OBS Studio

A guide to uninstall OBS Studio from your computer

This web page is about OBS Studio for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was developed for Windows by OBS Project. Take a look here where you can read more on OBS Project. OBS Studio is usually set up in the C:\Program Files\obs-studio folder, subject to the user's decision. 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. Note that you might receive a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file has a size of 27.31 KB (27968 bytes) on disk and is titled obs-amf-test.exe.

The executable files below are installed along with OBS Studio. They occupy about 5.63 MB (5900050 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall.exe (144.02 KB)
• obs-amf-test.exe (27.31 KB)
• obs-ffmpeg-mux.exe (34.81 KB)
• obs-nvenc-test.exe (25.31 KB)
• obs-qsv-test.exe (65.31 KB)
• obs64.exe (4.17 MB)
• enc-amf-test32.exe (90.31 KB)
• enc-amf-test64.exe (99.81 KB)
• get-graphics-offsets32.exe (121.81 KB)
• get-graphics-offsets64.exe (148.31 KB)
• inject-helper32.exe (97.81 KB)
• inject-helper64.exe (122.81 KB)
• obs-browser-page.exe (513.31 KB)

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The current web page applies to OBS Studio version 29.0.0 alone. For more OBS Studio versions please click below:

• 30.1.2
• 23.1.0
• 27.2.1
• 24.0.0
• 21.0.0
• 28.1.2
• 27.2.2
• 0.14.0
• 25.0.4
• 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
• 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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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

Directories that were left behind:

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

The files below are left behind on your disk by OBS Studio when you uninstall it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\{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\2023-02-02 13-02-00.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2023-02-11 12-10-54.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2023-02-11 12-11-10.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2023-08-17 11-47-38.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2023-08-17 11-51-19.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2023-08-17 11-57-19.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\Cache_Data\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\index
• 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\Code Cache\wasm\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\CURRENT
• 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\LocalPrefs.json
• 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\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Network\Network Persistent State
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Network\NetworkDataMigrated
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Network\Reporting and NEL
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Network\TransportSecurity
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Cache\Cache_Data\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Cache\Cache_Data\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Cache\Cache_Data\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Cache\Cache_Data\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Cache\Cache_Data\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Code Cache\js\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Code Cache\wasm\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\GPUCache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\GPUCache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\GPUCache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\GPUCache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\GPUCache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Local Storage\leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Local Storage\leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Local Storage\leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Local Storage\leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Network\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Network\Network Persistent State
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Network\NetworkDataMigrated
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Network\Reporting and NEL
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Session Storage\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Session Storage\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Session Storage\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Session Storage\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Session Storage\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\obs_profile_cookies\ 2FF7874F128352F\Visited Links
• 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\Visited Links
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\rtmp-services\meta.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\rtmp-services\package.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\rtmp-services\services.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2023-02-02 13-02-00.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2023-02-11 12-10-54.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2023-02-11 12-11-10.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2023-08-17 11-47-38.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2023-08-17 11-51-19.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2023-08-17 11-57-19.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\updates\branches.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\updates\manifest.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\updates\updater.exe
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\updates\whatsnew.json

Registry that is not uninstalled:

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

Open regedit.exe to delete the registry values below from the Windows Registry:

• 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 delete OBS Studio from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

OBS Studio is an application by OBS Project. Some people decide to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be troublesome because doing this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best QUICK practice to uninstall 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 system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the applications existing on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate OBS Studio or simply activate the Search feature and type in "OBS Studio". If it exists on your system the OBS Studio application will be found automatically. When you click OBS Studio in the list of applications, the following information regarding the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding OBS Studio, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall OBS Studio.


8. After uninstalling OBS Studio, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong OBS Studio which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling OBS Studio using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice 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 for your computer. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall OBS Studio supposing 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' computers.