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How to uninstall OBS Studio from your system

This page contains thorough information on how to uninstall OBS Studio for Windows. The Windows version was developed by OBS Project. More information on OBS Project can be seen here. OBS Studio is normally installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\obs-studio directory, however this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the program. C:\Program Files (x86)\obs-studio\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall OBS Studio. The application's main executable file has a size of 2.13 MB (2228672 bytes) on disk and is titled obs32.exe.

The following executables are installed together with OBS Studio. They take about 7.04 MB (7386892 bytes) on disk.

  • uninstall.exe (59.45 KB)
  • obs32.exe (2.13 MB)
  • obs64.exe (2.49 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 info is about OBS Studio version 20.1.3 alone. For other OBS Studio versions please click below:

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OBS Studio has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall OBS Studio from your computer:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\obs_studio
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPSData\obs_studio
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio

The files below remain on your disk when you remove OBS Studio:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\translations\obs_studio.translation
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\obs_studio\common.lua
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\obs_studio\current_game.lua
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\obs_studio\json.lua
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPSData\obs_studio\29841033\manifest.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPSData\obs_studio\29841033\metadata.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPSData\obs_studio\29841033\obs_studio_001.jpg
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\D__obs-studio_bin_32bit_obs32_exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\D__obs-studio_bin_64bit_obs64_exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\global.ini
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2020-08-08 12-44-21.txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2020-08-08 12-44-21.csv.gz

Registry keys:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OBS Studio
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OBS Studio


How to remove OBS Studio from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

OBS Studio is a program marketed by OBS Project. Some computer users decide to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be troublesome because deleting this manually takes some experience regarding removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY practice to uninstall OBS Studio is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category
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4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool
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5. A list of the programs existing on your computer will be made available to you

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


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about OBS Studio, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall OBS Studio.
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8. After uninstalling OBS Studio, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of OBS Studio that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing OBS Studio with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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



Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall OBS Studio by OBS Project from your computer, nor are we saying that OBS Studio by OBS Project is not a good application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall OBS Studio in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2017-11-19 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-11-19 01:09:33.663