Uninstalling Realtek UAD and installing fresh drivers (HDA)


  1. smiglo55
    Posts : 2
    Windows 10
       New #1

    Uninstalling Realtek UAD and installing fresh drivers (HDA)


    Hey there!
    Is there a way to uninstall completely current Realtek Audio driver and install fresh one from our site, from here?
    Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version [2]

    I'm not a fan of this UAD driver, want to change to legacy one, if there is a option to do such thing

    If there is a way to do a fresh reinstall, what are the steps to do it?

    I wanted to do it in this way:
    1. Uninstall Realtek Audio from Control Panel in Windows 10
    2. Reboot
    3. Install .cab file downloaded here from tenforums with latest HDA driver
    4. Install .cab file with powershell or devmgmt.msc
    5. Reboot
    (Whole process will be completely offline, just to prevent Windows Update from installing new one itself after a reboot after uninstalling old one)

    Will that be okay or do I need to do something else or in different way?

    My Windows 10 build is 20H2 (19042.746)
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  3. EdTittel
    Posts : 4,224
    Windows 10
       New #2

    It's pretty easy, actually. All you have to do is download the latest applicable set of Realtek HD Audio drivers for your PC, and use the setup.exe program that comes in the root directory of the download. This will, as I have been reminded to my vexation at least twice in the past 12 months, overwrite the Realtek (R) UAD drivers with their Realtek HD Audio counterparts. Try it, and see what happens, but be sure to make an image backup beforehand so you can roll back easily if you don't like the outcome.
    HTH,
    --Ed--
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