Display Driver Uninstaller

Hey all! I just had a question regarding DDU. I'm not switching drivers from AMD to NVIDIA or anything. I haven't updated my drivers in a really long time and haven't formatted for a while either so probably have old driver files dated back from a really long time ago hiding and lingering around. Could I use DDU to wipe ALL driver related files dating back since first install then install most recent Nvidia drivers? Possibly even freeing up some storage? I don't want to brick my current windows install or anything.

I haven't used DDU before, was just wondering if I could use it for this reason.

Thanks :)

I use DDU on all NVIDIA Updates, have been for years. It is a great tool!

Josey Wales said:

I use DDU on all NVIDIA Updates, have been for years. It is a great tool!

Thanks Josey!

Might you be able to help with which boxes to tick and untick. The selection window is rather intimidating. I just wanted to remove ALL old driver files.

Cheers <3

Vellaura said:

Thanks Josey!

Might you be able to help with which boxes to tick and untick. The selection window is rather intimidating. I just wanted to remove ALL old driver files.

Cheers <3

DDU Instructions - Nvidia
1. Get this program, here: Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) | Wagnardsoft ...get the latest version, and save it to your desktop.
2. Get the DCH/Game Ready vid card driver here, use the Manual Search: Advanced Driver Search | NVIDIA ...save this to your desktop.
Unhook the internet completely.
3. Reboot into Safe Mode and run DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) choose the "Highly Recommend Option", and just do what it tells you.
4. After it's done, reboot to normal mode, then just double click the Nvidia driver to install.
[See pics below]. If it want's to reboot, let it.
Rehook the internet.









Don't mess with any other boxes.

garyb0125 said:

I use a program called Driver Store Explorer (see this link) to remove old drivers. It even has a button on the right hand side to select old drivers. Hope this helps.

Great tool but care is needed.

The link only removes old ones if a earlier version of an existing driver.

So say you had 2 versions on an Intel screen driver which is the current driver, and an old Radeon screen driver, the link would only delete the old Intel driver. You have to right click on the old Radeon Screen driver to delete it. With screen drivers it is fairly obvious which ones to manually delete, but you need to be careful about other drivers as often more difficult to assess.

Just for information, I believe that .NET Framework v4.8 is required for Display Driver Uninstaller [DDU].

All done! thanks all! Not only did I get a whopping 6 gigs back on my c drive but my game runs much better now. Thanks!

Vellaura said:

All done! thanks all! Not only did I get a whopping 6 gigs back on my c drive but my game runs much better now. Thanks!

Excellent news.