How To Completely Uninstall Existing GPU Drivers The Right Way

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Quick Tips
  • Display Driver Uninstaller is designed to search and remove everything related to a driver.
  • It’s recommended that DDU be used in Windows Safe Mode.
  • Use DDU only when you want to clean install the GPU drivers.

How to Uninstall GPU Drivers Using DDU

Step 1: Download the DDU installer from the Guru3D dedicated webpage. Then, select one of the Download Locations links.

Step 2: Once you’ve downloaded the installer file, unzip it to the location of your choice. Then, open the extracted folder and double-click on DDU vxyz.ab.c.exe to launch the self-extraction tool.

Download and extract DDU files

Step 3: Reboot your system to Safe Mode using the Advanced Recovery.

Enable Safe Mode

Step 4: In Safe mode, open the DDU folder and double-click on Display Driver Uninstaller.exe to launch it.

Run DDU program

Step 5: In the Options window, select your preferences. Uncheck specific files or add-on software from the list if you wish to keep them.

Choose Options before running the DDU

Step 6: Once you’ve made the changes per your preferences, click Close.

Click on Close button to save the changes

Step 7: The DDU window should now open. On the right side, click select device type dropdown > GPU.

Select device type i.e. GPU

Step 8: Now, select your GPU manufacturer – NVIDIA, AMD, or Intel

Select GPU model

Step 9: Finally, click on Clean and restart.

Click on Clean and restart to uninstall display driver.

And that’s it. DDU will uninstall your graphics driver, clean up the registry, remove any leftover files, and reboot your system. Once your PC boots up, connect it to the internet, and Windows will automatically fetch the latest stable driver.

If your computer has NVIDIA’s graphics, check our guide on installing and updating NVIDIA’s drivers without GeForce Experience.

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