OBS Studio

A way to uninstall OBS Studio from your system

This web page is about OBS Studio for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It is written by OBS Project. Go over here where you can read more on OBS Project. OBS Studio is normally set up in the C:\Program Files\obs-studio directory, regulated by the user's option. C:\Program Files\obs-studio\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall OBS Studio. obs-ffmpeg-mux.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 55.52 KB (56848 bytes) on disk.

OBS Studio installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 8.44 MB (8845771 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall.exe (59.45 KB)
• obs-ffmpeg-mux.exe (55.52 KB)
• obs64.exe (3.19 MB)
• enc-amf-test32.exe (185.52 KB)
• enc-amf-test64.exe (225.02 KB)
• get-graphics-offsets32.exe (410.02 KB)
• get-graphics-offsets64.exe (529.52 KB)
• inject-helper32.exe (417.44 KB)
• inject-helper64.exe (515.44 KB)
• seg_service.exe (789.52 KB)
• obs-browser-page.exe (2.13 MB)

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The current web page applies to OBS Studio version 24.0.3 alone. You can find below info on other releases of OBS Studio:

• 30.1.2
• 23.1.0
• 27.2.1
• 24.0.0
• 21.0.0
• 28.1.2
• 27.2.2
• 0.14.0
• 25.0.4
• 0.13.3
• 25.0.1
• 27.0.1
• 20.1.3
• 22.0.2
• 22.0.1
• 19.0.1
• 22.0.0
• 18.0.2
• 30.0.0
• 0.15.4
• 19.0.0
• Unknown
• 29.0.2
• 25.0.0
• 0.16.5
• 27.2.0
• 30.1.03
• 30.0.02
• 26.0.1
• 21.0.1
• 27.0.0
• 28.0.2
• 28.0.1
• 20.0.1
• 18.0.0
• 20.1.1
• 29.1.1
• 29.1.2
• 28.0.3
• 28.0.0
• 0.14.2
• 24.0.2
• 17.0.1
• 20.1.2
• 0.16.6
• 30.0.2
• 0.13.2
• 25.0.8
• 24.0.1
• 23.2.0
• 0.13.4
• 0.15.0
• 28.1.0
• 29.0.0
• 28.1.1
• 19.0.2
• 0.15.1
• 30.1.01
• 27.1.0
• 29.1.0
• 0.13.1
• 0.16.0
• 0.16.1
• 30.1.0
• 20.0.0
• 27.2.3
• 27.1.3
• 27.1.2
• 18.0.1
• 23.0.2
• 0.15.2
• 30.0.03
• 23.2.1
• 30.1.1
• 21.1.0
• 17.0.2
• 26.1.1
• 27.1.1
• 29.0.1
• 23.0.0
• 26.0.0
• 0.16.2
• 21.1.2
• 26.0.2
• 29.1.3
• 23.0.1
• 0.16.4
• 20.1.0
• 30.0.01
• 0.14.1
• 27.2.4
• 17.0.0
• 26.1.0
• 0.15.3
• 0.16.3
• 19.0.3
• 30.0.1

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the computer. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\obs_studio
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPSData\obs_studio
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\translations\obs_studio.translation
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\obs_studio\common.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\obs_studio\current_game.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\obs_studio\json.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPSData\obs_studio\29841033\manifest.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPSData\obs_studio\29841033\metadata.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPSData\obs_studio\29841033\obs_studio_001.jpg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\D__Program Files_рекордер видео_obs-studio_bin_64bit_obs64_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Безымянный\basic.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Безымянный\service.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Безымянный\streamEncoder.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\scenes\Безымянный.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\crashes\Crash 2020-01-23 15-17-28.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\global.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2021-05-03 19-01-12.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2021-05-06 16-17-50.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2021-08-13 02-56-18.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2022-08-25 21-58-20.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2022-08-25 22-36-42.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2022-08-25 23-00-04.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2022-09-17 18-05-02.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2022-09-17 18-11-17.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2023-03-02 22-02-08.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2023-08-12 17-43-56.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Code Cache\js\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Code Cache\wasm\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\GPUCache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\GPUCache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\GPUCache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\GPUCache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\GPUCache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Local Storage\leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Local Storage\leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Local Storage\leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Local Storage\leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\LocalPrefs.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Network\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Network\Network Persistent State
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Network\NetworkDataMigrated
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Network\Reporting and NEL
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Network\TransportSecurity
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Session Storage\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Session Storage\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Session Storage\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Session Storage\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Session Storage\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Visited Links
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\rtmp-services\meta.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\rtmp-services\package.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\rtmp-services\services.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\rtmp-services\twitch_ingests.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2020-01-26 23-11-51.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2021-05-03 19-01-12.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2021-05-06 16-17-50.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2021-08-13 02-56-18.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2022-08-25 21-58-20.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2022-08-25 22-36-42.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2022-08-25 23-00-04.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2022-09-17 18-05-02.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2022-09-17 18-11-17.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2023-03-02 22-02-08.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2023-08-12 17-43-56.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\updates\manifest.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\updates\updater.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\updates\whatsnew.json

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OBS Studio
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OBS Studio

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\Program Files\рекордер видео\obs-studio\bin\64bit\obs64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\Program Files\рекордер видео\obs-studio\bin\64bit\obs64.exe.FriendlyAppName

How to erase OBS Studio from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

OBS Studio is an application by the software company OBS Project. Sometimes, computer users decide to remove this program. Sometimes this is hard because uninstalling this by hand takes some skill related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK action to remove OBS Studio 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, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install 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 number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find OBS Studio or simply activate the Search feature and type in "OBS Studio". If it is installed on your PC the OBS Studio app will be found automatically. Notice that after you click OBS Studio in the list of programs, the following information about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about OBS Studio, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall OBS Studio.


8. After uninstalling OBS Studio, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of OBS Studio which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing OBS Studio using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall OBS Studio by OBS Project from your PC, nor are we saying that OBS Studio by OBS Project is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall OBS Studio supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.