FFmpeg

A way to uninstall FFmpeg from your PC

FFmpeg is a software application. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was created for Windows by Gyan. Open here for more info on Gyan. More information about FFmpeg can be found at https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds. Usually the FFmpeg application is to be found in the C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe directory, depending on the user's option during setup. FFmpeg's complete uninstall command line is winget uninstall --product-code Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe. The program's main executable file is named ffmpeg.exe and its approximative size is 129.14 MB (135416832 bytes).

FFmpeg installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 387.14 MB (405945856 bytes) on disk.

• ffmpeg.exe (129.14 MB)
• ffplay.exe (128.98 MB)
• ffprobe.exe (129.02 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 6.1.1 of FFmpeg. For other FFmpeg versions please click below:

• 7.1.1
• 6.0
• 7.0.2
• 5.1.2
• 7.1
• 7.0.1
• 7.0
• 6.1

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If you are manually uninstalling FFmpeg we advise you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall FFmpeg from your computer:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\authy\app-2.4.2\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\authy\app-2.5.0\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CapCut\Apps\3.2.0.1106\ffmpeg.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CapCut\Apps\3.3.0.1161\ffmpeg.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CapCut\Apps\3.4.0.1211\ffmpeg.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CapCut\Apps\3.7.0.1358\ffmpeg.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CapCut\Apps\3.8.0.1431\ffmpeg.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CapCut\Apps\4.8.0.1818\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CapCut\Apps\4.8.0.1818\ffmpeg.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams\current\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams\previous\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\bin\ffmpeg.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\bin\ffplay.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\bin\ffprobe.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\bootstrap.min.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\community.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\default.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\developer.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\faq.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\fate.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\ffmpeg.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\ffmpeg-all.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\ffmpeg-bitstream-filters.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\ffmpeg-codecs.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\ffmpeg-devices.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\ffmpeg-filters.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\ffmpeg-formats.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\ffmpeg-protocols.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\ffmpeg-resampler.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\ffmpeg-scaler.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\ffmpeg-utils.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\ffplay.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\ffplay-all.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\ffprobe.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\ffprobe-all.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\general.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\git-howto.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\libavcodec.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\libavdevice.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\libavfilter.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\libavformat.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\libavutil.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\libswresample.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\libswscale.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\mailing-list-faq.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\nut.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\platform.html
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\doc\style.min.css
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\LICENSE
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\presets\libvpx-1080p.ffpreset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\presets\libvpx-1080p50_60.ffpreset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\presets\libvpx-360p.ffpreset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\presets\libvpx-720p.ffpreset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\presets\libvpx-720p50_60.ffpreset
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\ffmpeg-6.1.1-full_build\README.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe.db

Many times the following registry keys will not be removed:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe

How to remove FFmpeg using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

FFmpeg is an application marketed by Gyan. Frequently, people try to erase it. Sometimes this is hard because removing this by hand takes some experience regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK solution to erase FFmpeg is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate FFmpeg or simply click the Search field and type in "FFmpeg". The FFmpeg application will be found automatically. After you click FFmpeg in the list , the following data about the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about FFmpeg, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for FFmpeg:

• The web site of the program is: https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds
• The uninstall string is: winget uninstall --product-code Gyan.FFmpeg_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall FFmpeg.


8. After removing FFmpeg, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of FFmpeg that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing FFmpeg with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove FFmpeg by Gyan from your computer, nor are we saying that FFmpeg by Gyan is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove FFmpeg supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.