OBS Studio

How to uninstall OBS Studio from your system

This info is about OBS Studio for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is produced by OBS Project. More information about OBS Project can be found here. OBS Studio is normally set up in the C:\Program Files\obs-studio directory, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the program. You can remove OBS Studio by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\obs-studio\uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that you might receive a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 24.52 KB (25104 bytes) on disk and is titled obs-ffmpeg-mux.exe.

OBS Studio contains of the executables below. They occupy 4.15 MB (4349538 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall.exe (61.46 KB)
• obs-ffmpeg-mux.exe (24.52 KB)
• obs64.exe (2.75 MB)
• enc-amf-test32.exe (83.02 KB)
• enc-amf-test64.exe (103.02 KB)
• get-graphics-offsets32.exe (107.52 KB)
• get-graphics-offsets64.exe (125.02 KB)
• inject-helper32.exe (87.52 KB)
• inject-helper64.exe (103.02 KB)
• obs-browser-page.exe (734.52 KB)

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This info is about OBS Studio version 25.0.4 alone. You can find below info on other application versions of OBS Studio:

• 30.1.2
• 23.1.0
• 27.2.1
• 24.0.0
• 21.0.0
• 28.1.2
• 27.2.2
• 0.14.0
• 0.13.3
• 25.0.1
• 27.0.1
• 20.1.3
• 22.0.2
• 31.0.03
• 22.0.1
• 19.0.1
• 22.0.0
• 18.0.2
• 30.0.0
• 30.2.1
• 30.2.04
• 0.15.4
• 19.0.0
• Unknown
• 29.0.2
• 25.0.0
• 0.16.5
• 27.2.0
• 30.1.03
• 30.0.02
• 26.0.1
• 21.0.1
• 30.2.3
• 27.0.0
• 28.0.2
• 28.0.1
• 20.0.1
• 18.0.0
• 20.1.1
• 29.1.1
• 29.1.2
• 28.0.3
• 24.0.3
• 28.0.0
• 0.14.2
• 24.0.2
• 17.0.1
• 20.1.2
• 0.16.6
• 30.0.2
• 0.13.2
• 30.2.0
• 25.0.8
• 24.0.1
• 23.2.0
• 0.13.4
• 0.15.0
• 31.0.01
• 28.1.0
• 29.0.0
• 28.1.1
• 19.0.2
• 0.15.1
• 30.1.01
• 27.1.0
• 29.1.0
• 30.2.01
• 0.13.1
• 0.16.0
• 0.16.1
• 30.1.0
• 20.0.0
• 27.2.3
• 27.1.3
• 31.0.0
• 27.1.2
• 18.0.1
• 23.0.2
• 0.15.2
• 30.0.03
• 23.2.1
• 30.1.1
• 21.1.0
• 17.0.2
• 26.1.1
• 27.1.1
• 30.2.2
• 29.0.1
• 23.0.0
• 26.0.0
• 0.16.2
• 21.1.2
• 26.0.2
• 29.1.3
• 23.0.1
• 0.16.4
• 20.1.0
• 30.0.01
• 0.14.1
• 27.2.4

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Following the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall OBS Studio from your PC:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio

The files below remain on your disk by OBS Studio's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\125\{6D809377-6AF0-444B-8957-A3773F02200E}_obs-studio_bin_64bit_obs64_exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Untitled\basic.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\scenes\Untitled.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\global.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2020-04-19 10-29-28.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2020-05-14 20-59-38.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2020-05-29 13-55-26.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2023-01-17 12-34-31.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2023-04-08 17-17-28.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2023-04-08 17-27-54.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2023-04-23 00-33-27.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2023-04-23 18-58-24.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2023-04-23 21-45-24.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2023-04-23 21-59-24.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000002
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000003
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000004
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000005
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000006
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000007
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000008
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000009
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00000a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00000b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00000c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00000d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00000e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00000f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000010
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000011
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000012
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000013
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000014
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000015
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000016
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000017
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000018
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000019
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00001a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00001b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00001c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00001d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00001e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_00001f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\f_000020
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Code Cache\js\06b354321412ea1c_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Code Cache\js\4e07027200dd12c5_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Code Cache\js\55de6a7913bb0493_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Code Cache\js\65dbef00947fe6d2_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Code Cache\js\6cbbff1b4237b78f_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Code Cache\js\76ece7f76cded6ef_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Code Cache\js\8d16718854bcccfb_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Code Cache\js\9b1f859646e71aa8_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Code Cache\js\9c1f9462539df5ec_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Code Cache\js\9c5dc8cad8c43bcc_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Code Cache\js\9edafa981021390c_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Code Cache\js\c7dd9162b27397e1_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Code Cache\js\e34146d6414a11be_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Code Cache\js\e57a2ca864a611b7_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Code Cache\js\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\databases\Databases.db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\GPUCache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\GPUCache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\GPUCache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\GPUCache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\GPUCache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Local Storage\leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Local Storage\leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Local Storage\leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Local Storage\leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Network Persistent State
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\QuotaManager
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Service Worker\Database\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Service Worker\Database\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Service Worker\Database\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Service Worker\Database\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Service Worker\Database\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Service Worker\ScriptCache\2cc80dabc69f58b6_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Service Worker\ScriptCache\4cb013792b196a35_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Service Worker\ScriptCache\4cb013792b196a35_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Service Worker\ScriptCache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Session Storage\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Session Storage\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Session Storage\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Session Storage\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Session Storage\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\TransportSecurity

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OBS Studio
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\OBS Studio

Supplementary registry values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\obs-studio\bin\64bit\obs64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\obs-studio\bin\64bit\obs64.exe.FriendlyAppName

A way to remove OBS Studio using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

OBS Studio is a program offered by OBS Project. Frequently, people decide to erase this program. This can be hard because deleting this by hand requires some advanced knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK procedure to erase OBS Studio 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 Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows system.

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• visit Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on your PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate OBS Studio or simply activate the Search field and type in "OBS Studio". If it exists on your system the OBS Studio program will be found automatically. After you click OBS Studio in the list of applications, some information about the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about OBS Studio, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove OBS Studio.


8. After uninstalling OBS Studio, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong OBS Studio that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing OBS Studio using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall OBS Studio by OBS Project from your PC, we are not saying that OBS Studio by OBS Project is not a good application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall OBS Studio in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.