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A guide to uninstall Grand Theft Auto V from your system

Grand Theft Auto V is a Windows program. Read more about how to remove it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by Rockstar Games. You can find out more on Rockstar Games or check for application updates here. Please follow if you want to read more on Grand Theft Auto V on Rockstar Games's web page. Usually the Grand Theft Auto V program is to be found in the C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V directory, depending on the user's option during setup. The full command line for uninstalling Grand Theft Auto V is C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Launcher\Launcher.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for admin rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 204.80 KB (209712 bytes) on disk and is called PlayGTAV.exe.

The executables below are part of Grand Theft Auto V. They take about 62.63 MB (65669456 bytes) on disk.

  • GTA5.exe (56.98 MB)
  • PlayGTAV.exe (204.80 KB)
  • uninstall.exe (522.80 KB)
  • DXSETUP.exe (524.84 KB)
  • vcredist_x86.exe (4.02 MB)


The current page applies to Grand Theft Auto V version 1.0.2372.2 only. Click on the links below for other Grand Theft Auto V versions:

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Grand Theft Auto V has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories that were left behind:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_iv
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_san_andreas
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_v

The files below are left behind on your disk by Grand Theft Auto V when you uninstall it:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\translations\grand_theft_auto_iv.translation
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\translations\grand_theft_auto_iv_eflc.translation
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\translations\grand_theft_auto_san_andreas.translation
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\translations\grand_theft_auto_v.translation
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_iv\common.lua
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_iv\current_game.lua
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_iv\streaming_game.lua
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_iv_eflc\common.lua
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_iv_eflc\current_game.lua
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_iv_eflc\streaming_game.lua
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_san_andreas\common.lua
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_san_andreas\current_game.lua
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_v\common.lua
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_v\current_game.lua
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\grand_theft_auto_v\streaming_game.lua

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{5EFC6C07-6B87-43FC-9524-F9E967241741}

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Rockstar Service\ImagePath


A way to remove Grand Theft Auto V from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Grand Theft Auto V is a program released by the software company Rockstar Games. Sometimes, people try to remove this program. This is efortful because uninstalling this manually requires some know-how related to PCs. The best EASY approach to remove Grand Theft Auto V 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 system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category
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4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the applications installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Grand Theft Auto V or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Grand Theft Auto V". The Grand Theft Auto V program will be found very quickly. After you select Grand Theft Auto V in the list of programs, the following information about the program is made available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Grand Theft Auto V, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Click on 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 Grand Theft Auto V:





  • The web site of the program is: http://www.rockstargames.com/support
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Launcher\Launcher.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Grand Theft Auto V.
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8. After removing Grand Theft Auto V, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Grand Theft Auto V which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Grand Theft Auto V using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.



Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Grand Theft Auto V by Rockstar Games from your PC, nor are we saying that Grand Theft Auto V by Rockstar Games is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Grand Theft Auto V in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2021-08-19 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2021-08-19 16:37:32.443