I know a good amount of us out there have been having poblems getting ARK to run properly, heck at times a reinstall just isn't everything. What about a clean install of the game then? Well this seems to work for me so here is how you do that.

The common things to do are quite simple. Here is a list to help out there.

• Go in to you games library right click on the game.
  
• Sekect Delete local content (this is the acutal game uninstall)
  
• Next in file explorer go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Content\Mods
  
• Delete all the files there.
  
• All the information the saved directory from Content is optional, but should be done for a fully clean install Feel free to back up those files if you want to.

Withthe mod directory you might encounter a error where you can't mass delete the mods. In this case You need to remove each mod directory one at a time. Note the ones left are mods that never installed correctly on your computer, and likely the source of your problems. While I have not been able to remove them yet myself. I found that moving them out of the mod directory in to a junk folder on my computer wil allow for a clean working install to be redone of that mod.

That's it everything you needed to remove for a clean install has been done, so now just reinstall the game and hope it all works. Saddly this will not solve problems like a bad mod creating probles for the game, or such. Howevr if a reinstall is noted as a way to fix it, this guide will help you at least do a fully clean install of the game and mods alike. Feel free to comment below if I missed anything, and thanks for reading and hapoy taming!