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How to uninstall Unity from your computer

This web page is about Unity for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is written by Unity Technologies ApS. More info about Unity Technologies ApS can be read here. You can get more details about Unity at . The program is usually placed in the C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2020.3.3f1\Editor directory (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for uninstalling Unity is C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2020.3.3f1\Editor\Uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is named PlasticSCMPlugin.exe and its approximative size is 7.50 KB (7680 bytes).

The following executables are contained in Unity. They occupy 152.65 MB (160063168 bytes) on disk.

  • PlasticSCMPlugin.exe (7.50 KB)


The current page applies to Unity version 2020.3.31 alone. You can find below info on other application versions of Unity:

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you uninstall Unity.

Directories found on disk:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Unity
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\JetBrains\plugins\JetBrains.ExternalAnnotations.10.2.94\DotFiles\ExternalAnnotations\Microsoft\Microsoft.Practices.Unity
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\JetBrains\plugins\JetBrains.ExternalAnnotations.10.2.94\DotFiles\ExternalAnnotations\Misc\Unity.Abstractions

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall Unity:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Unity\16.0\Analyzers\Microsoft.Unity.Analyzers.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Unity\16.0\Editor\SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.Bridge.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Unity\16.0\Editor\SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.Messaging.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Unity\16.0\EULA.rtf
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Unity\16.0\ThirdPartyNotices.txt
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\extension.vsixmanifest
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\Grammars\UnityAssemblyDefinition.tmLanguage
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\Grammars\UnityShader.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\Grammars\UnityShader.language-configuration.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\Grammars\UnityUSS.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\Grammars\UnityUSS.language-configuration.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\Grammars\UnityUXML.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\Grammars\UnityUXML.language-configuration.json
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\ItemTemplates\CSharp\1033\CSharp Editor Script\CSharp Editor Script.ico
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\ItemTemplates\CSharp\1033\CSharp Editor Script\CSharp Editor Script.vstemplate
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\ItemTemplates\CSharp\1033\CSharp Editor Script\NewEditorScript.cs
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\ItemTemplates\CSharp\1033\CSharp MonoBehaviour\CSharp MonoBehaviour.ico
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\ItemTemplates\CSharp\1033\CSharp MonoBehaviour\CSharp MonoBehaviour.vstemplate
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\ItemTemplates\CSharp\1033\CSharp MonoBehaviour\NewMonoBehaviour.cs
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\ItemTemplates\SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.Vsix.Item..vstman
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\ru\SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.CodeLens.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\ru\SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.Common.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\ru\SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.resources.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\SyntaxTree.Mono.Debugger.Soft.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\SyntaxTree.System.Reactive.Core.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\SyntaxTree.System.Reactive.Interfaces.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\SyntaxTree.System.Reactive.Linq.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\SyntaxTree.System.Reactive.PlatformServices.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\SyntaxTree.System.Reactive.Windows.Threading.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.CodeLens.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.Common.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.Messaging.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.pkgdef
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\SyntaxTree.YamlDotNet.dll
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Visual Studio Tools for Unity\UnityGrammars.pkgdef
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\1049\unity_cl_extension.xml
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.Cpp.Unity.props
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.Cpp.Unity.targets
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\JetBrains\plugins\JetBrains.ExternalAnnotations.10.2.94\DotFiles\ExternalAnnotations\Microsoft\Microsoft.Practices.Unity\Container.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\JetBrains\plugins\JetBrains.ExternalAnnotations.10.2.94\DotFiles\ExternalAnnotations\Misc\Unity.Abstractions\Unity.Abstractions.xml
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_Unity_Hub_Editor_2020_3_3f1_Editor_BugReporter_UnityBugReporter_exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_Unity_Hub_Editor_2020_3_3f1_Editor_Data_Documentation_en_Manual_index_html
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_Unity_Hub_Editor_2020_3_3f1_Editor_Unity_exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\{7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E}_Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Unity_16_0_EULA_rtf
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\com_unity3d_unityhub
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\150\http___unity3d_com_whatsnew_html
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\2heqaf42\SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.Msi.8012C113A14151CEE929\vstu2019.msi
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\2heqaf42\SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.Vsix.883387FC5AE79484A79F\SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.ENU.vsix
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\2heqaf42\SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.Vsix.Resources.0A711C3004BB68A628DF\SyntaxTree.VisualStudio.Unity.RUS.vsix
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.2d.animation\5.0.2\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.2d.animation\5.0.2\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.2d.animation\5.0.4\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.2d.animation\5.0.4\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.2d.common\4.0.2\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.2d.common\4.0.2\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.2d.common\4.0.3\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.2d.common\4.0.3\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.2d.path\4.0.1\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.2d.path\4.0.1\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.2d.pixel-perfect\4.0.1\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.2d.pixel-perfect\4.0.1\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.2d.psdimporter\4.0.2\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.2d.psdimporter\4.0.2\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.2d.spriteshape\5.1.1\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.2d.spriteshape\5.1.1\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.adaptiveperformance.samsung.android\2.1.1\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.adaptiveperformance.samsung.android\2.1.1\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.adaptiveperformance\2.1.1\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.adaptiveperformance\2.1.1\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.addressables\1.16.16\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.addressables\1.16.16\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.ads\3.6.1\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.ads\3.6.1\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.analytics\3.5.3\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.analytics\3.5.3\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.animation.rigging\1.0.3\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.animation.rigging\1.0.3\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.barracuda\1.0.4\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.barracuda\1.0.4\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.burst\1.3.4\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.burst\1.3.4\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.burst\1.4.1\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.burst\1.4.1\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.burst\1.4.6\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.burst\1.4.6\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.cinemachine\2.6.3\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.cinemachine\2.6.3\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.collab-proxy\1.3.9\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.collab-proxy\1.3.9\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.editorcoroutines\1.0.0\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.editorcoroutines\1.0.0\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.ext.nunit\1.0.6\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.ext.nunit\1.0.6\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.formats.alembic\1.0.7\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.formats.alembic\1.0.7\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.ide.rider\2.0.7\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.ide.rider\2.0.7\package\package.json
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.ide.visualstudio\2.0.7\package.tgz
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\npm\packages.unity.com\com.unity.ide.visualstudio\2.0.7\package\package.json

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.unity
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\com.unity3d.kharma
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unity package file
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unity scene file
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio 16.0 Tools for Unity
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Unity
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\7A51FBFB5E290AE4AB8CD79AB3F02641
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Visual Studio 16.0 Tools for Unity
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Unity

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional values from the Windows Registry:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.unityhub\Unity Hub editor install metadata file_backup
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\OneDrive\Документы\Unity\UI 14.05 OldCompaniesList\Telegram.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\7A51FBFB5E290AE4AB8CD79AB3F02641\ProductName


A way to remove Unity from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Unity is an application marketed by the software company Unity Technologies ApS. Frequently, computer users try to erase it. Sometimes this can be hard because performing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK action to erase Unity is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to clean your Windows PC.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs existing on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Unity or simply activate the Search field and type in "Unity". The Unity program will be found automatically. When you select Unity in the list of applications, some data regarding the application is available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding Unity, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Unity:





  • The web site of the application is: http://www.unity3d.com
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2020.3.3f1\Editor\Uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Unity.
Uninstall Unity


8. After uninstalling Unity, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Unity that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Unity with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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



Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Unity by Unity Technologies ApS from your PC, nor are we saying that Unity by Unity Technologies ApS is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove Unity supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2023-04-11 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2023-04-11 20:09:38.703