OBS Studio

How to uninstall OBS Studio from your PC

This page contains complete information on how to remove OBS Studio for Windows. It is written by OBS Project. Take a look here where you can read more on OBS Project. The application is often placed in the C:\Program Files\obs-studio directory (same installation drive as Windows). The complete uninstall command line for OBS Studio is C:\Program Files\obs-studio\uninstall.exe. The application's main executable file is titled obs64.exe and occupies 2.88 MB (3023376 bytes).

OBS Studio is composed of the following executables which take 4.37 MB (4582518 bytes) on disk:

• uninstall.exe (143.97 KB)
• obs-ffmpeg-mux.exe (26.02 KB)
• obs64.exe (2.88 MB)
• enc-amf-test32.exe (83.02 KB)
• enc-amf-test64.exe (103.02 KB)
• get-graphics-offsets32.exe (110.02 KB)
• get-graphics-offsets64.exe (128.02 KB)
• inject-helper32.exe (87.52 KB)
• inject-helper64.exe (103.02 KB)
• obs-browser-page.exe (738.02 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 26.0.2 of OBS Studio. For other OBS Studio versions please click below:

• 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
• 24.0.3
• 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
• 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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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Part_A few of these are listed below.

Folders left behind when you uninstall OBS Studio:

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

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

• 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\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Neimenovan\basic.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\scenes\Neimenovan.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\global.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2020-10-21 10-23-15.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2020-10-21 10-27-31.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2020-10-21 10-31-17.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2020-10-21 10-31-39.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2020-10-21 10-40-16.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2020-10-21 10-41-38.txt
• 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\2020-10-21 10-23-15.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2020-10-21 10-27-31.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2020-10-21 10-31-17.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2020-10-21 10-31-39.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2020-10-21 10-40-16.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2020-10-21 10-41-38.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\updates\manifest.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\updates\whatsnew.json

Registry keys:

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

How to remove OBS Studio using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

OBS Studio is a program released by OBS Project. Frequently, people want to remove it. This can be troublesome because uninstalling this manually requires some skill regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK solution 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate OBS Studio or simply click the Search field and type in "OBS Studio". The OBS Studio app will be found very quickly. After you click OBS Studio in the list , some information regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding OBS Studio, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click 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 remove OBS Studio.


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

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove 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 PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove OBS Studio supposing 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.