OBS Studio

A way to uninstall OBS Studio from your PC

This page contains thorough information on how to uninstall OBS Studio for Windows. The Windows version was created by OBS Project. You can read more on OBS Project or check for application updates here. Usually the OBS Studio application is found in the C:\Program Files\obs-studio directory, depending on the user's option during setup. 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. obs64.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 3.19 MB (3347984 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed alongside OBS Studio. They occupy about 8.53 MB (8945567 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall.exe (59.45 KB)
• obs-ffmpeg-mux.exe (56.02 KB)
• obs64.exe (3.19 MB)
• enc-amf-test32.exe (185.52 KB)
• enc-amf-test64.exe (225.02 KB)
• ffmpeg-mux32.exe (42.02 KB)
• ffmpeg-mux64.exe (55.52 KB)
• get-graphics-offsets32.exe (410.02 KB)
• get-graphics-offsets64.exe (529.52 KB)
• inject-helper32.exe (417.44 KB)
• inject-helper64.exe (515.44 KB)
• seg_service.exe (792.94 KB)
• obs-browser-page.exe (2.13 MB)

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The current page applies to OBS Studio version 24.0.1 alone. You can find below info on other 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
• 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
• 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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When you're planning to uninstall OBS Studio you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders that were left behind:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\obs_studio
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPSData\obs_studio
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\slobs-updater\2020219212300ss\new-files\resources\app.asar.unpacked\node_modules\obs-studio-node
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\slobs-updater\2020330124528tt\new-files\resources\app.asar.unpacked\node_modules\obs-studio-node

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\translations\obs_studio.translation
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\obs_studio\common.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\obs_studio\current_game.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\obs_studio\json.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPSData\obs_studio\29841033\manifest.xml
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPSData\obs_studio\29841033\metadata.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA\NvBackend\VisualOPSData\obs_studio\29841033\obs_studio_001.jpg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Sin Título\basic.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Sin Título\service.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Sin Título\streamEncoder.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\scenes\Sin Título.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\global.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2019-09-28 01-41-14.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2019-09-28 02-14-29.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2019-09-28 02-43-28.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2019-09-29 02-10-30.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2019-10-05 02-07-56.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\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\Cookies
• 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\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\TransportSecurity
• 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\plugin_config\rtmp-services\twitch_ingests.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2019-09-28 01-41-14.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2019-09-28 02-14-29.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2019-09-28 02-43-28.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2019-09-29 02-10-30.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2019-10-05 02-07-56.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\updates\manifest.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\updates\whatsnew.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio-node-server\backend-metrics.doc
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio-node-server\metadata
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio-node-server\settings.dat

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

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

A way to erase OBS Studio from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

OBS Studio is a program released by OBS Project. Frequently, computer users choose to remove this program. Sometimes this is easier said than done because uninstalling this by hand takes some experience related to Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE procedure to remove OBS Studio 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 PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to take care of your computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications existing on your PC will be made available to you

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. Notice that after you click OBS Studio in the list , some data regarding the application is available to you:

• Safety 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".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove OBS Studio.


8. After removing OBS Studio, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of 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 can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall OBS Studio by OBS Project from your PC, nor are we saying that OBS Studio by OBS Project is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall OBS Studio 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.