OBS Studio

A way to uninstall OBS Studio from your computer

This web page is about OBS Studio for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was developed by OBS Project. Additional info about OBS Project can be seen here. OBS Studio is usually installed in the C:\Program Files\obs-studio directory, however this location can differ a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the program. C:\Program Files\obs-studio\uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to uninstall OBS Studio. The program's main executable file has a size of 4.21 MB (4414272 bytes) on disk and is named obs64.exe.

The executable files below are part of OBS Studio. They take about 5.60 MB (5874623 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall.exe (144.00 KB)
• obs-amf-test.exe (27.31 KB)
• obs-ffmpeg-mux.exe (34.81 KB)
• obs-nvenc-test.exe (25.31 KB)
• obs64.exe (4.21 MB)
• enc-amf-test32.exe (90.31 KB)
• enc-amf-test64.exe (99.81 KB)
• get-graphics-offsets32.exe (121.81 KB)
• get-graphics-offsets64.exe (148.31 KB)
• inject-helper32.exe (97.81 KB)
• inject-helper64.exe (122.81 KB)
• obs-browser-page.exe (513.81 KB)

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This info is about OBS Studio version 28.1.1 only. You can find below info on other application versions 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
• 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
• 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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OBS Studio has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio

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

• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_obs-studio_bin_64bit_obs64_exe
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_obs-studio_uninstall_exe
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Untitled\basic.ini
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\scenes\Untitled.json
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\global.ini
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2022-11-02 16-42-44.txt
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2022-11-03 13-47-53.txt
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\rtmp-services\meta.json
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\rtmp-services\package.json
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\rtmp-services\services.json
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\rtmp-services\twitch_ingests.json
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2022-11-02 16-42-44.csv.gz
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2022-11-03 13-47-53.csv.gz
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\updates\manifest.json
• C:\UserNames\UserName\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\updates\whatsnew.json

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

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

A way to delete OBS Studio from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

OBS Studio is an application by the software company OBS Project. Sometimes, users want to erase this application. This is hard because removing this manually requires some know-how related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY action to erase 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 on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start 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 very useful program.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate OBS Studio or simply activate the Search field and type in "OBS Studio". The OBS Studio application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click OBS Studio in the list of programs, some data about the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about OBS Studio, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove OBS Studio.


8. After removing OBS Studio, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of OBS Studio that 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 disk.

Your system will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall OBS Studio by OBS Project from your computer, we are not saying that OBS Studio by OBS Project is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall OBS Studio supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.