You can test this by renaming my docs / rockstar games / gtav / profiles to profiles-oldĪgain, rename. *** Many have mentioned having problems loading saves 'after' removing all mods. (If verify doesn't work - restart the computer - try again -.-) (Some folders with also have a steam shader cache - also don't care) (Yes I'm aware of the new languageselect.exe - too small to care/update picture with) Though, it could cause problems when you go to use it again/not updated/etc. It should be inert without the loaders in the gtav folder. ***Yes, this method leaves the "mods" folder inplace if you use openIV/etc. Show hidden, system, protected files and file extensions.ĭelete ANYTHING, that is NOT a folder AND is NOT a. *****ĭon't want to waste your time comparing to the picture? ***** Alert - yes, the new launcher has added playgtav.exe to the steam gtav folder. (rightclick gtav in steam, properties, local files, verify integrity of game cache) (they ARE vanilla - delete anyway - verify will fix) ( Ignore date, time, type, size - leave commandline.txt IF you use it ). ( View file extensions, hidden, system files, protected files )Ĭompare your folder/files to the screenshot - delete anything that is NOT in the screenshot. Rightclick gtav in steam, properties, local files tab, browse local files. (^in some cases, this is not necessary - in others, it is) The directions below help with that.ĭo 1- for comparison - 2- for speed/removalĮxit steam, rightclick steam, run steam as admin. Non-vanilla/mod files require manual removal. Skip the redownload of 100+gb - save a whale, some frogs, your bandwidth, and time (or even space if you are struggling to house 'clean' copies to fix problems). Verifying cache - also does not remove all non-gtav files. Uninstalling and reinstalling gtav - does not always remove non-vanilla/mod files. Here for epic version? Clean folder as mentioned below - verify data using epic launcher.