Nik Collection

A guide to uninstall Nik Collection from your computer

You can find below detailed information on how to uninstall Nik Collection for Windows. The Windows version was developed by DxO. Further information on DxO can be found here. Usually the Nik Collection application is placed in the C:\Program Files\DxO\Nik Collection folder, depending on the user's option during install. Nik Collection's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files\DxO\Nik Collection\Uninstall.exe. Nik Collection's main file takes about 9.43 MB (9884968 bytes) and its name is Analog Efex Pro 3.exe.

The executable files below are part of Nik Collection. They take an average of 110.87 MB (116259080 bytes) on disk.

• Uninstall.exe (682.50 KB)
• Analog Efex Pro 3.exe (9.43 MB)
• Color Efex Pro 5.exe (9.67 MB)
• installer_utils.exe (1.35 MB)
• nondestructive_util.exe (1.24 MB)
• SelectiveToolApp.exe (1.67 MB)
• Silver Efex Pro 3.exe (9.67 MB)
• Viveza 3.exe (9.67 MB)
• Dfine2.exe (16.00 MB)
• HDR Efex Pro 2.exe (17.98 MB)
• Perspective Efex Launcher.exe (139.29 KB)
• PerspectiveEfex.exe (1.10 MB)
• PerspectiveEfex_saver.exe (775.29 KB)
• SHP3OS.exe (15.78 MB)
• SHP3RPS.exe (15.76 MB)

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The current page applies to Nik Collection version 5.2.1 alone. You can find below info on other releases of Nik Collection:

• 2.0.4
• 3.3.0
• 1.2.15
• 2.5.0
• 5.2.1.0
• 4.3.2.0
• 2.0.7
• 1.2.18
• 2.3.1
• 3.0.8
• 4.0.7.0
• 1.2.12
• 2.0.8
• 2.3.0
• 5.5.0.0
• 6.1.0
• 2.0.5
• 1.2.14
• 2.0.6
• 3.0.7

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Nik Collection has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\DxO\Nik Collection
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Export Presets\Nik Collection
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Modules\HDREfexPro2.lrplugin\Nik Collection
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Modules\PluginParam.lrplugin\Nik Collection

The files below were left behind on your disk by Nik Collection's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\DxO\Nik Collection\NikCollection.cfg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Nik_Collection_20240915151859.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Nik_Collection_20240915151859_000_NikCollection.msi.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Export Presets\Nik Collection\hdr2.lrtemplate
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Export Presets\Nik Collection\ppcopy.lrtemplate
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Modules\HDREfexPro2.lrplugin\Nik Collection\hdr2.lrtemplate
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Modules\PluginParam.lrplugin\Nik Collection\ppcopy.lrtemplate
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\DxO\Nik Collection\logs\Color Efex Pro 5.2023.01.17-20.26.42.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\DxO\Nik Collection\logs\InstallerUtils.2023.01.17-18.03.47.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\DxO\Nik Collection\logs\InstallerUtils.2023.01.17-18.03.49.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\DxO\Nik Collection\logs\Silver Efex Pro 3.2023.01.17-20.27.15.log

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DxO\Nik Collection
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\DxO\Nik Collection
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{846e51b2-69ad-4650-860c-aebb03cf1808}

How to delete Nik Collection from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Nik Collection is a program offered by the software company DxO. Some computer users want to uninstall this program. This is hard because performing this manually takes some know-how related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best SIMPLE action to uninstall Nik Collection 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 on your system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to optimize your PC.

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• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Nik Collection or simply activate the Search field and type in "Nik Collection". If it exists on your system the Nik Collection application will be found very quickly. After you select Nik Collection in the list of applications, the following data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Nik Collection, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Nik Collection.


8. After uninstalling Nik Collection, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Nik Collection which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Nik Collection using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Nik Collection by DxO from your PC, we are not saying that Nik Collection by DxO is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Nik Collection 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' PCs.