OBS Studio

How to uninstall OBS Studio from your PC

This info is about OBS Studio for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by OBS Project. You can read more on OBS Project or check for application updates here. OBS Studio is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\obs-studio folder, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the application. The full command line for uninstalling OBS Studio is C:\Program Files (x86)\obs-studio\uninstall.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for admin rights. OBS Studio's primary file takes around 2.16 MB (2259984 bytes) and its name is obs32.exe.

OBS Studio installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 10.62 MB (11138735 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall.exe (59.45 KB)
• obs32.exe (2.16 MB)
• obs64.exe (2.57 MB)
• enc-amf-test32.exe (415.02 KB)
• enc-amf-test64.exe (492.02 KB)
• ffmpeg-mux32.exe (41.94 KB)
• ffmpeg-mux64.exe (55.94 KB)
• get-graphics-offsets32.exe (418.02 KB)
• get-graphics-offsets64.exe (513.52 KB)
• inject-helper32.exe (417.44 KB)
• inject-helper64.exe (515.44 KB)
• cef-bootstrap.exe (1.31 MB)
• cef-bootstrap.exe (1.74 MB)

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This info is about OBS Studio version 21.1.2 only. You can find here a few links to other OBS Studio releases:

• 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
• 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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Some files, folders and Windows registry data can not be removed when you are trying to remove OBS Studio from your computer.

Directories left 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

The files below remain 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\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\C__Users_Kensh_Downloads_obs-studio_bin_64bit_obs64_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\C__Users_Kensh_Downloads_obs-studio_uninstall_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Untitled\basic.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Untitled\recordEncoder.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Untitled\service.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Untitled\streamEncoder.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\scenes\Untitled.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\crashes\Crash 2020-03-24 01-54-41.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\crashes\Crash 2020-03-27 23-37-38.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\crashes\Crash 2020-04-18 21-40-55.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\crashes\Crash 2020-07-09 20-24-57.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\crashes\Crash 2020-11-01 20-08-43.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\global.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2021-01-15 01-52-27.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2021-07-16 01-01-18.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2021-07-20 04-53-47.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2021-07-20 04-59-58.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2021-09-28 03-13-31.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2021-12-17 22-55-08.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2022-03-20 21-38-26.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2022-04-21 15-58-31.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2022-08-23 00-02-14.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2022-09-11 21-00-29.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\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000002
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000004
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000005
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000006
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000007
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000008
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000009
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00000a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00000b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00000c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00000d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00000e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00000f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000011
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000013
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000015
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000016
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000018
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000019
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00001a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00001b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00001c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00001e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00001f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000020
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000021
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000022
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000023
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000025
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000028
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00002b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00002c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00002d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00002e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00002f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000031
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000032
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000033
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000034
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000035
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000036
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000037
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000038
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000039
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00003a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00003b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00003c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00003d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00003e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00003f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000040
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000041
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000042
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000043
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000044
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000045
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000046
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000047
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000048
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000049
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00004a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00004b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00004c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00004d

Registry that is not cleaned:

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

A way to delete OBS Studio from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

OBS Studio is an application released by the software company OBS Project. Frequently, people choose to remove it. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because uninstalling this by hand requires some skill regarding PCs. One of the best SIMPLE practice 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 on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate OBS Studio or simply click the Search feature and type in "OBS Studio". If it is installed on your PC the OBS Studio program will be found automatically. When you select OBS Studio in the list of programs, the following information about the application is made available 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 - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall OBS Studio.


8. After removing OBS Studio, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong OBS Studio that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing OBS Studio using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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 OBS Studio by OBS Project from your PC, we are not saying that OBS Studio by OBS Project is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove OBS Studio supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.