How to Delete Discord from PC

Why do you need to delete Discord from your computer?

Discord is a communication platform that is particularly popular among gamers. Users may opt to deactivate the application for personal reasons.

Privacy concerns are a common motivator, as some users may feel uneasy about the app's data handling practices. Additionally, Discord might take up valuable storage space or slow down your computer, especially if it is running in the background on an older computer. Security issues, whether suspected or confirmed, could also lead to the decision to remove the app.

Uninstalling Discord can also serve as a useful troubleshooting step to resolve various technical issues. In our case, the user wishes to reinstall it. Reinstalling the app after removal can help address problems such as installation failures, the green screen camera issue, streaming not working in Chrome, Discord picking up game audio, inability to hear others, or the overlay not functioning properly. These measures can ensure a smoother and more enjoyable Discord experience.

Nevertheless, some of them are unable to entirely uninstall Discord. If you are experiencing the same problem, you may attempt to resolve it by implementing each of the following solutions in sequence.

How to delete Discord from PC (Windows)

Since Discord stores all your data in its data folders, it’s not enough if you just uninstall it in Settings. Now, let’s see how to completely remove it from your Windows PC.

Stage 1. Disable Discord Before Uninstalling

Upon installation, Discord will be configured to execute automatically at initialization. If you are unable to uninstall Discord, it is advisable to disable it from operating at startup and subsequently attempt to uninstall it again.

Step 1. Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager quickly.

Step 2. Go to the Startup tab. Then right-click Discord and select Disable.

Stage 2. Uninstall Discord in Control Panel

Now, we should uninstall Discord program.

Step 1. Navigate to the bottom-left corner of your taskbar, click on the Search icon and enter Control Panel into the search bar. Alternatively, press the Windows logo key button + S shortcut and input Control Panel into Search.

Step 2. Once in the Control Panel, click on the Uninstall a program link under the Programs section.

Step 3. Locate Discord in the list of installed apps, right-click it and select Uninstall.

Stage 3. Remove Discord Installation Folder

After uninstalling Discord, you also need to delete the remnants manually.

Step 1. Press the Windows logo key + R keyboard combo to fire up the Run app.

Step 2. Enter %appdata% into Run and press the Enter key to proceed.

Step 3. Navigate to the Discord folder, right-click on it, and select the Delete option. Alternatively, select the Discord folder and press the Shift + Delete combination on your keyboard.

Step 4. Then hit the Windows logo key + R shortcut again to open the Run command box.

Step 5. Enter %localappdata% into the Run box.

Step 6. Go to the Discord folder, then select it, and press Shift + Delete on your keyboard.

Tip: AppData folder may be hidden by default. Alternatively, you could unhide the folders by navigating to the View tab in the file explorer and checking the box beside Hidden items in the Show/hide group.

Stage 4. Completely delete Discord in Registry Editor

Windows Registry is a sensitive component that contains essential system settings. Before continuing with this approach, ensure that your Windows system is backed up to prevent system instability and data loss. To uninstall Discord from your device, follow the instructions provided below.

Step 1. Press the Windows key + S combo on your keyboard and type Registry Editor into the Search box.

Step 2. Locate Registry Editor among the search results and click the Run as administrator option.

Step 3. Alternatively, press the Windows key + R shortcut to launch the Run command box, input regedit.exe into the text box, and click OK to fire up the Registry Editor.

Step 4. Enter HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Discord into the top address bar of the Registry Editor.

Step 5. Locate the Discord folder on the left pane, right-click on it, and select the Delete option.

Now, you can restart you PC to check if Discord is complete removed.

Check redundant Discord files via third-party clean tool

If you still worry your PC haven’t got rid of all Discord data files, you can try AOMEI Partition Assistant for Cleanup to scan the whole disk and remove them. It is a disk partition cleanup software trusted by millions worldwide. It's an excellent PC Cleaner utility which is specifically designed to be an effective junk file cleaner for PC, meticulously scanning your system to identify and remove a wide array of unnecessary files that can slow down your computer and occupy precious disk space.

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Step 1. Initiate Clean Junk Files. Install and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant for Cleanup. Click the "Clean Junk Files" tab.

Step 2. Start scan junk files. Click the "Scan Now" button to start the process of scanning junk files.

Step 3. After the scan process is finished. All system junk files (including recycle bin files, temporary files, log files, invalid shortcuts, and so on) and registry junk files (including DLL registry, system registry, and program registry) will be displayed.

Step 4. You can also click the button behind to view the junk files details.

Step 5. And, you can click the button behind to locate the file.

Step 6. Select junk files to start cleanup. By default, the program will select some junk files to clean up, for example, temporary files, log files, and so on. You can also manually check to select more or uncheck to deselect fewer listed junk files. Or, click "Select All" to select all junk files to clean up if you need to clean up all.

After selecting junk files that are not needed anymore, you can click the "Clean Now"button to start the cleanup.

Step 7. Cleanup completed. The process of the cleanup might take time, and the selected files will be cleaned up. After the process is finished, you will get a cleanup completed window displaying how many files you have cleaned and not yet cleaned.

Further reading: Move Discord to another location without reinstalling

If you want to delete Discord and reinstall it on another location to release some free space on the original app stored place, you can try the "App Mover" function in AOMEI Partition Assistant, another versatille tool from AOMEI Tech, to directly move installed programs on your computer with no need to reinstall it.

Conclusion

Now you know how to delete Discord from PC thoroughly. You need to check all locations where Discord stores the relevant data. If you don't know the exact locations, this post has shown all the details. After you delete Discord, you can use AOMEI Partition Assistant for Cleanup to deeply scan your disks to make sure all Discord files have been removed.