Yup, that's why I delete the game folder after I uninstalled the game. Plus no need to keep stuff that you already deleted since most stuff is saved via cloud and other games have hard back up save files you can save.

This is the preferred behaviour though. An uninstall should not delete created data, only what it has installed and patched itself. This is often why there are left overs when you uninstall something.

The decision to delete or not delete user data should only be down to the user, although a decent uninstaller should make you aware of the remaining data.

Originally posted by budozero:

This is the preferred behaviour though. An uninstall should not delete created data, only what it has installed and patched itself. This is often why there are left overs when you uninstall something.

The decision to delete or not delete user data should only be down to the user, although a decent uninstaller should make you aware of the remaining data.

Yeah, it's a combination of Windows not reporting program sizes correctly either.

Steam should have an optional uninstall+remove all data.

Originally posted by budozero:

This is the preferred behaviour though. An uninstall should not delete created data, only what it has installed and patched itself. This is often why there are left overs when you uninstall something.

The decision to delete or not delete user data should only be down to the user, although a decent uninstaller should make you aware of the remaining data.

I concurr, this usually is for temp-files like preferances and cookies, therefor not limited to the Program Files directory, there're even more undeleted files than that.
But on top of that, for modded games there can be 3rd party mod managers taking up space: i currently have the old Nexus Mod Manager (most clear as to what files are overwritten by other mods) Vortex (most user friendly), and MO2 (overall the most elaborate).


Revo Uninstaller is good at finding files besides the ones that are addressed by a given regular uninstaler. Beware, Revo and the likes are no tools for Ppl who don't know how to be careful with their OS.