Skyrim

A guide to uninstall Skyrim from your system

This web page contains detailed information on how to uninstall Skyrim for Windows. It is developed by Bethesda. More information on Bethesda can be seen here. You can get more details related to Skyrim at www.bethesda.com. The application is usually installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Bethesda Softworks\Skyrim directory (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for uninstalling Skyrim is C:\Program Files (x86)\Bethesda Softworks\Skyrim\unins000.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for administrator rights. Skyrim's main file takes around 1.45 MB (1524736 bytes) and its name is SkyrimLauncher.exe.

The executable files below are part of Skyrim. They occupy about 64.19 MB (67308334 bytes) on disk.

• Archive.exe (418.00 KB)
• CreationKit.exe (15.81 MB)
• skse_loader.exe (133.00 KB)
• SkyrimLauncher.exe (1.45 MB)
• TESV.exe (16.65 MB)
• unins000.exe (739.96 KB)
• unins001.exe (1.04 MB)
• MDR - Music Manager.exe (1.30 MB)
• generatefnisformodders.exe (571.50 KB)
• hkxcmd.exe (10.04 MB)
• GenerateFNISforUsers.exe (489.50 KB)
• DXSETUP.exe (513.34 KB)
• PapyrusAssembler.exe (297.00 KB)
• PapyrusCompiler.exe (13.50 KB)
• vcredist_x86.exe (4.76 MB)

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This data is about Skyrim version 1.0.0 only. Skyrim has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Skyrim

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Skyrim\DLCList.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Skyrim\plugins.txt

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Bethesda Softworks\Skyrim
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{0EF6DBD0-40D3-433C-A239-0ACA41E4D476}_is1

A way to delete Skyrim from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Skyrim is a program offered by Bethesda. Some computer users decide to remove it. Sometimes this is efortful because uninstalling this by hand requires some skill related to Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK way to remove Skyrim 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to clean your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications installed on your PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find Skyrim or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Skyrim". If it is installed on your PC the Skyrim app will be found very quickly. When you select Skyrim in the list of programs, the following data regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding Skyrim, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you want to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Skyrim:

• The software company is: www.bethesda.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Bethesda Softworks\Skyrim\unins000.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Skyrim.


8. After removing Skyrim, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong Skyrim that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Skyrim with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Skyrim by Bethesda from your PC, nor are we saying that Skyrim by Bethesda is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Skyrim supposing you want to. 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.