OBS Studio

How to uninstall OBS Studio from your PC

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove OBS Studio for Windows. It is written by OBS Project. You can read more on OBS Project or check for application updates here. The program is usually found in the C:\Program Files\obs-studio directory. Keep in mind that this path can vary being determined by the user's preference. The full command line for uninstalling OBS Studio is C:\Program Files\obs-studio\uninstall.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for admin rights. OBS Studio's main file takes about 4.78 MB (5010760 bytes) and is called obs64.exe.

The following executables are incorporated in OBS Studio. They occupy 6.23 MB (6536852 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall.exe (144.57 KB)
• obs-amf-test.exe (26.82 KB)
• obs-ffmpeg-mux.exe (33.32 KB)
• obs-nvenc-test.exe (23.82 KB)
• obs-qsv-test.exe (188.32 KB)
• obs64.exe (4.78 MB)
• get-graphics-offsets32.exe (131.16 KB)
• get-graphics-offsets64.exe (161.66 KB)
• inject-helper32.exe (106.66 KB)
• inject-helper64.exe (136.16 KB)
• obs-browser-page.exe (537.82 KB)

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This info is about OBS Studio version 30.2.3 only. 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
• 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
• 31.0.02
• 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

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves leftovers on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\obs_studio
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove OBS Studio:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\translations\obs_studio.translation
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\obs_studio\common.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\obs_studio\current_game.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\ApplicationOntology\data\wrappers\obs_studio\json.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\609a177479da5eecf2a4616f54e2e7fd4857f717c0183f642190ae1b62b7b6b5\metadata.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\609a177479da5eecf2a4616f54e2e7fd4857f717c0183f642190ae1b62b7b6b5\regular\metadata.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\609a177479da5eecf2a4616f54e2e7fd4857f717c0183f642190ae1b62b7b6b5\regular\pops.pub.tsv
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\609a177479da5eecf2a4616f54e2e7fd4857f717c0183f642190ae1b62b7b6b5\translations\obs_studio.translation
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\609a177479da5eecf2a4616f54e2e7fd4857f717c0183f642190ae1b62b7b6b5\wrappers\common.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\609a177479da5eecf2a4616f54e2e7fd4857f717c0183f642190ae1b62b7b6b5\wrappers\current_game.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\609a177479da5eecf2a4616f54e2e7fd4857f717c0183f642190ae1b62b7b6b5\wrappers\json.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\82bd92143f1ef9fae1c7af9538f547afd38f58645147d922201a097d79e718c0\metadata.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\82bd92143f1ef9fae1c7af9538f547afd38f58645147d922201a097d79e718c0\regular\metadata.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\82bd92143f1ef9fae1c7af9538f547afd38f58645147d922201a097d79e718c0\regular\pops.pub.tsv
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\82bd92143f1ef9fae1c7af9538f547afd38f58645147d922201a097d79e718c0\translations\obs_studio.translation
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\82bd92143f1ef9fae1c7af9538f547afd38f58645147d922201a097d79e718c0\wrappers\common.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\82bd92143f1ef9fae1c7af9538f547afd38f58645147d922201a097d79e718c0\wrappers\current_game.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\82bd92143f1ef9fae1c7af9538f547afd38f58645147d922201a097d79e718c0\wrappers\json.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\metadata.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Untitled\basic.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Untitled\streamEncoder.json
• 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\2025-02-06 14-15-58.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2025-02-07 09-30-37.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2025-02-07 10-58-03.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2025-02-07 21-10-14.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2025-02-07 21-19-46.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2025-02-09 11-55-00.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2025-02-09 21-18-14.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2025-02-09 22-30-44.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2025-02-10 12-04-57.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2025-02-11 12-06-21.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\f_000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000002
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000003
• 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\2c2604d07188a417_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Code Cache\js\bd087925b8387ecf_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Code Cache\js\fa3b549b5c064ff1_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\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\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\UserPrefs.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Visited Links
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-websocket\config.json
• 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\win-capture\compatibility.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\win-capture\meta.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\win-capture\package.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2025-02-03 23-18-29.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2025-02-06 11-39-19.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2025-02-06 14-15-58.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2025-02-07 09-30-37.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2025-02-07 10-58-03.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2025-02-07 21-10-14.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2025-02-07 21-19-46.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2025-02-09 11-55-00.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2025-02-09 22-30-44.csv.gz
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2025-02-10 12-04-57.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 removed:

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

Additional values that you should delete:

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

How to uninstall OBS Studio from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

OBS Studio is a program offered by the software company OBS Project. Frequently, computer users choose to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is difficult because performing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK procedure to uninstall 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 already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the applications installed on your PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate OBS Studio or simply click the Search feature 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 apps, some data about the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about OBS Studio, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you wish to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove OBS Studio.


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

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

Disclaimer

The text above 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 page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall OBS Studio supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.