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A way to uninstall Oculus from your system

This web page contains complete information on how to uninstall Oculus for Windows. The Windows version was created by Facebook Technologies, LLC. You can read more on Facebook Technologies, LLC or check for application updates here. Please open if you want to read more on Oculus on Facebook Technologies, LLC's website. The application is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\Oculus folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall Oculus by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Oculus\OculusSetup.exe /uninstall. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. oculus-driver.exe is the Oculus's primary executable file and it occupies about 35.86 MB (37605112 bytes) on disk.

Oculus contains of the executables below. They occupy 507.37 MB (532011320 bytes) on disk.




  • OculusSetup.exe (4.55 MB)
  • OculusClient.exe (168.46 MB)
  • Casting.exe (35.71 MB)
  • crashpad_mqdh_casting.exe (1.15 MB)
  • OculusDash.exe (31.36 MB)
  • Fixer.exe (383.24 KB)
  • OculusDebugTool.exe (8.57 MB)
  • OculusDebugToolCLI.exe (1.10 MB)
  • OculusLogGatherer.exe (455.24 KB)
  • OculusMirror.exe (783.24 KB)
  • OculusVRCValidator.exe (1.46 MB)
  • CameraTool.exe (1.42 MB)
  • Dreamdeck.exe (156.50 KB)
  • Dreamdeck-Win64-Shipping.exe (37.70 MB)
  • oculus-driver.exe (35.86 MB)
  • OVRLibrarian.exe (316.24 KB)
  • OVRLibraryService.exe (143.24 KB)
  • oculus-overlays.exe (966.93 KB)
  • oculus-platform-runtime.exe (12.16 MB)
  • OVRRedistributableInstaller.exe (134.74 KB)
  • RemoteDesktopCompanion.exe (56.88 MB)
  • OVRRedir.exe (1.04 MB)
  • OVRServer_x64.exe (8.85 MB)
  • OVRServiceLauncher.exe (418.74 KB)
  • MontereySetup.exe (156.00 KB)
  • MontereySetup-Win64-Shipping.exe (53.20 MB)
  • TouchNUX.exe (155.50 KB)
  • TouchNUX-Win64-Shipping.exe (43.91 MB)
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The information on this page is only about version 1.103.0 of Oculus. You can find below info on other releases of Oculus:


After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Oculus from your computer:
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Oculus
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\Oculus
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Oculus

The files below remain on your disk when you remove Oculus:
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\_global_data_store\data.sqlite
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Manifests\C_ProgramFiles(x86)_Steam_bin_cef_cef.win7x64_steamwebhelper.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Manifests\C_ProgramFiles(x86)_Steam_bin_cef_cef.win7x64_steamwebhelper_assets.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Manifests\C_ProgramFiles_Google_Chrome_Application_chrome.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Manifests\C_ProgramFiles_Google_Chrome_Application_chrome_assets.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Manifests\C_ProgramFiles_WindowsApps_Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_11.2502.2.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe_CalculatorApp.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Manifests\C_ProgramFiles_WindowsApps_Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_11.2502.2.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe_CalculatorApp_assets.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Manifests\C_Windows_SystemApps_MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy_TextInputHost.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Manifests\C_Windows_SystemApps_MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy_TextInputHost_assets.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Manifests\sanzaru-games-inc-wrath_assets.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles(x86)_Steam_bin_cef_cef.win7x64_steamwebhelper_assets\cover_landscape_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles(x86)_Steam_bin_cef_cef.win7x64_steamwebhelper_assets\cover_landscape_image_large.png
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles(x86)_Steam_bin_cef_cef.win7x64_steamwebhelper_assets\cover_square_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles(x86)_Steam_bin_cef_cef.win7x64_steamwebhelper_assets\icon_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles(x86)_Steam_bin_cef_cef.win7x64_steamwebhelper_assets\logo_transparent_image.png
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles(x86)_Steam_bin_cef_cef.win7x64_steamwebhelper_assets\original.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles(x86)_Steam_bin_cef_cef.win7x64_steamwebhelper_assets\small_landscape_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles_Google_Chrome_Application_chrome_assets\cover_landscape_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles_Google_Chrome_Application_chrome_assets\cover_landscape_image_large.png
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles_Google_Chrome_Application_chrome_assets\cover_square_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles_Google_Chrome_Application_chrome_assets\icon_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles_Google_Chrome_Application_chrome_assets\logo_transparent_image.png
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles_Google_Chrome_Application_chrome_assets\original.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles_Google_Chrome_Application_chrome_assets\small_landscape_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles_WindowsApps_Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_11.2502.2.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe_CalculatorApp_assets\cover_landscape_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles_WindowsApps_Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_11.2502.2.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe_CalculatorApp_assets\cover_landscape_image_large.png
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles_WindowsApps_Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_11.2502.2.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe_CalculatorApp_assets\cover_square_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles_WindowsApps_Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_11.2502.2.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe_CalculatorApp_assets\icon_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles_WindowsApps_Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_11.2502.2.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe_CalculatorApp_assets\logo_transparent_image.png
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles_WindowsApps_Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_11.2502.2.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe_CalculatorApp_assets\original.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_ProgramFiles_WindowsApps_Microsoft.WindowsCalculator_11.2502.2.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe_CalculatorApp_assets\small_landscape_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_Windows_SystemApps_MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy_TextInputHost_assets\cover_landscape_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_Windows_SystemApps_MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy_TextInputHost_assets\cover_landscape_image_large.png
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_Windows_SystemApps_MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy_TextInputHost_assets\cover_square_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_Windows_SystemApps_MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy_TextInputHost_assets\icon_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_Windows_SystemApps_MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy_TextInputHost_assets\logo_transparent_image.png
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_Windows_SystemApps_MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy_TextInputHost_assets\original.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\C_Windows_SystemApps_MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy_TextInputHost_assets\small_landscape_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\sanzaru-games-inc-wrath_assets\cover_landscape_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\sanzaru-games-inc-wrath_assets\cover_landscape_image_large.png
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\sanzaru-games-inc-wrath_assets\cover_square_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\sanzaru-games-inc-wrath_assets\icon_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\sanzaru-games-inc-wrath_assets\logo_transparent_image.png
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\CoreData\Software\StoreAssets\sanzaru-games-inc-wrath_assets\small_landscape_image.jpg
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Manifests\oculus-avatar-editor.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Manifests\oculus-client.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Manifests\oculus-compat.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Manifests\oculus-dash.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Manifests\oculus-diagnostics.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Manifests\oculus-dreamdeck-nux.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Manifests\oculus-drivers.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Manifests\oculus-home.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Manifests\oculus-librarian.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Manifests\oculus-overlays.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Manifests\oculus-platform-runtime.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Manifests\oculus-redistributable-installer.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Manifests\oculus-remote-desktop.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Manifests\oculus-runtime.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Manifests\oculus-touch-tutorial.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Manifests\oculus-worlds.json
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Meta.ico
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\OculusSetup.exe
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\OVRLibraryService.log
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-avatar-editor\TCbuildID.txt
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\chrome_100_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\chrome_200_percent.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\d3dcompiler_47.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\dxcompiler.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\dxil.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\ffmpeg.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\icudtl.dat
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\libEGL.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\libGLESv2.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\LICENSE
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\am.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\ar.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\bg.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\bn.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\ca.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\cs.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\da.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\de.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\el.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\en-GB.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\en-US.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\es.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\es-419.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\et.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\fa.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\fi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\fil.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\fr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\gu.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\he.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\hi.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\hr.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\hu.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\id.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\it.pak
  • C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\locales\ja.pak

Registry that is not cleaned:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\oculus
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Oculus
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\oculus-driver_RASAPI32
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\oculus-driver_RASMANCS
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Oculus
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Parental Controls\AppInventory\S-1-5-21-53364266-921636283-2761701316-1001\win32:oculusclient.exe_!dev=oculus+vr%2c+llc
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\PnpLockdownFiles\C:\WINDOWS/System32/drivers/Oculus_ViGEmBus.sys
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Oculus VR, LLC
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Oculus_ViGEmBus

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\OculusClient.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\OculusClient.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-53364266-921636283-2761701316-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\OculusClient.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-53364266-921636283-2761701316-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-librarian\OVRLibrarian.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-53364266-921636283-2761701316-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-runtime\OVRServer_x64.exe
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Oculus_ViGEmBus\DisplayName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Oculus_ViGEmBus\ImagePath
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\oculusvad_oculusvad\DisplayName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\OVRLibraryService\Description
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\OVRLibraryService\DisplayName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\OVRLibraryService\ImagePath


How to delete Oculus from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Oculus is a program offered by Facebook Technologies, LLC. Frequently, users try to remove this application. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because performing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK way to remove Oculus 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 PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your 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. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Oculus or simply activate the Search field and type in "Oculus". If it is installed on your PC the Oculus app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Oculus in the list of apps, some information regarding the program is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding Oculus, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the application you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for Oculus:





  • The web site of the application is: http://www.oculus.com
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Oculus\OculusSetup.exe /uninstall
7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Oculus.
Uninstall Oculus


8. After removing Oculus, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Oculus which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Oculus with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Oculus by Facebook Technologies, LLC from your PC, we are not saying that Oculus by Facebook Technologies, LLC is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Oculus supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2024-12-05 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2024-12-05 11:12:10.533