NVDA

A way to uninstall NVDA from your computer

This page is about NVDA for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It was created for Windows by NV Access. More information on NV Access can be found here. Please open https://www.nvaccess.org/ if you want to read more on NVDA on NV Access's web page. Usually the NVDA program is installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA folder, depending on the user's option during setup. You can remove NVDA by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\uninstall.exe. Note that you might be prompted for admin rights. The program's main executable file occupies 75.47 KB (77280 bytes) on disk and is titled nvda_uiAccess.exe.

NVDA is composed of the following executables which occupy 735.49 KB (753144 bytes) on disk:

• nvda_uiAccess.exe (75.47 KB)
• nvda_dmp.exe (58.50 KB)
• nvda_eoaProxy.exe (66.47 KB)
• nvda_noUIAccess.exe (75.47 KB)
• nvda_slave.exe (67.97 KB)
• uninstall.exe (95.71 KB)
• nvdaHelperRemoteLoader.exe (114.47 KB)
• nvdaHelperRemoteLoader.exe (105.97 KB)

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The current web page applies to NVDA version 2021.3.1 only. You can find below a few links to other NVDA releases:

• 1624760
• 2022.1
• 2020.3
• 2022.2.2
• 2020.44
• 2020.31
• 1334499287
• 2022.3.1
• 2022.3.3
• 2019.2
• 218955216
• 2022.2.4
• 170294272
• 2020.4
• 1622087368
• 2020.2
• 2022.13
• 2016.4
• 2021.1
• 2016.2
• 2015.3
• 2019.1.1
• 2019.21
• 2016.3
• 2022.12
• 1688527
• 2019.3.1
• 2021.3.5
• 2017.4
• 2019.22
• 2018.2.1
• 2018.4.1
• 2018.4
• 151560691
• 2019.3
• 2020.1
• 2016.1
• 2021.2
• 2019.1
• 2021.3.3
• 2018.3
• 2022.2
• 2021.3
• 2019.2.1
• 13645241787
• 2022.2.3
• 2018.3.1
• 2017.2
• 2018.1
• 2019.32
• 2018.1.1
• 2018.2
• 1365609
• 2017.3
• 1270111750
• 178714672136
• 2015.4
• 11729294
• 2022.3
• 116392976
• 2018.3.2
• 2022.3.2
• 2016.2.1
• 2021.3.4
• 2017.1
• 2020.21
• 2019.31

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Some of these are shown below.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\comtypes_cache\nvda_slave-37
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\comtypes_cache\nvda-37
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\nvda

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\IETldCache\index.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\_bz2.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\_ctypes.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\_decimal.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\_hashlib.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\_lzma.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\_queue.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\_socket.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\_ssl.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-console-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-datetime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-file-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-file-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-memory-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-namedpipe-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-1.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-rtlsupport-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-core-util-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\API-MS-Win-core-xstate-l2-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-crt-conio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-crt-convert-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-crt-environment-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-crt-filesystem-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-crt-heap-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-crt-locale-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-crt-math-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-crt-multibyte-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-crt-private-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-crt-process-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-crt-string-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-crt-time-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\api-ms-win-crt-utility-l1-1-0.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\brailleDisplayDrivers\handyTech\dealers.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\brailleDisplayDrivers\handyTech\HtBrailleDriverServer.tlb
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\brailleDisplayDrivers\lilli.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\brlapi.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\brlapi-0.8.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\builtin.dic
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\COMRegistrationFixes\oleaccProxy.reg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\diff_match_patch.pyd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\am\keyCommands.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\am\styles.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\am\userGuide.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\an\changes.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\an\keyCommands.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\an\styles.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\an\userGuide.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\ar\changes.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\ar\copying.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\ar\keyCommands.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\ar\styles.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\ar\userGuide.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\bg\changes.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\bg\keyCommands.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\bg\styles.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\bg\userGuide.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\ca\changes.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\ca\keyCommands.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\ca\styles.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\ca\userGuide.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\contributors.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\copying.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\cs\changes.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\cs\keyCommands.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\cs\styles.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\cs\userGuide.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\da\changes.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\da\keyCommands.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\da\styles.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\da\userGuide.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\de\changes.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\de\copying.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\de\keyCommands.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\de\readme.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\de\styles.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\de\userGuide.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\de_CH\changes.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\de_CH\keyCommands.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\de_CH\styles.css
• C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\documentation\de_CH\userGuide.html

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.nvda-addon
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\NVDA.Addon.1
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\NVDA
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\NVDA

Additional values that you should remove:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\nvda_slave.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\nvda_slave.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-238272138-989391556-533159289-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\nvda.exe

A way to uninstall NVDA with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

NVDA is a program offered by the software company NV Access. Some people decide to uninstall this application. This can be difficult because deleting this manually requires some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. The best EASY procedure to uninstall NVDA is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to take care of your computer.

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• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• 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 tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate NVDA or simply activate the Search feature and type in "NVDA". If it is installed on your PC the NVDA program will be found very quickly. After you select NVDA in the list , the following information about the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have about NVDA, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for NVDA:

• The web site of the program is: https://www.nvaccess.org/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\NVDA\uninstall.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove NVDA.


8. After removing NVDA, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of NVDA that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling NVDA with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove NVDA by NV Access from your PC, nor are we saying that NVDA by NV Access is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove NVDA supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.