I tried uninstalling Valorant from my pc but it is saying it is still there. Please help.

Hi! My name is Ben an Independendent advisor and an Xbox gamer. Hope you are doing well!

With regards to your issue, have you tried uninstalling it from the control panel? After uninstalling it is also best to restart your PC to make sure the game will be uninstalled properly.

Sometimes Valorant won’t uninstall and the primary reason is Valorant’s anti-cheat software Riot Vanguard. To successfully remove Valorant, you need to first uninstall Riot Vanguard and then uninstall Valorant.

Remember, you need to close these two programs before the uninstallation. Completely exit Valorant, then go to the system tray from Taskbar, right-click on the Riot Vanguard icon and choose Exit Vanguard. Next, start to uninstall Valorant by following the ways below.

Step 1: Press Win + S to open the search bar, type control panel into it, and press Enter.

Step 2: View items by Category and go to click Uninstall a program under Programs.

Step 3: In the Programs and Features window, locate Riot Vanguard and choose Uninstall.

Step 4: Locate Valorant and then uninstall this app. After that, restart your PC.

Alternatively, you can go to Settings > Apps > Apps & features. Find Riot Vanguard and click Uninstall in Windows 10. If you are using Windows 11, you need to click three vertical dots next to Riot Vanguard and click Uninstall. Then, repeat the same process to uninstall Valorant.

In addition to Control Panel, you can completely uninstall Valorant via Command Prompt (CMD) and this is a simple way. See how to do this task in Windows 11/10.

Step 1: Type cmd to the search box, right-click on Command Prompt and choose Run as administrator.

Step 2: Type sc delete vgc into the CMD window and press Enter.

Step 3: Type sc delete vgk and press Enter.

Step 4: Restart your PC.

Step 5: Go to C:\Program Files, find the Riot Vanguard folder, and delete it.

After doing the steps, make sure to restart your device for the changes to completely take effect.

I hope the information helps somehow. Feel free to post back if you have further questions and we will try with the best of our knowledge to offer assistance.

Kind regards,

Ben

I have tried what you said and there is no bcastdvr.exe

I have also looked at the site you sent but none of the fixes have worked

I tried to record VALORANT just now, and it was still greyed, with the screenshot button.

It has worked before on VALORANT, before I factory reset my PC from cloud, and it is in the captures folder.

Hi Connor, my name is Rodrigo. I'm an Independent Advisor and a member of the Microsoft community and I'd love to assist you today.

I am sorry to hear that.

Have you tried to close the Riot Vanguard first?

Go to your Taskbar and open the system tray.

Right-click on the Vanguard Icon and select Exit Vanguard from the context menu.

Next, you can start to fully uninstall Valorant from your computer.

If that does not work, please, run a system scan:

Open the Terminal window by pressing the Windows Key + X and Select "Terminal (Administrator)".

Type this command: sfc /scannow

Press Enter.

If any error is found, they will be patched.

Then use the DISM command.

On the same Terminal window, type these commands:

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Restart your PC and try uninstalling the game again.

1. I play Apex, Valorant and Fortnite and this happens with every game, especially Valorant.

2. I meant to say that the game just minimizes/closes and I'm met with the desktop screen and I have to click the game's icon from the taskbar to open the game.

3. I uninstalled a windows update and it didn't fix it, I saw some guides sayin to disable fullscreen optimization and that didn't work too.

Yesterday, I was screen sharing with windows 11 support for atleast 1.5 hours and he wasn't able to fix it aswell.

Please help

Thank you for that, can you please uninstall Valorant and install the game via Xbox App?