Windows 10: Can't uninstall Realtek Audio Drivers

I can't get rid of the Realtek Audio Drivers on my PC it's really annoying. I've tried everything I uninstalled from control panel and uninstalled from device manager. When I do uninstall and restart my PC they're still there, can anyone help me?



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How to stop Realtek Audio drivers from installing on Windows 10?

I don't need the Realtek Audio drivers, so I uninstalled it, and installed a different set of drivers. I rebooted, everything was working fine, I checked Windows Update, and it was automatically downloading the drivers again. Why can't I tell it not to download
those drivers? It messes up my audio setup.

Is there a way to stop the Realtek Audio drivers from downloading?

 

Dell XPS 13 9333: Sound stopped working in the middle of a video, now "no audio device installed" no matter what I try

As you can see from reading this thread, you have a couple of options:

1) Rolling back to the Windows driver (displayed as 'High Definition Audio Device' under 'Sound, video and game controllers' in Device Manager)

2) Using the Realtek driver (displayed as 'Realtek Audio' or 'Realtek High Definition Audio' under 'Sound, video and game controllers' in Device Manager)

If you can't see any of those options at the moment under 'Sound, video and game controllers' in Device Manager then it can be a bit of Catch 22 to get one of them to come back.

One option is try to uninstall the Realtek driver through the Control Panel (Control Panel->Programs->Uninstall a program). Select & uninstall 'Realtek High Definition Audio Driver' if it's listed.

If it's not listed then download and install the Realtek 6.0.1.7811 driver from the Realtek ftp site

Latest Realtek HD Audio Driver Version - Page 87 - Windows 10 Forums

Even if you have problems with the Realtek driver (I have had some BSODs), once you have got it to appear in Device Manager you may be able to get it to roll back to the Windows driver.

 

I tried too with the same annoying result. The best I found was to disable the two Realtek services in the Startup screen of the task manager - that got rid of the processes starting up. I also disabled the DTS service in Services.

 

Seeing as you have a Xonar DG, if you're not using the Realtek just disable it in the bios. that should also allow you to uninstall it.

 

Why uninstall? Just install the newest drivers. Search for drivers with the hardware ID . Properties-> Details-> hardware IDs

 

Thanks I was able to uninstall

 

any audio driver such as realtek should be un-installed through the Programs and Features control panel or the Sound, video and game controllers section of Device Manager, not the Audio inputs and outputs section of Device Manager.

if you are removing the realtek audio drivers thru Device Manager, expand the Sound, video and game controllers section, right-click on Realtek High Definition Audio, choose Uninstall AND check the checkbox that says "Delete the driver software for this device" (which is the most important step). Then restart the computer to complete the uninstallation.

 

*DohThat did the trick. I should've knew ... *Rolleyes. I was uninstalling the audio devices.

 

*Sad Sigh ... No, they got re-installed again. The drivers that wouldn't die ...*Shock

 

Disable your onboard sound in your bios

 

But then I have no sound. I want to use the AMD driver that comes with my video card. So the only way to not use the Realtek drivers is to disable them in the Startup panel of Task Manager. Their processes no longer show up running.

 

I think your talking about AMD HD audio that comes with the AMD graphics card? That only works if you have an HDMI cable attached to your graphics card. It doesn't come out of your audio connector from your motherboard. The one you connect with your head phones.

 

Ah! I was assuming - and we know what that does. OK, so it looks like it's just the base Microsoft driver managing the headphones / speakers. Thanks for the clarification. So I can get rid of that one too. I'm a tweak addict, not always a practical thing but fun.