06.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\crashes\Crash 2017-08-21 11-57-11.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\crashes\Crash 2017-08-21 13-22-54.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\crashes\Crash 2017-08-28 15-53-19.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\crashes\Crash 2017-08-31 21-29-08.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\crashes\Crash 2018-02-25 13-34-38.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\global.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2017-08-25 23-17-19.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2017-08-26 14-22-02.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2017-08-27 21-19-45.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2017-08-28 15-50-59.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2017-08-29 17-03-49.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2017-08-31 21-22-12.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2018-02-25 13-34-11.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2018-02-25 13-38-51.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2018-02-25 13-49-14.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2018-02-25 13-49-39.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000002
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000003
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000004
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000005
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000006
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000007
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000008
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000009
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00000b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00000c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00000d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00000e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000012
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000013
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000014
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000016
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000017
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000019
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00001a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00001b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00001d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00001e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000020
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000021
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000022
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000024
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000026
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000027
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00002a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00002b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00002d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00002e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00002f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000193
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000662
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000664
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000667
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000669
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000671
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000672
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000673
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000680
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000681
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000686
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_0008f2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000b06
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000fed
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000fee
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000fef
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000ff0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000ff1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000ff3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000ff4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000ff8
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000ff9
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000ffa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00109f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_0010a2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_0010a4
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_0010a7
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_0010a8
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_0010a9
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_0010aa
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_0010b2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_0010b5
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_0010b7
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_002289
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_002371
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_002372
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_002373

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OBS Studio

A way to uninstall OBS Studio using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

OBS Studio is an application offered by the software company OBS Project. Sometimes, people want to erase it. This is efortful because deleting this by hand takes some know-how related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK approach to erase OBS Studio is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find OBS Studio or simply click the Search feature and type in "OBS Studio". If it is installed on your PC the OBS Studio app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select OBS Studio in the list , some data regarding the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding OBS Studio, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall OBS Studio.


8. After uninstalling OBS Studio, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of OBS Studio which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing OBS Studio with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall OBS Studio by OBS Project from your PC, nor are we saying that OBS Studio by OBS Project is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall OBS Studio in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.