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Removing Uninstalling Heroic Games Launcher

Matthew Hart edited this page Apr 25, 2024 · 2 revisions

Depending on the Operating System and the method Heroic was installed, the way to get rid of it completely changes.

Linux

Native package (.deb, .rpm, etc)

  • Uninstall Heroic using your package manager
  • Delete Heroic's config folder: /home/<your user>/.config/heroic
  • If you want, delete the folder where games are installed (defaults to /home/<your user>/Games/Heroic)
  • If you want, delete the folder where the prefixes are created (defaults to /home/<your user>/Games/Heroic/Prefixes)

AppImage

  • Delete the .appImage file
  • Delete Heroic's config folder: /home/<your user>/.config/heroic
  • If you want, delete the folder where games are installed (defaults to /home/<your user>/Games/Heroic)
  • If you want, delete the folder where the prefixes are created (defaults to /home/<your user>/Games/Heroic/Prefixes)

Flatpak

  • Uninstall Heroic using your flatpaks' manager (i.e.: Discover on the Steam Deck), or run flatpak uninstall com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl on a terminal
  • Delete Heroic's config folder: /home/<your user>/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl
  • If you want, delete the folder where games are installed (defaults to /home/<your user>/Games/Heroic)
  • If you want, delete the folder where the prefixes are created (defaults to /home/<your user>/Games/Heroic/Prefixes)

Mac

  • Delete the .app file from your Applications directory
  • Delete Heroic's config folder: /Users/<your user>/Library/Application Support/heroic
  • If you want, delete the folder where games are installed (defaults to /Users/<your user>/Games/Heroic)
  • If you want, delete the folder where the prefixes are created (defaults to /Users/<your user>/Games/Heroic/Prefixes)

Windows

Installable

  • Use the uninstaller or uninstall with the app manager if one was used
  • Delete Heroic's config folder: C:\Users\<your user>\AppData\Local\Programs\heroic
  • If you want, delete the folder where games are installed (defaults to C:\Users\<your user>/Games/Heroic)
  • If you want, delete the folder where the prefixes are created (defaults to C:\Users\<your user>/Games/Heroic/Prefixes)

Portable

  • Delete the portable .exe file
  • Delete Heroic's config folder: C:\Users\<your user>\AppData\Local\Programs\heroic
  • If you want, delete the folder where games are installed (defaults to C:\Users\<your user>/Games/Heroic)
  • If you want, delete the folder where the prefixes are created (defaults to C:\Users\<your user>/Games/Heroic/Prefixes)