OBS Studio

A guide to uninstall OBS Studio from your PC

You can find on this page details on how to remove OBS Studio for Windows. It was created for Windows by OBS Project. You can read more on OBS Project or check for application updates here. OBS Studio is normally installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\obs-studio folder, depending on the user's choice. You can remove OBS Studio by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\obs-studio\uninstall.exe. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for administrator rights. obs64.exe is the OBS Studio's main executable file and it takes close to 2.08 MB (2185392 bytes) on disk.

OBS Studio installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 5.41 MB (5674283 bytes) on disk.

• uninstall.exe (57.40 KB)
• obs32.exe (1.77 MB)
• obs64.exe (2.08 MB)
• ffmpeg-mux32.exe (36.17 KB)
• ffmpeg-mux64.exe (44.67 KB)
• get-graphics-offsets32.exe (190.17 KB)
• get-graphics-offsets64.exe (206.17 KB)
• inject-helper32.exe (172.67 KB)
• inject-helper64.exe (188.67 KB)
• cef-bootstrap.exe (247.67 KB)
• wow_helper.exe (71.67 KB)
• cef-bootstrap.exe (381.17 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 0.16.5 of OBS Studio. For other 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
• 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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If you are manually uninstalling OBS Studio we recommend you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall OBS Studio:

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

Files remaining:

• 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\2016-11-12 20-48-23.txt
• 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\text-freetype2\font_data.bin
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\win-capture\32.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\plugin_config\win-capture\64.ini
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\profiler_data\2016-11-12 20-48-23.csv.gz

Registry that is not removed:

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

A way to delete OBS Studio using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

OBS Studio is an application by OBS Project. Some computer users decide to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be hard because uninstalling this manually requires some advanced knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE manner 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 on your Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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• visit 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 get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find OBS Studio or simply activate the Search field and type in "OBS Studio". If it exists on your system the OBS Studio app will be found very quickly. After you click OBS Studio in the list of programs, some data regarding the program is available to you:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall OBS Studio.


8. After uninstalling OBS Studio, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with 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 Windows registry entries, files or directories 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 computer, nor are we 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 want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.