Discord won't uninstall cleanly? The two folders Discord says to delete

The official way: uninstall, end every process, delete two folders

Discord gives the same steps in two articles, one for installer errors and one for the corrupt installation banner. The first step below is Microsoft's ordinary uninstall; the rest are Discord's.

1. 01

   Uninstall Discord from Windows

   Open Settings, Apps, Installed apps, find Discord and choose Uninstall, as Microsoft describes for any app.

2. 02

   Close Discord and terminate its processes

   Close Discord in the system tray and make sure all Discord processes are terminated. Discord notes that stray processes can hide in the system tray or in Task Manager, so check both.

3. 03

   Delete the folder in %AppData%

   Press the Windows key and R, enter %appdata% in the Run window and press Enter. Find the Discord folder and delete it.

4. 04

   Delete the folder in %LocalAppData%

   Press the Windows key and R again, enter %localappdata% and press Enter. Find the Discord folder there and delete it too.

5. 05

   If a file is still in use

   Open Task Manager and terminate all instances of Discord there, and look in the Startup tab as well. Then delete the folder again.

6. 06

   Restart, and reinstall only if you want it back

   Restart the device. To install again, download Discord from its site. Discord adds that in some cases it helps to run the app as Administrator with Compatibility set to Windows 7 or 8, and to close the browser version of Discord before you start.

What can stay behind, and what to check

Discord names exactly two folders, so this guide names only those. These read-only PowerShell commands show whether a Discord process is still running, whether either folder still exists, and whether any program, service or scheduled task with Discord in its name is still registered. A name match is a lead, not proof.

Get-Process | Where-Object Name -match 'Discord' | Format-Table Name, Id
Test-Path "$env:APPDATA\Discord", "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Discord"
Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*',
  'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*' |
  Where-Object DisplayName -match 'Discord' | Format-Table DisplayName, DisplayVersion
Get-Service -DisplayName '*Discord*' | Format-Table Name, DisplayName, Status
Get-ScheduledTask |
  Where-Object { $_.TaskName -match 'Discord' -or $_.TaskPath -match 'Discord' } |
  Format-Table TaskPath, TaskName, State