winget install --id Wagnardsoft.DisplayDriverUninstallerAbout Display Driver Uninstaller
Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) is a driver removal utility that can help you completely uninstall AMD/NVIDIA/INTEL graphics card drivers and packages from your system, trying to remove all leftovers (including registry keys, folders and files, driver store). The AMD/NVIDIA/INTEL video drivers can normally be uninstalled from the Windows Control panel, this driver uninstaller program was designed to be used in cases where the standard driver uninstall fails, or when you need to thoroughly delete NVIDIA and ATI vid...
What's new in 18.1.5.2
- Fixed truncated log file caused by a null terminator. - Fixed a performance issue on startup with large number of GPU entries. - General: Translation updates. - General fixes and improvements.
Version history
| Version | Updated | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 18.1.5.2 | Unknown | - Fixed truncated log file caused by a null terminator. - Fixed a performance issue on startup with large number of GPU entries. - General: Translation updates. - General fixes and improvements. |
| 18.1.5.1 | Unknown | - Nvidia: The NVIDIA Shader Cache removal is now an option (for users using NVIDIA ASC) - Nvidia App: Support the removal of the "NVIDIA Shader Compiler" tasks. - Nvidia: Adjusted registry entries exclusion when the Nvid... |
| 18.1.5.0 | Unknown | - GUI: Added dark theme support (Credit: kevinz26). - Intel: Additional registry entry removal for "Game Assist". - Intel: Added removal of the "Intel(R) Integrated Graphics Shader Distributor" service. - AMD: Fixed a Nu... |
| 18.1.4.3 | Unknown | - Core: Completely rewrote the "impersonation" module for improved system privilege handling. - AMD: Enhanced cleanup logic to include additional files and registry entries. - UI: Added a new menu link to easily download... |
| 18.1.4.2 | Unknown | - ALL: Fixed potential issues with the combo-boxes selection. - Intel: Added removal of non-associated IGS Software Component - NVIDIA: Improved WSL (Linux Subsystem) cleanup by targeting additional NVIDIA-related files... |
| 18.1.4.1 | Unknown | - Intel: Removed additional "Endurance Gaming" registry keys. - Intel: Added removal of additional NPU files and folders. - Intel: Fixed an issue where the NPU entry might persist in "Installed apps". - Intel: Fixed a bu... |
| 18.1.4.0 | Unknown | - Nvidia: Added more shader cache location. - Nvidia: "Windows\Prefetch" more entries removed. - ALL: Prevent DDU from crashing when Illegal characters are encountered in the "ImagePath" of services in the registry. - Up... |
| 18.1.3.9 | Unknown | - Added a link to the official DDU Merchandise Shop to help support development. - Updated several translations. - General fixes and improvements. |
| 18.1.3.8 | Unknown | - AMD: Updated removal routines to accommodate structural changes in driver version 25.10.2. |
| 18.1.3.7 | Unknown | - Fixed a potential infinite loop issue that could cause the cleanup process to hang in some cases. |
| 18.1.3.5 | Unknown | - NVIDIA: Additional folder removed in Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation |
| 18.1.3.4 | Unknown | - Fixed a potential crash in the registry cleanup section of DDU. |
| 18.1.3.2 | Unknown | - AMD: Enhanced service detection. - Registry: Improved cleanup of SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video and related keys. - Translation: updated Latvian, Japanese, and Russian languages. - General: Various fixes and im... |
| 18.1.3.1 | Unknown | - AMD: Added missing "DxcCache" location. - AMD: Additional file removals. - Removed SafeBoot\Option from the registry when DDU reboots to help prevent the system from being stuck in hybrid safe mode. - Translation updat... |
| 18.1.3.0 | Unknown | - AMD: Remove "AMD Install Manager" entry from "Task Scheduler" - Translation updates : Hungarian.xml - General: Various fixes and enhancements. |
| 18.1.2.3 | Unknown | - All GPUs: Fixed hardware rescan issue when cleaning all GPUs without restarting or shutting down - UI: Added Guru3D mention in the About section. - General: Various fixes and enhancements. |
| 18.1.2.2 | Unknown | - AMD: Cleanup enhancement in the eventlog/application registry section. - Intel: Do not clean the NPU when using -cleanallgpus - Translation updates : Hungarian.xml - General: Various fixes and enhancements. |
| 18.1.2.1 | Unknown | - New features: Added the button to only clean the shader/compute caches. - Translation: Several translation updates. - General: Various fixes and enhancements. |
| 18.1.2.0 | Unknown | - AMD: Several clean-up enhancements for RDNA architectures - GPU: Added a selection to clean all GPU brands. - Audio: Improved Realtek audio driver cleanup. - UI: Removed Guru3D forum links from the Link menu. - Transla... |
| 18.1.1.5 | Unknown | - Added another URL for update check. (not yet used, still WIP) - Updated translations. |