• Technically, AMD stores several versions of folders in different places on your hard drive, and only a few can be tinkered with.
  • If you want to clear out the AMD folder, performing a manual deinstallation and reinstallation of graphics drives is straightforward, but you’ll need a third-party tool for a complete removal.
  • When using AMD software (AMD Adrenalin), switch to automatic updates to prevent the tool from keeping all but the latest installation files and save space.

Over time, you might notice that your C drive is starting to run out of space, which can force you to stop updating apps or even Windows entirely. In some cases, it’s the AMD folder taking up space, and some of those files could be safely removed.

Part 1: Why Is AMD Folder Taking up Space

AMD Folder Getting Increasingly Large – What to Do 1 - 1

If you have AMD graphics (even one integrated into an AMD Ryzen core), your AMD app will download, create, and store items in various folders:

  • The C:\AMD folder is usually the one that has the largest overall size. For dedicated GPUs, this folder can get bloated over time as installation drivers are managed directly by the app.
  • The C:\Program Files\AMD folder often contains log files or other important configuration files.
  • The C:\Users folder can contain various AMD folders (usually in the AppData subfolders), which contain cache or log files and can be removed on a case-by-case basis.
  • The System32 subfolders for AMD contain log files which can constantly grow.

If you notice the AMD folder getting too big, chances are it’s the one directly in the C: partition, as that’s the most “visible” folder for File Explorer.

Part 2: Finding Large Files in AMD Folder

If you want to get more specific about which files are leading to the AMD folder taking up space, you’ll need to use a third-party storage visualization tool. Something like WinDirStat can help you immediately spot large files or particularly large subfolders relative to total storage use.

Part 3: Can You Remove AMD Folder from PC?

Since AMD stores multiple folders, this will depend on exactly what folder you want to remove.

In general, removing all the contents of the C:\AMD folder is fine. If you want to stay on the safe side, remove all subfolders that have “AMD Radeon Installer,” “AMD Software Installer,” or “amd-sofware-adrenalin” in their names alongside various version numbers. These are past installer files that the software uses to update the driver, but then never refers to again.

Additionally, you should be able to remove the AMD files in the C:\Users[Username]\AppData\Local and Roaming subfolders. These contain settings and caches for the software and driver, as well as application logs. As soon as you run an app that requires the graphics card, the files will be regenerated (but some settings may be lost).

Part 4: Removing All AMD Files

If you want to make sure you’ve cleaned out your PC from years of accumulated caches and settings, you can use driver uninstaller utilities. A tool like Display Driver Uninstaller (or DDU) can automatically remove graphics drivers and put you back to square one.

Note that once it removes the driver, your PC may switch to the motherboard for graphics output, so you will need to plug your monitor into the motherboard to get a signal.

From then on, you’ll need to manually download the AMD software to update the driver.

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