Quite often, when you remove installed drivers, programs or other applications from the operating system, various errors occur that cause incomplete or incorrect removal of the software product. In turn, this can adversely affect the further operation of the entire system and the subsequent installation of programs, and also contributes to the accumulation of various technical garbage on the hard disk. If you do not pay due attention to this, then the operating system will begin to work more slowly and various crashes will appear, and some installed applications may not work correctly or may not start at all.
That is why it is recommended to remove various technical applications from the system only with the help of specialized utilities. Next, we offer an overview of popular and proven programs for removing drivers.
Display Driver Uninstaller
This application is one of the specialized tools that help to remove the damaged or outdated video drivers as correctly as possible. This driver removal program works with all leading video card brands: Intel, AMD and NVIDIA.
The functionality of the utility is not limited to the complete cleaning of all driver files from the system. In its arsenal there are many different useful settings and advanced features. For example, you can choose uninstall options:
- no reboot;
- with reboot;
- with turning off the PC.
In addition, for greater convenience, there are other additional functions for uninstalling, for example:
- the ability to delete or save existing monitors;
- Before uninstallation - creation of system restore points;
- delete or save the folder with drivers;
- Create and save file logs in the application folder.
It is also possible to correctly save or remove additional software that is installed with drivers, such as PhysX, 3DTV Play, AMDKMPFD, AMD Audio Bus, and more.
The utility itself, despite such impressive functionality, is absolutely easy to use, completely free and quality translated into Russian.
Driver sweeper
This fast-running program to remove drivers from the system will find and completely remove all residual drivers. It is extremely important to do this properly and carefully, since their remnants can cause various problems, for example, with the system starting up or causing it to become unstable.
The program is distributed by the developer absolutely free. After downloading and installing it, you can proceed to remove the drivers from the system. The default interface of the utility is in English, but it is easy to change it into Russian by going to the Navigation menu item and in the Options section select Language.
You can use the program to remove Driver Sweeper drivers to upgrade them or erase them from your computer system.
For video cards
The Nasty File Remover application works in a step-by-step mode and can scan all folders of the system to search for file residues after the procedure of erasing video card drivers. This program is for uninstalling Nvidia, Matrox, ATI, Creative, etc. drivers. It can also be useful for installing more recent drivers, but for it to work correctly you will need to delete all old files left.
Driver fusion
This utility can completely remove all information about the old driver from the system. It will clean up all the leftovers in the registry keys and system files. The advantage of this program for removing drivers is its free distribution, and it also supports the removal and complete cleaning of the drivers of the most famous computer manufacturers - AMD / ATI, Creative, Intel, ASUS, Microsoft, Realtek, NVIDIA PhysX. The application is easy to install and almost does not take up disk space. Its intuitive and intuitive interface is quickly mastered from the first minutes.
- user interface in several languages;
- support of all famous manufacturers;
- Removing registry keys and system files left over from previous versions of drivers.
AMD Clean Uninstall Utility
This program to completely remove AMD Catalyst drivers will clean it and prepare for a new installation. Cleaning is carried out not only on the hard disk, but also in the registry. It also removes all traces that may have remained after a standard uninstall.
In addition to the function to remove the graphic driver, this program works with drivers for sound devices and USB, chipsets, as well as with software tools such as Control Center and HYDRAVISION. After the uninstallation is completed, a detailed report is prepared and saved in the folder with the executable file. To run the utility does not require its installation.
The program is available for free. It is an official decision from AMD and is compatible with absolutely any version of software released by this manufacturer.