OBS Studio

A guide to uninstall OBS Studio from your system

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
• 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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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\8b60e8014637334da17f03af7aa115f8625d61087d62fc55fe6e5d16a4b93558\metadata.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\8b60e8014637334da17f03af7aa115f8625d61087d62fc55fe6e5d16a4b93558\regular\metadata.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\8b60e8014637334da17f03af7aa115f8625d61087d62fc55fe6e5d16a4b93558\regular\pops.pub.tsv
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\8b60e8014637334da17f03af7aa115f8625d61087d62fc55fe6e5d16a4b93558\translations\obs_studio.translation
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\8b60e8014637334da17f03af7aa115f8625d61087d62fc55fe6e5d16a4b93558\wrappers\common.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\8b60e8014637334da17f03af7aa115f8625d61087d62fc55fe6e5d16a4b93558\wrappers\current_game.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\8b60e8014637334da17f03af7aa115f8625d61087d62fc55fe6e5d16a4b93558\wrappers\json.lua
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA app\NvBackend\Recommendations\obs_studio\metadata.json
• 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\Без названия\basic.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Без названия\recordEncoder.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Без названия\service.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\Без названия\streamEncoder.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\scenes\Без названия.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\global.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2024-12-03 22-53-11.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2024-12-04 00-17-17.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2024-12-04 14-07-07.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2024-12-04 14-17-53.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2024-12-04 14-18-15.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2024-12-04 14-24-29.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2024-12-04 14-34-02.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2024-12-04 15-24-13.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2024-12-04 15-36-30.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\logs\2024-12-04 15-38-52.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\f_000004
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000005
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000006
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000007
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000008
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000009
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00000f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000010
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000011
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000012
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000013
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000014
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000015
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000016
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000017
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000018
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000019
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00001a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00001b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00001c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00001d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00001e
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00001f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000020
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000021
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000022
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000023
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000024
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000025
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000026
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000027
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000028
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00002b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00002c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000033
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000035
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000036
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000039
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00003c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000042
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00004a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000053
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000057
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000059
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00005f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000069
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000076
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000079
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00007a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_00007f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000081
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000082
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000083
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000084
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000085
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000086
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000087
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\obs-browser\Cache\Cache_Data\f_000088

Registry that is not removed:

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

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

OBS Studio is an application released by the software company OBS Project. Frequently, users want to remove this program. This can be difficult because removing this by hand requires some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE approach to remove OBS Studio is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find OBS Studio or simply click the Search feature and type in "OBS Studio". If it is installed on your PC the OBS Studio program will be found automatically. When you select OBS Studio in the list of apps, the following data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding OBS Studio, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall OBS Studio.


8. After uninstalling OBS Studio, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of OBS Studio which have been left behind will be found 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 registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall OBS Studio by OBS Project from your computer, we are not saying that OBS Studio by OBS Project is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions 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 our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.