Discord
A guide to uninstall Discord from your system
You can find below details on how to remove Discord for Windows. The Windows version was developed by
Discord Inc.. More data about Discord Inc. can be read
here. Discord is frequently set up in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Discord folder, but this location can vary a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the program. The full command line for uninstalling Discord is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Discord\Update.exe --uninstall. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may be prompted for administrator rights. Discord's primary file takes around 1.45 MB (1516408 bytes) and its name is Update.exe.
Discord contains of the executables below. They occupy 174.56 MB (
183036760 bytes) on disk.
- Update.exe (1.45 MB)
- Discord.exe (171.47 MB)
- DiscordHookHelper.exe (378.87 KB)
- DiscordHookHelper64.exe (511.37 KB)
- gpu_encoder_helper.exe (790.87 KB)
This page is about Discord version
1.0.9184 only. You can find below a few links to other Discord versions:
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When you're planning to uninstall Discord you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.
Folders found on disk after you uninstall Discord from your computer:- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Discord Inc
The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove Discord:- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\GeForceNOW\CEF\cef\client\Discord.dll
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\GeForceNOW\CEF\dependencies\discord-rpc.dll
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\GeForceNOW_tempNew\CEF\cef\client\Discord.dll
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\GeForceNOW_tempNew\CEF\dependencies\discord-rpc.dll
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\GeforceNowInstallerFiles\GeforceNOW\CEF\cef\client\Discord.dll
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\GeforceNowInstallerFiles\GeforceNOW\CEF\dependencies\discord-rpc.dll
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Roblox\Versions\version-5a6b6797f4e04078\ExtraContent\textures\ui\LuaApp\ExternalSite\discord.png
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Roblox\Versions\version-5a6b6797f4e04078\ExtraContent\textures\ui\LuaApp\icons\GameDetails\social\Discord_large.png
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Roblox\Versions\version-5a6b6797f4e04078\ExtraContent\textures\ui\LuaApp\icons\GameDetails\social\Discord_large@2x.png
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Roblox\Versions\version-5a6b6797f4e04078\ExtraContent\textures\ui\LuaApp\icons\GameDetails\social\Discord_large@3x.png
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Yandex\YandexBrowser\Application\25.2.3.809\web_app_config\component\discord.json
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\badge-1.ico
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\badge-10.ico
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\badge-11.ico
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\badge-2.ico
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\badge-3.ico
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\badge-4.ico
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\badge-5.ico
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\badge-6.ico
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\badge-7.ico
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\badge-8.ico
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\badge-9.ico
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Cache\Cache_Data\data_0
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Cache\Cache_Data\data_1
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Cache\Cache_Data\data_2
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Cache\Cache_Data\data_3
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Cache\Cache_Data\index
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Code Cache\js\index
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Code Cache\wasm\index
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\component_crx_cache\neifaoindggfcjicffkgpmnlppeffabd_1.c900ba9a2d8318263fd43782ee6fd5fb50bad78bf0eb2c972b5922c458af45ed
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\component_crx_cache\oimompecagnajdejgnnjijobebaeigek_1.567f5df81ea0c9bdcfb7221f0ea091893150f8c16e3012e4f0314ba3d43f1632
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Crashpad\settings.dat
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\DawnGraphiteCache\data_0
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\DawnGraphiteCache\data_1
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\DawnGraphiteCache\data_2
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\DawnGraphiteCache\data_3
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\DawnGraphiteCache\index
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\DawnWebGPUCache\data_0
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\DawnWebGPUCache\data_1
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\DawnWebGPUCache\data_2
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\DawnWebGPUCache\data_3
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\DawnWebGPUCache\index
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\GPUCache\data_0
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\GPUCache\data_1
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\GPUCache\data_2
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\GPUCache\data_3
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\GPUCache\index
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Local State
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Local Storage\leveldb\000003.log
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Local Storage\leveldb\CURRENT
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Local Storage\leveldb\LOCK
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Local Storage\leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\logs\Discord_updater_rCURRENT.log
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\logs\renderer_js.log
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\MediaFoundationWidevineCdm\x64\1.0.2738.0\_metadata\verified_contents.json
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\MediaFoundationWidevineCdm\x64\1.0.2738.0\Google.Widevine.CDM.dll
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\MediaFoundationWidevineCdm\x64\1.0.2738.0\manifest.fingerprint
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\MediaFoundationWidevineCdm\x64\1.0.2738.0\manifest.json
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\module_data\crashlogs\2_24_2025__9_55_20_PM_GMT_3-0-events.log
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Network\Cookies
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Network\Network Persistent State
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Network\NetworkDataMigrated
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Network\Trust Tokens
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Preferences
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\sentry\queue\queue.json
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\sentry\scope_v3.json
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Session Storage\000003.log
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Session Storage\CURRENT
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Session Storage\LOCK
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Session Storage\LOG
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Session Storage\MANIFEST-000001
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\settings.json
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Shared Dictionary\cache\index
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\Shared Dictionary\db
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\shared_proto_db\000003.log
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\shared_proto_db\CURRENT
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\shared_proto_db\LOCK
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\shared_proto_db\LOG
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\shared_proto_db\MANIFEST-000001
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\shared_proto_db\metadata\000003.log
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\shared_proto_db\metadata\CURRENT
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\shared_proto_db\metadata\LOCK
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\shared_proto_db\metadata\LOG
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\shared_proto_db\metadata\MANIFEST-000001
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\SharedStorage
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\tray.png
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\tray-connected.png
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\tray-deafened.png
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\tray-muted.png
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\tray-speaking.png
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\tray-unread.png
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\VideoDecodeStats\LOCK
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\VideoDecodeStats\LOG
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\WidevineCdm\4.10.2830.0\_metadata\verified_contents.json
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\WidevineCdm\4.10.2830.0\_platform_specific\win_x64\widevinecdm.dll
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\WidevineCdm\4.10.2830.0\LICENSE
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\WidevineCdm\4.10.2830.0\manifest.fingerprint
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\discord\WidevineCdm\4.10.2830.0\manifest.json
- C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Discord Inc\Discord.lnk
Registry that is not cleaned:- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Discord
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Discord
Open regedit.exe to delete the registry values below from the Windows Registry:- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Discord\app-1.0.9183\Discord.exe.ApplicationCompany
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Discord\app-1.0.9183\Discord.exe.FriendlyAppName
How to uninstall Discord using Advanced Uninstaller PRO
Discord is an application released by the software company Discord Inc.. Frequently, users decide to uninstall it. This can be difficult because removing this manually requires some knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK approach to uninstall Discord is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:
1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your PC.
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- download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
- set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows optimizer.
3. Press the General Tools button

4. Press the Uninstall Programs button

5. A list of the applications existing on your PC will appear
6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Discord or simply activate the Search field and type in "Discord". If it exists on your system the Discord application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Discord in the list , the following information regarding the program is shown to you:
- Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding Discord, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
- Technical information regarding the app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Discord.

8. After uninstalling Discord, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Discord that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Discord with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.
Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.
Disclaimer
This page is not a recommendation to remove Discord by Discord Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that Discord by Discord Inc. is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Discord supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.
Last update on: 2025-02-26 00:23:20.803