How to complete uninstall and remove all traces of NI products

Hi All,

Just posted a cry for help to tech support before I give up and sell my Maschine Mikro due to Maschine being tonally unstable

https://support.native-instruments....install-as-last-attempt-before-selling-en-us-

Whilst I await their response I wondered if anybody knew how to totally remove all traces of NI products from a windows PC. I uninstalled machine (via Add/ Remove ) and reinstalled it only for it to remember my previous preferences and even load with the last project I used.

Thanks - Dave.

 

https://support.native-instruments....tive-Instruments-Software-from-a-Mac-Computer

 

if you are on Windows, just use appwiz.cpl and remove everything and reboot.

You may need to go into C:\ProgramData and delete NI folders.

 

There hidden unseen folders as well on PC. I'll post where when I get home

 

On windows 7:

C:/users/(your user profile name)/appdata/local/nativeinstruments

 

Here you have a list for a Win 10 system.

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Native Instruments
C:\Users\Public\Documents\NI Resources
C:\Users\Name\AppData\Local\Native Instruments
C:\Users\Name\AppData\Roaming\Native Instruments
C:\Users\Name\Documents\Native Instruments
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Native Instruments
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Steinberg\Shared Components
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins
C:\Program Files\Native Instruments
C:\Program Files\Steinberg
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Native Instruments
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Steinberg\Shared Components
C:\ProgramData\{2CD659BC-750F-4694-B214-40A0CE94308D} *Multiple directories for each installed NI product*
C:\ProgramData\Bome Software\Bome Virtual MIDI
C:\ProgramData\Native Instruments

And then the NI directories where all the content is installed.
The installation path can be found in Native Access.
(I have everything installed on drive D so it doesn't help you.)
Also everything that is not deleted in the windows register must be deleted manually.

René

 

Thanks for the tips... away for a few days, will update on my return

 

Meanwhile, we all could expect a
de-installation button within NI-Access...

 

...maybe it‘s NI’s strategy: better upgrade from a demo ($$$), compared to the current de-installation process.

 

Thanks for the help guys... I ended up partitioning my drive and dual booting to keep work and play separate. I started this mission because of DPC latency issues. Still being plagued by them, even after reading and trying the hundreds of suggestions out there

 

I uninstalled all the bloat kontakt piano libraries (lol) cut still Berlin Grand is leaving it as showing not installed correctly and Native Access want to "repair" it I just want the thing completely removed and gone.

Is there a .lib file or somethingthat needs to be deleted and then rescan Maschine to get this fixed? On OS X myself

 

Theres a tool for Windows, just had a quick google search and found this https://support.native-instruments....tive-Instruments-Software-from-a-Mac-Computer - hope it helps!

 

I use OS X. I wish there was an uninstaller and its crazy that there isn't .

 

It is NI Uninstall Reg Tool

 

Mac does not use a registry.
So simple removal of the software is sufficient!

René

 

I had a similar problem with Native Access even after a reinstall, I had to do a clean install which removed everything from the drive and that worked for me. It was worth it though it works fine now and even got a slight performance boost.

 

Hi man,
I'm on PC. I have the exact same issues as above, actually quite worse as i have new and old product not working as intended after updating my current Ableton to new. Struggling to sort my library's and vst's into my D: drive and have ended up butchering files etc.
I need to do a complete removal and reset of all NI products through native access, can you explain dummy terms on how i could go about this? not the most tech savvy.
Cheers!

 

ty so much !