How to safely uninstall Nvidia drivers from your PC

by Ivan Jenic

Troubleshooting Expert

August 1, 2019

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The power of your Nvidia GPU heavily depends on the associated software, namely, the drivers. Issues might arise, an update might go awry and you would, occasionally, need to uninstall Nvidia drivers and install a different (newer) version manually. Thus, we made sure to explain how to safely uninstall Nvidia drivers from your PC. Without risking any further issues and more critical ones, for that matter.

How do I uninstall Nvidia drivers on Windows 10?

1. Use DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller)

1. Download DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller), here. Extract it to your desktop.
2. We would highly suggest creating a system restore point now. Type restore point in the Windows Search bar and open Create a restore point.
3. Click on the Create button and follow instructions to create a restore point.
4. Run Display Driver Uninstaller.exe.
5. We also suggest that you go for the recommended, Safe Mode launch option.
6. Click Reboot to Safe mode and follow the instructions to uninstall Nvidia drivers completely.

Most users don’t know how important drivers are for system performance. Find all graphics drivers here.

2. Uninstall drivers from Control Panel

1. In the Windows Search bar, type Control, and open Control Panel.
2. Choose Uninstall a program.
3. On the program list, locate all installed entries related to Nvidia. These include Nvidia Control Panel, Nvidia Experience, even Nvidia Audio.
4. Uninstall all of them and reboot your PC.
5. If you want to install a new driver, we suggest installing the Nvidia Experience, here. This official utility will provide you with up-to-date drivers at all times.
6.  Alternatively, you can prevent Windows 10 from updating drivers on its own. You can do so by navigating to Search > type Advanced system > open View advanced system settings. Select the Hardware tab and choose Device Installation Settings. In the dialog box, select No and save changes.

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