Sunshine

A way to uninstall Sunshine from your system

Sunshine is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was created by LizardByte. Additional info about LizardByte can be read here. You can get more details related to Sunshine at https://app.lizardbyte.dev/Sunshine. The program is often found in the C:\Program Files\Sunshine folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can uninstall Sunshine by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\Sunshine\Uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that you might get a notification for administrator rights. sunshine.exe is the Sunshine's primary executable file and it takes around 31.55 MB (33078784 bytes) on disk.

The following executables are incorporated in Sunshine. They occupy 34.08 MB (35733905 bytes) on disk.

• sunshine.exe (31.55 MB)
• Uninstall.exe (218.89 KB)
• audio-info.exe (1.01 MB)
• dxgi-info.exe (1.07 MB)
• sunshinesvc.exe (241.00 KB)

The current web page applies to Sunshine version 2025.122.141614 only. For other Sunshine versions please click below:

• 0.22.0
• 0.23.0
• 2024.827.4234
• 0.19.1
• 0.18.0
• 2024.825.23948
• 0.14.1
• 0.20.0
• 0.18.3
• 0.21.0
• 0.22.2
• 2024.1115.143556
• 2025.108.234411
• 2024.1109.210203
• 2025.221.143652
• 2025.430.173338
• 0.15.0
• 2024.1227.43619
• 0.0.0
• 0.23.1
• 2024.1214.152703
• 2024.1031.235235
• 2024.1025.12635
• 2024.907.154342
• 2024.1015.41553
• 2024.1208.41026
• 2024.1204.170534
• 2024.823.131748
• 2024.1016.205723
• 2025.509.184504
• 0.16.0
• 2025.118.151840
• 0.22.1

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you uninstall Sunshine.

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\sunshine.exe.12924.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\CrashDumps\sunshine.exe.7212.dmp
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\D__bana_Sunshine_Uninstall_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\https___docs_lizardbyte_dev_projects_sunshine
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\Sunshine (2).lnk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\Sunshine.lnk

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\LizardByte\Sunshine
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Sunshine

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\bana\Sunshine\sunshine.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\D:\bana\Sunshine\sunshine.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2443269211-240206324-4151148720-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\Users\Asia\AppData\Local\Temp\Sunshine\virtual_gamepad.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2443269211-240206324-4151148720-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\bana\Sunshine\sunshine.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2443269211-240206324-4151148720-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume5\download google\sunshine-windows-installer.exe

How to remove Sunshine from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Sunshine is a program released by LizardByte. Some computer users try to erase this application. This can be efortful because removing this manually requires some know-how regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK solution to erase Sunshine is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to take care of your system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Sunshine or simply activate the Search field and type in "Sunshine". The Sunshine application will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Sunshine in the list of applications, the following information regarding the program is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding Sunshine, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Sunshine:

• The web site of the program is: https://app.lizardbyte.dev/Sunshine
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Sunshine\Uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Sunshine.


8. After uninstalling Sunshine, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Sunshine that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Sunshine using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Sunshine by LizardByte from your PC, nor are we saying that Sunshine by LizardByte is not a good software application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Sunshine supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.