How to Completely Uninstall AutoCAD, Revit, and Autodesk Apps

A complete uninstall may be required if:

• You keep getting errors when attempting to upgrade.

• Your first installation attempt stopped halfway through.

• The installation appeared successful, but the product will not launch.

• The installation succeeds, but the Vault server is not installed.

Solution

To completely uninstall an Autodesk product, try these steps:

• Find “Uninstall Tool” in the Windows Start menu.

• Open it and select all Autodesk software to uninstall. Note: “Uninstall Tool” is only available for Autodesk products that do not use the new installation method. If it is unavailable, proceed to step 3.

• Click Start > type appwiz.cpl > press ENTER. The Control Panel opens. Uninstall all Autodesk software.

• Go to C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AdODIS\V1 and run RemoveODIS.exe to uninstall Autodesk Access.

• Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared and run AdskLicensing\uninstall.exe to remove Autodesk Licensing Desktop Service.

• Run the Microsoft Program Install and Uninstall troubleshooter to find and remove remaining Autodesk software. For Autodesk Genuine Service, proceed to step 11.

• Click Start > type %temp% > press ENTER. The Temp folder opens. Delete all folders and files that are not in use.

• Delete the three files beginning with adsk in C:\ProgramData\FLEXnet (note: one of the three is hidden).

• Delete the following folders:

• C:\Program Files\Autodesk

• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared

• C:\ProgramData\Autodesk (note: this folder may be hidden)

• %localappdata%\Autodesk (note: this folder may be hidden)

• %appdata%\Autodesk (note: this folder may be hidden)

• Open the Windows Registry Editor (REGEDIT) and delete:

• Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk

• Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Autodesk

• Click Start > type appwiz.cpl > press ENTER. The Control Panel opens. Uninstall Autodesk Genuine Service.

Note: A clean uninstall removes all Autodesk software, remaining files from previous installations, Windows Registry entries, and license information from your computer. Use this procedure only if you need to remove ALL Autodesk software from your system. To uninstall a single product, use Uninstall in Programs and Features in the Control Panel.

Warning:

Use the Microsoft® Registry Editor at your own risk. First back up the registry and the system.dat and user.dat files as described for your operating system in the Microsoft Knowledge Base and the related Back Up the System Registry procedure. Additional registry information is available in the Microsoft Registry Editor Help.