See this Microsoft Support article for an example. To remove to Vortex, you will uninstall it from your computer like any other app. This can be useful to remove leftover empty directories from mods Vortex had managed.įor this option to appear, you will need to enable advanced mode.Ĭlicking the 'Purge' icon will remove all Vortex managed items from your game mods folder. This step will remove all the files/folders created by Vortex from the mods directory of your game. From here you can delete the files or move them to a new location. Navigate to the Settings > Download tab and beneath the 'Download Path' header there is a clickable link that will open your download path folder. If you did not choose to remove archives in the previous step or you would like to keep the archives for reinstalling mods in future, you can delete them or move them to a new location from within Vortex's download folder. Note: Leaving the archive intact will not remove it from the mods view in Vortex, it will be marked as uninstalled instead. You will need to do this for each game Vortex is managing. After confirming, Vortex may take a few seconds to delete the requested files.

In the delete popup, you will have the option to also remove the archive which was used to install the mod. This will reveal the batch menu at the bottom of the window.įrom here, click the 'Remove' button. In the Mods section, click on one of your files and press Ctrl + A to select all mods. This will clear out the install path of all files Vortex has installed. When NMM reads your mods, they are in RAR or 7ZIP (or similar) format in the NMM directory. Then, when it's re-installed, if you keep the NMM directories intact, you can simply re-run NMM and it'll keep your old mods intact. If you want to stop using Vortex entirely, you may also want to remove all mods installed by Vortex. What you may need to do is delete the leftover directory after Skyrim is uninstalled. These steps are not required but for a full removal of your mods, you can follow some or all of these steps.

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