Nik Collection

A guide to uninstall Nik Collection from your computer

Nik Collection is a computer program. This page holds details on how to remove it from your PC. It is written by Google. You can find out more on Google or check for application updates here. You can remove Nik Collection by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\DxO\Nik Collection\bin. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. Nik Collection's main file takes about 171.71 KB (175832 bytes) and is named Uninstall Nik Collection.exe.

The following executable files are incorporated in Nik Collection. They take 205.96 MB (215963480 bytes) on disk.

• Uninstall Nik Collection.exe (171.71 KB)
• Analog Efex Pro 2.exe (14.94 MB)
• Analog Efex Pro 2.exe (18.12 MB)
• Color Efex Pro 4.exe (14.94 MB)
• Color Efex Pro 4.exe (18.23 MB)
• Dfine2.exe (9.79 MB)
• Dfine2.exe (11.15 MB)
• HDR Efex Pro 2.exe (13.67 MB)
• HDR Efex Pro 2.exe (16.78 MB)
• SHP3OS.exe (9.61 MB)
• SHP3RPS.exe (9.35 MB)
• SHP3OS.exe (10.84 MB)
• SHP3RPS.exe (10.54 MB)
• Silver Efex Pro 2.exe (12.00 MB)
• Silver Efex Pro 2.exe (14.78 MB)
• Viveza 2.exe (9.92 MB)
• Viveza 2.exe (11.14 MB)

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The current page applies to Nik Collection version 4.0.7.0 only. You can find below info on other versions of Nik Collection:

• 4.3.3
• 4.1.0.0
• 1.2.0.4
• 1.1.0.7
• 1.2.11
• 1.2.8
• 1.1.0.5
• 1.1.0.9
• 1.2.9
• 4.0.8.0
• 4.1.1.0
• 1.2.0.7
• 4.3.0
• 5.6.0
• 1.1.1.1
• 1.0.0.7
• 4.3.2
• 5.2.1
• 4.2.0
• 1.2.0.3
• 1.1.1.0
• 1.1.0.4
• 4.3.6
• Unknown

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Nik Collection from your PC:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\DxO\Nik Collection
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Nik Collection
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\DxO\Nik Collection

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\DxO\Nik Collection\NikCollection.cfg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Nik Collection Installer Logs\Uninstaller_NikCollection_201507-12_2021-06-04-22-29-03.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Nik Collection\NikCollection.cfg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0_32\UsageLogs\Nik_Collection_4_byDxO.exe.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_DxO_Nik Collection_Analog Efex Pro 2_Analog Efex Pro 2 (64-Bit)_Analog Efex Pro 2_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_DxO_Nik Collection_bin_Silver Efex Pro 3_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_DxO_Nik Collection_bin_Viveza 3_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_DxO_Nik Collection_Color Efex Pro 4_Color Efex Pro 4 (64-Bit)_Color Efex Pro 4_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_DxO_Nik Collection_Dfine 2_Dfine 2 (64-Bit)_Dfine2_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_DxO_Nik Collection_HDR Efex Pro 2_HDR Efex Pro 2 (64-Bit)_HDR Efex Pro 2_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_DxO_Nik Collection_Perspective Efex_Perspective Efex (64-Bit)_PerspectiveEfex_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_DxO_Nik Collection_Sharpener Pro 3_Sharpener Pro 3 (64-Bit)_SHP3OS_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_DxO_Nik Collection_Sharpener Pro 3_Sharpener Pro 3 (64-Bit)_SHP3RPS_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Nik_Collection_20210604222111.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Nik_Collection_20210604222111_001_NikCollection.msi.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Nik_Collection_20210604224603.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Nik_Collection_20210604224603_000_NikCollection.msi.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Azureus\torrents\Nik Software Complete Collection 1.2.11 (Win)[by Robert].torrent
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\DxO\Nik Collection\logs\SelectiveToolApp.2021.06.04-22.28.11.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\DxO\Nik Collection\logs\SelectiveToolApp.2021.06.04-22.36.19.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\DxO\Nik Collection\logs\Silver Efex Pro 3.2021.06.04-22.43.49.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\DxO\Nik Collection\logs\Viveza 3.2021.06.04-22.28.28.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\DxO\Nik Collection\logs\Viveza 3.2021.06.04-22.37.52.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\DxO\Nik Collection\logs\Viveza 3_plugin.2021.06.04-22.28.27.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\DxO\Nik Collection\logs\Viveza 3_plugin.2021.06.04-22.37.49.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\Nik Collection by DxO v4.0.7.0 + Fix {CracksHash}.lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\uTorrent\Nik Collection by DxO v4.0.7.0 + Fix {CracksHash}.torrent
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\uTorrent\Nik Software Complete Collection 1.0.0.7 (2013) [ChingLiu].torrent

Many times the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Nik Collection
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Google\Nik Collection

How to uninstall Nik Collection with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Nik Collection is a program by Google. Frequently, users choose to remove it. This is hard because removing this by hand takes some skill regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE way to remove Nik Collection 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 Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to clean your Windows system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Nik Collection or simply click the Search feature and type in "Nik Collection". If it is installed on your PC the Nik Collection application will be found very quickly. After you click Nik Collection in the list of programs, the following information about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about Nik Collection, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the program you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Nik Collection.


8. After removing Nik Collection, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Nik Collection that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Nik Collection with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Nik Collection by Google from your computer, we are not saying that Nik Collection by Google is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Nik Collection 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.