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A guide to uninstall Discord from your system

You can find below details on how to remove Discord for Windows. It is developed by Discord Inc.. You can read more on Discord Inc. or check for application updates here. Usually the Discord program is found in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Discord folder, depending on the user's option during install. You can uninstall Discord by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Discord\Update.exe --uninstall. Note that you might get a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is labeled Update.exe and its approximative size is 1.46 MB (1526504 bytes).

The executable files below are part of Discord. They take about 137.61 MB (144298400 bytes) on disk.

  • Update.exe (1.46 MB)
  • Discord.exe (134.47 MB)
  • capture_helper.exe (612.73 KB)
  • gpu_encoder_helper.exe (1.09 MB)


The current page applies to Discord version 1.0.9041 alone. You can find below info on other releases of Discord:

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Quite a few files, folders and registry entries will not be removed when you are trying to remove Discord from your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Discord:
  • C:\Program Files\SteelSeries\GG\apps\engine\engineApps\discord
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Discord Inc

Generally, the following files remain on disk:
  • C:\Program Files\SteelSeries\GG\apps\engine\engineApps\discord\gamesense-discord-x64.exe
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Overwolf\Extensions\cghphpbjeabdkomiphingnegihoigeggcfphdofo\134.0.7454\images\share\default-avatar-discord.png
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Overwolf\Extensions\cghphpbjeabdkomiphingnegihoigeggcfphdofo\134.1.7627\images\share\default-avatar-discord.png
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\Discord.lnk
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Discord Inc\Discord.lnk

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Discord
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Discord
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Discord
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\RADAR\HeapLeakDetection\DiagnosedApplications\Discord.exe

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Discord\app-1.0.9041\Discord.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Discord\app-1.0.9041\Discord.exe.FriendlyAppName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-1141052230-1637322804-3606648285-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume11\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Discord\app-1.0.9169\Discord.exe


How to remove Discord from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Discord is an application by the software company Discord Inc.. Some people want to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is difficult because doing this manually takes some know-how related to Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK practice 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 already installed on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your computer.

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  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Discord or simply click the Search feature and type in "Discord". The Discord program will be found automatically. When you click Discord in the list of applications, the following data about the application is made available to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have about Discord, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information about the program you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Discord.
Uninstall Discord


8. After removing Discord, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Discord which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Discord using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your system 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 PC, nor are we saying that Discord by Discord Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Discord 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' computers.

2024-04-11 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2024-04-11 01:10:44.737