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Easily remove League of Legends and delete any residual files
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Do you want to uninstall League of Legends? League of Legends is an incredibly popular game, especially in the eSports community, but it can be a hard game to get good at. Perhaps you are spending too much time playing League of Legends, or you just want to free up some hard disk space on your computer. Luckily, it's pretty easy to uninstall League of Legends. If you have no interest in playing League of Legends ever again, you can also delete the residual files. This wikiHow article teaches you how to uninstall League of Legends on PC and Mac.
Things You Should Know
- On Windows, open the Control Panel in the Windows Start menu. Click "Uninstall a Program" and click "League of Legends." Click "Uninstall" at the top.
- On Mac, Open the Finder and navigate to "Applications." Click and Drag League of Legends to the Trash Bin. Then Empty the Trash.
- Optionally, you can delete residual files if you don't think will ever play the game again.
Steps
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Exit League of Legends. If you happen to have the game running, go ahead and close out of it.
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Close out of the Riot client. You may need to close out of the Riot client first. Use the following steps to do so:
- Click the "Show hidden icons" icon in the Windows taskbar. It resembles an arrow pointing up.
- Right-click the Riot client icon. It resembles a red circle with a fist in the middle.
- Click Exit .
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Click Apps . On Windows 11, it's in the menu bar to the left. On Windows 10, it's next to an icon that resembles four lines next to four boxes.
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Click Installed Apps (Win 11) or Apps & Features (Win 10). On Windows 11, it's the first option at the top of the Apps menu. On Windows 10, it's the first option at the top of the menu bar to the left.
- Alternatively, you type "Remove Programs" into the Windows search bar to display this page in the Start menu.
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Click League of Legends . On Windows 11, click ⋯ next to League of Legends. This will display a drop-down menu.
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Click Uninstall . It's at the bottom of the drop-down menu. This displays a confirmation pop-up. [1] X Trustworthy Source Microsoft Support Technical support and product information from Microsoft. Go to source
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Click Uninstall in the pop-up. This uninstalls League of Legends.
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Click Done . You will see a notification when League of Legends is finished uninstalling. Click Done to close the pop-up.
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Exit League of Legends. If you happen to have the game running, go ahead and close out of it.
- If you are not sure how to exit out of the game, you can force it to quit .
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Close out of the Riot client. You may need to close out of the Riot client first. Use the following steps to do so:
- Click the "Show hidden icons" icon in the Windows taskbar. It resembles an arrow pointing up.
- Right-click the Riot client icon. It resembles a red circle with a fist in the middle.
- Click Exit .
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Click Control Panel . It has an icon that resembles a blue screen with some graphs. This opens the Windows Control Panel.
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Click Uninstall a Program . It's below "Programs" on the Category page.
- If you don't see this option, click Programs and Features instead.
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Click League of Legends . It's in the list of applications installed on Windows.
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Click Uninstall . It's at the top of the list of programs. This displays a confirmation pop-up.
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Click Uninstall in the pop-up. This uninstalls League of Legends.
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Click Done . You will see a notification when League of Legends is finished uninstalling. Click Done to close the pop-up.
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Exit League of Legends. If you happen to have the game running, go ahead and close out of it.
- If you are not sure how to exit out of League of Legends, you can force quit the application .
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Click Applications . It's usually in the menu bar to the left. This displays all your installed applications on your Mac.
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Locate League of Legends. It may be a folder called "League of Legends" or "LOL."
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Drag League of Legends to the Trash. The Trash bin is the icon that resembles a white trashcan in the Dock at the bottom of the screen. Drag the League of Legends app to the Trash to uninstall it.
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Empty the Trash. To do so, right-click (or Command-click ) the Trash icon in the dock and click Empy Trash . This will delete the contents of the Trash bin.
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Press ⊞ Win + E to open File Explorer . File Explorer has an icon that resembles a folder with a blue clip. Click the File Explorer icon in the taskbar or Windows Start menu to open File Explorer, or use the keyboard shortcut .
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Navigate to the League of Legends install folder. If you have no interest in reinstalling League of Legends and playing it again, you can delete the residue files, which include your save files. By default, it can be found in the Riot Games folder, unless you chose a different installation location when you installed the game.
- The default location for the League of Legends installation folder is C:\Riot Games\League of Legends .
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Select the League of Legends folder. By default, it's in the Rio Games folder. If you are in the League of Legends folder, click the Back button to navigate back one folder.
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Press the Delete key. This deletes the League of Legends folder.
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Empty the Recycling Bin. To do so, right-click the Recycling Bin on your desktop and click Empty Recycling Bin . This permanently deletes all residual files.
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Press ⌘ Command + ⇧ Shift + G . This will open the "Go to Folder" window. If you have no interest in reinstalling League of Legends and playing it again, you can delete the residue files, which include your save files.
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Enter one of the following locations and click Go . There are three separate locations you will need to check to delete League of Legends residual files. You will need to check each location one at a time. Copy and paste one of the following locations in the bar and click Go .
- ~/Library/Caches/
- ~/Library/Preferences/
- ~/Library/Saved Application Data/
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Look for any files related to League of Legends. Look for any files or folders that say "League of Legends" or "Riot Games".
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Drag the files or folders to the trash. The Trash bin is the icon that resembles a white trashcan in the Dock at the bottom of the screen.
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Empty the Trash. To do so, right-click (or Command-click ) the Trash icon in the dock and click Empy Trash . This will delete all the residual files you moved to the Trash.
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