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How do remove voicemeeter driver?

Anonymous
2024-10-19T01:32:29+00:00

I've finally tried to give Windows 11 a go; however, when I was upgrading, I got a message that my PC has a "Voicemeeter" driver that isn't compatible with this version of Windows.

I don't use VB Audio Voicemeeter anymore and I uninstalled the app a long time ago; however, I guess it's still in my PC.

I've watched many videos and tried various methods to remove it, such as deleting everything from my program files, device manager and registry associated with VB Audio, but no luck.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-10-19T02:09:44+00:00

    Hello,

    Please use this tool to find it and remove it.
    https://live.sysinternals.com/autoruns.exe
    Open it, switch to Drivers, can you see Voicemeeter?
    You can also switch to Everything and do a keyword search.

    Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.
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  1. Anonymous
    2024-11-04T15:45:49+00:00

    I have same problem, but this solve didn't help me.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-05-10T15:35:30+00:00

    Faced same issue when tried to install Windows 11 update.

    I've removed "Voicemeeter app" using standard "Add or remove programs" windows menu, but this option does not un-isntall "Voicemeeter Driver".

    I didn't want to use any third party tools/apps, so I've removed driver using command line (cmd).

    1. Run Command Prompt or PowerShell as administrator.
    2. Run command to see all installed drivers

    pnputil /enum-drivers

    In my case Voicemeter driver info looked like:

    Published Name:     oem41.inf 

Original Name:      vbvoicemeetervaio64_win10.inf 

Provider Name:      VB-Audio Software 

Class Name:         MEDIA 

Class GUID:         {4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} 

Driver Version:     02/12/2024 15.24.8.620 

Signer Name:        Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

    Command output is usually very long, if you having troubles with finding driver details, try to run next command:

    pnputil /enum-drivers > all-drivers.txt

    It saves command output into file all-drivers.txt, you can use text editor to search this file.

    Or use search command (but you need to run it using PowerShell, not Command Prompt):

    pnputil /enum-drivers | Select-String -Pattern "VB-Audio Software" -Context 2,0

    1. Find "Published Name" value, which needed for driver remove command. In my case value was oem41.inf. I don't know if it can be different on your system.
    2. Run next command to remove diriver:

    pnputil /delete-driver oem41.inf /uninstall

    1. After that I did restart my machine and problem was resolved (not sure if restart was required, but I did it anyway).

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-28T06:09:54+00:00

    thank you much i installed over 2-3 software's that are very safe but this one really help and found the roots of drivers to delete it now i can

    reinstall windows 11.

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