How to completely uninstall an older version of Dorico Elements?

Dorico
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I’d like to uninstall Dorico 2 Elements after having installed Dorico 3 Elements, including removing the sound library (to free up disk space).

What’s the proper way to do that?

Thanks,

  • Slim
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What OS?

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You are on Win or OSX?
On Win delete the folder C:/Program Files/Steinberg/Dorico2
On OSX delete the item /Applications/Dorico2

That is the main part You will leave behind some other files, but it is not worth bothering.

And the sound libraries are shared between Dorico 2 and 3, so you don’t want to delete those.

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On Windows, is it not better to uninstall in the normal way, rather than just rip away the program folder? On Windows 10, that would be Settings → Apps, click on “Steinberg Dorico 2” and then “Uninstall”. On Windows 7, use the Uninstall option in the Control Panel.

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Following Ulf’s remark above - if I’d like to uninstall Dorico 2.0 and keep Dorico 3 (I’m using the Pro version), is the advised method really to manually delete the Dorico2 folder? This sounds a bit odd so making sure this is the recommended way to go.

Thanks

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On Windows it’s recommended to uninstall via Add/Remove Programs, rather than deleting the Dorico 2 folder manually. Ulf’s method will work, of course, but there’s no downside to uninstalling using the provided uninstaller.