Avid Pro Tools
How to uninstall Avid Pro Tools from your system
This page contains complete information on how to remove Avid Pro Tools for Windows. It was created for Windows by Avid Technology, Inc.. Open here for more info on Avid Technology, Inc.. You can get more details on Avid Pro Tools at http://www.avid.com. The application is usually found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Avid\Pro Tools folder (same installation drive as Windows). The program's main executable file occupies 5.08 MB (5324800 bytes) on disk and is named ProTools.exe.The following executable files are contained in Avid Pro Tools. They take 14.43 MB (15129896 bytes) on disk.
- digiSPTIService.exe (156.00 KB)
- MMERefresh.exe (80.00 KB)
- Pro Tools Registration.exe (2.82 MB)
- ProTools.exe (5.08 MB)
- SoftwareUpdater.exe (828.34 KB)
- DigiTest.exe (4.99 MB)
- SYNCSetup.exe (511.73 KB)
This page is about Avid Pro Tools version 10.3.9 only. You can find here a few links to other Avid Pro Tools versions:
- 10.3.2
- 18.7.0.201
- 11.1.2
- 21.6.0.101
- 18.1.0.208
- 12.6.1.634
- 10.3.5
- 10.3.6
- 12.5.1.476
- 12.8.0.840
- 10.3.7
- 22.5.0.192
- 11.3.2
- 10.3.8
- 23.12.0.136
- 21.10.0.67
- 10.3.4
- 23.12.1.138
- 12.0.0.456
- 12.8.0.772
- 20.9.1.123
- 22.4.0.168
- 11.0.0
- 12.1.0.94
- 22.9.0.112
- 21.7.0.127
- 21.3.0.171
- 18.1.0.241
- 12.9.0.150
- 12.8.2.30
- 12.8.2.106
- 11.1.1
- 12.4.0.294
- 22.12.0.326
- 24.10.0.197
- 22.6.0.88
- 11.1.3
- 12.8.0.764
- 24.6.0.149
- 12.3.1.260
- 11.2.2
- 20.9.0.119
- 12.8.2.72
- 12.9.0.185
- 11.2.0
- 12.2.0.152
- 22.10.0.134
- 12.9.0.155
- 18.4.0.317
- 12.8.0.825
- 18.12.0.307
- 20.11.0.157
- 12.2.1.185
- 24.10.2.205
- 19.12.0.534
- 18.10.0.246
- 18.1.0.236
- 12.5.2.511
- 12.7.0.676
- 10.3.3
- 11.1.0
- 22.7.0.104
- 12.9.0.187
- 10.3
- 19.6.0.370
- 12.8.0.816
- 12.3.0.241
- 22.7.0.105
- 12.7.1.703
- 12.7.1.729
- 23.6.0.110
- 21.3.1.176
- 20.12.0.190
- 23.3.0.89
- 12.8.0.834
- 18.1.0.226
- 24.3.0.133
- 12.5.0.395
- 10.0.1
- 10.2.0
- 12.7.1.733
- 18.3.0.285
- 25.6.0.282
- 12.8.0.748
- 12.8.3.178
- 11.3
- 24.10.1.204
- 10.3.1
- 23.9.0.155
- 24.3.1.162
- 10.0.0
- 11.2.1
- 19.5.0.322
- 11.3.1
- 11.0.2
- 12.8.1.921
- 12.7.1.727
- 10.3.10
- 12.7.0.672
- 12.7.0.661
After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Some of these are shown below.
You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Avid Pro Tools:
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Avid\Pro Tools
The files below remain on your disk when you remove Avid Pro Tools:
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\DigiTrace.dll
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Devices\Digidesign Device List.middev
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Access\Access Virus A.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Access\Access Virus B.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Access\Access Virus Indigo.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Access\Access Virus KB.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Access\Access Virus Rack.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis D4.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis DM5.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis MIDIVerb II.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis MIDIVerb III.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis MIDIVerb4.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis NanoBass.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis NanoPiano.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis NanoSynth.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis Q20.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis QS6.1.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis QS6.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis QS7.1.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis QS7.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis QS8.1.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis QS8.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis QuadraSynth Plus.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis Quadraverb Plus.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis QuadraVerb2.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis S4 Plus.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis S4.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Alesis\Alesis SR-16.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\ART\ART Multiverb Alpha 2.0.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Boss\Boss DR-660.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Boss\Boss DR-770.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Boss\Boss DS-330.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Boss\Boss GT-3.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Boss\Boss GX-700.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Boss\Boss SE-50.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Clavia\Clavia Nord Lead 2.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Clavia\Clavia Nord Lead 3.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Clavia\Clavia Nord Lead.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Clavia\Clavia Nord Modular.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Clavia\Clavia Nord Rack 3.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Clavia\Clavia Nord Rack.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Digitech\Digitech DSP-128.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Digitech\Digitech GSP-2101.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Digitech\Digitech Quad 4.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Digitech\Digitech S100.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Digitech\Digitech Studio 400.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Digitech\Digitech Studio Quad.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Audity 2000.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Audity.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu B-3.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Carnaval.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Emax II.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Halo.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu MK-6.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Mo'Phatt.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Morpheus.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu MPS.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu MPS+Orchestral.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Orbit V2.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Orbit V3.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Orbit.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu PK-6.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Planet Earth.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Planet Phatt.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Procussion.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Proteus 1 wProtologic.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Proteus 1 XR.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Proteus 1 XR+Orch.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Proteus 1.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Proteus 2 XR.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Proteus 2.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Proteus 2000.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Proteus 2500.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Proteus 3 XR.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Proteus 3.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Proteus FX.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Sound Engine.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu UltraProteus.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Vintage Keys.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu Virtuoso 2000.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu XK-6.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu XL-1.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\E-mu\E-mu XL-7.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Ensoniq\Ensoniq ASR-10.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Ensoniq\Ensoniq ESQ-1.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Ensoniq\Ensoniq ESQ-M.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Ensoniq\Ensoniq KS-32.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Ensoniq\Ensoniq MR Rack.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Ensoniq\Ensoniq SD-1.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Ensoniq\Ensoniq SQ-1 Plus32.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Ensoniq\Ensoniq SQ-1.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Ensoniq\Ensoniq SQ-2.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Ensoniq\Ensoniq SQ-2-32.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Ensoniq\Ensoniq SQ-R Plus.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Ensoniq\Ensoniq SQ-R Plus-32.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Ensoniq\Ensoniq SQ-R.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Ensoniq\Ensoniq TS-10.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Ensoniq\Ensoniq TS-12.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Ensoniq\Ensoniq VFX SD.midnam
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Pro Tools\MIDI Patch Names\Digidesign\Ensoniq\Ensoniq ZR.midnam
Registry keys:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Avid\Pro Tools
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Avid\Pro Tools
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\17BB06E83FE7DE24F901AA40F15248A1
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{8E60BB71-7EF3-42ED-9F10-AA041F25841A}
Supplementary registry values that are not cleaned:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\17BB06E83FE7DE24F901AA40F15248A1\ProductName
A way to uninstall Avid Pro Tools from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO
Avid Pro Tools is an application by Avid Technology, Inc.. Sometimes, people try to uninstall this application. This can be hard because doing this by hand requires some skill regarding Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE solution to uninstall Avid Pro Tools is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows PC.
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3. Press the General Tools category
4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
5. A list of the programs existing on the PC will be shown to you
6. Navigate the list of programs until you find Avid Pro Tools or simply activate the Search field and type in "Avid Pro Tools". If it exists on your system the Avid Pro Tools program will be found automatically. Notice that when you select Avid Pro Tools in the list of apps, some data regarding the application is shown to you:
- Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding Avid Pro Tools, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
- Details regarding the app you are about to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.
8. After uninstalling Avid Pro Tools, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of Avid Pro Tools which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Avid Pro Tools with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.
Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.
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Disclaimer
The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Avid Pro Tools by Avid Technology, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that Avid Pro Tools by Avid Technology, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Avid Pro Tools in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.
2016-06-26 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO
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