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Graphics Cards Oct 31, 2026

Cleanest way to fully remove an Nvidia driver?

Getting stutter and random black screens since the last driver update, so I want to roll back and start clean. Uninstalling from Windows apps doesn't seem to wipe everything though, because my old control panel settings and the overlay come straight back after reinstalling. What's the proper way to do a full clean removal first?
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davidr Nov 04, 2026
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Use DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller). Download the new driver first, disconnect from the internet so Windows doesn't install one by itself, boot into safe mode, run DDU and pick Nvidia, clean and restart. Then install the new driver. It's overkill for normal updates, the regular installer is fine, but it's the go-to when something's broken.
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