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How to uninstall Grand Theft Auto V from your system

This page contains complete information on how to uninstall Grand Theft Auto V for Windows. The Windows version was created by Rockstar Games. More information about Rockstar Games can be seen here. Click on to get more information about Grand Theft Auto V on Rockstar Games's website. Grand Theft Auto V is normally set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V directory, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's option when installing the application. You can remove Grand Theft Auto V by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V\uninstall.exe. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is titled GTAVLauncher.exe and occupies 18.07 MB (18952072 bytes).

The executable files below are installed alongside Grand Theft Auto V. They take about 183.84 MB (192775424 bytes) on disk.

  • GTA5.exe (48.95 MB)
  • GTAVLauncher.exe (18.07 MB)
  • GTAVLauncher2.exe (12.63 MB)
  • PlayGTAV.exe (9.00 MB)
  • uninstall.exe (3.64 MB)
  • DXSETUP.exe (524.84 KB)
  • Social_Club.exe (53.77 MB)
  • vcredist_x64_2005.exe (2.60 MB)
  • vcredist_x64_2008.exe (4.73 MB)
  • vcredist_x64_2010.exe (5.41 MB)
  • vcredist_x64_2012.exe (6.86 MB)
  • vcredist_x86_2005.exe (2.62 MB)
  • vcredist_x86_2008.exe (4.02 MB)
  • vcredist_x86_2010.exe (4.76 MB)
  • vcredist_x86_2012.exe (6.26 MB)
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If you're planning to uninstall Grand Theft Auto V you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories left on disk:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V

Usually, the following files are left on disk:
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\E__Mr DJ_Grand Theft Auto San Andreas_gta_sa_exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\E__Mr DJ_Grand Theft Auto San Andreas_Uninstall_unins000_exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\E__MR GT_Grand Theft Auto IV - Complete Edition_EFLC_LaunchEFLC_exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\E__MR GT_Grand Theft Auto IV - Complete Edition_GTAIV_LaunchGTAIV_exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\E__MR GT_Grand Theft Auto IV - Complete Edition_unins000_exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Grand Theft Auto V Setup Log.txt
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V\Grand Theft Auto V.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V\Uninstall Grand Theft Auto V.lnk

Registry that is not cleaned:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Grand Theft Auto VFinal


A way to delete Grand Theft Auto V with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Grand Theft Auto V is an application by the software company Rockstar Games. Sometimes, people decide to erase it. This is hard because removing this manually takes some know-how related to PCs. The best QUICK approach to erase 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 a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

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


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Grand Theft Auto V or simply click the Search field and type in "Grand Theft Auto V". If it exists on your system the Grand Theft Auto V application will be found very quickly. After you click Grand Theft Auto V in the list of programs, some information about the program is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about Grand Theft Auto V, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the app 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/V/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V\uninstall.exe
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Grand Theft Auto V.
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8. After uninstalling Grand Theft Auto V, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer 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 removing Grand Theft Auto V using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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



Geographical user distribution

  • 10.0
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Grand Theft Auto V by Rockstar Games from your computer, nor are we saying that Grand Theft Auto V by Rockstar Games is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Grand Theft Auto V in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-07-09 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-07-09 09:21:43.383