How to uninstall Waves plugins! - Delete them all or individual plugins from your plugin list.

Sometimes you just need to get rid of some plugins. Maybe you're done with Waves and want them all gone. Maybe your plugin list is just too long and it's time to clean it up (that's me). Either way, I'll show the steps to get them gone!

Waves How to Uninstall Waves Products support page:

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0:00 - 0:19 - Intro
0:20 - 1:40 - How to uninstall Waves products
1:41 - 3:42 - Uninstall plugins using Waves Central
3:43 - 6:07 - Uninstall Individual Waves Plugins
6:08 - 7:06 - Deleting Waves preferences folder
7:07 - 8:35 - Studio One update plugin list with plugin manager
8:35 - 9:19 - Like, Subscribe, Outro

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[HenjoTechnoShow]

Thanks. Got rid of them all. Found better alternatives over time. Got so frustrated with their updates, just not worth the hassle.

[larrycavallucci]

biggest GRIPE with WAVES, other than paying for them, about 60 of them in fact, is their BS Update Plan, which Barry Johns on his YT videos calls it, an Extortion Plan. His reasoning, for which I agree, is that they advertised their plugins as having a PERPETUAL LICENSE, so to me, they LIED. I just tried to open one of my songs, and I also use Studio ONE, and as it was trying to OPEN, I saw a RED colored Waves plugins, which was apparently causing the problem, and then eventually soon just CLOSED my DAW! When I went into Waves Central, I saw that I could Deactivate that plugin. SO what does that mean? Otherwise, I will either delete it, or maybe move it Inactive in the Plugin Mgr in Studio One. Either way, I am DONE with Waves purchases, and haven't bought any since probably 2022. I refuse to buy their Update plan.

[DecoyOfficial]

hey, man. Look. Waves's been crashing my projects now. i dont know why, was working fine till last week. i removed EVERYTHING by hand too. Surgical. I still see them on my daw. And if try to open one, Ableton live closes instantly. Been stressing over this for a week now. Please guys help. I can't reinstall them if dont get rid of the last versions. I cant format my pc, its gonna take me back months.