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How to uninstall Grand Theft Auto V from your computer

This info is about Grand Theft Auto V for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by Rockstar Games. More information about Rockstar Games can be seen here. You can see more info about Grand Theft Auto V at . The application is frequently located in the C:\Grand Theft Auto V directory (same installation drive as Windows). C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Launcher\Launcher.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall Grand Theft Auto V. vc_redist.x64.exe is the Grand Theft Auto V's main executable file and it occupies circa 14.38 MB (15080792 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed along with Grand Theft Auto V. They take about 159.34 MB (167081854 bytes) on disk.

  • Launcher.exe (29.83 MB)
  • LauncherPatcher.exe (492.63 KB)
  • RockstarService.exe (1.60 MB)
  • RockstarSteamHelper.exe (1.06 MB)
  • uninstall.exe (6.32 MB)
  • Social-Club-Setup.exe (91.96 MB)
  • vc_redist.x64.exe (14.38 MB)
  • vc_redist.x86.exe (13.71 MB)
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The current web page applies to Grand Theft Auto V version 1.0.2060.0 alone. You can find below a few links to other Grand Theft Auto V versions:

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If planning to uninstall Grand Theft Auto V you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Grand Theft Auto V:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\FiveM\FiveM.app\data\game-storage\ros_launcher_game_b576\Grand Theft Auto V
  • 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

Generally, the following files are left on disk:
  • 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\{BEEFBEEF-6B87-43FC-9524-F9E967241741}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V

Supplementary registry values that are not removed:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Launcher\LauncherPatcher.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Launcher\LauncherPatcher.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Rockstar Service\ImagePath


A way to erase Grand Theft Auto V from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Grand Theft Auto V is a program offered by Rockstar Games. Sometimes, people try to remove this application. This can be hard because removing this manually takes some advanced knowledge related to Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK manner to remove Grand Theft Auto V 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 system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your computer.

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  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Press the General Tools category
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4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Grand Theft Auto V or simply click the Search field and type in "Grand Theft Auto V". The Grand Theft Auto V application will be found very quickly. Notice that when you select Grand Theft Auto V in the list of apps, the following information regarding the program is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding Grand Theft Auto V, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for Grand Theft Auto V:





  • The web site of the application is: http://www.rockstargames.com/support
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Launcher\Launcher.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Grand Theft Auto V.
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8. After uninstalling Grand Theft Auto V, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start 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 uninstalling Grand Theft Auto V with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.



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 application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Grand Theft Auto V in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2020-08-12 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2020-08-12 09:16:16.007