How To Uninstall and Install Riot Vanguard In Windows 11/10

Riot Vanguard is custom software for Riot games. It prevents others from using cheats in online games. This is anti-cheat software. Playing games like Elden Rings and Valornat, it is disappointing to get defeated by players using a cheat code or any means of cheating. In this guide, we will show you how to uninstall and install the Riot Vanguard software on Windows 10 and Windows 11.

One thing you should be aware of is that the Riot Vanguard doesn’t work on Virtual Machine, so if you are a Mac user and have installed the virtual machine for running Windows. This Riot Vanguard software won’t work on your system—this article we guide you in establishing and uninstalling the Riot Vanguard software. Let’s talk about the software first.

How to uninstall and install Riot Vanguard in Windows 10

Vanguard is an anti-cheat software developed by Riot Games to prevent players from hacking, cheating, and playing in unethical ways. Riot’s games’ term is Competitive Integrity.

The Vanguard software keeps running in the background while you are playing the game and will block anything that it finds is modifying or breaching the game’s competitive Integrity. And will notify you or warn you that Vanguard has blocked some game functions.

If your Riot Vanguard is not working how you wanted it to, then there might be a problem with the software. You can try reinstalling this software to fix these common issues. Here are the steps to uninstall the software and install it again.

Steps to uninstall the Riot Vanguard (Windows 10 and 11)

Press the start button or Right click on the start menu
Look for Apps and Features and click on it.
In the search box where “Search the List” is popping, search for Riot Vanguard.
Now click on Uninstall and follow the on-screen instructions if any. This will remove your Riot Vanguard from your PC.

Steps to install the Riot Vanguard (Windows 10 and 11)

You know how to uninstall the Riot Vanguard, but how can you reinstall it? By following these steps, you can install the Riot Vanguard again.

Launch any Riot games like Elden Ring, Vanguard, etc.
Riot Client will load up, letting you download and install the Riot Vanguard software on the computer.
Restart your PC after the installation is done.

When to Reinstall the Riot Vanguard

The reinstalling of the software is suggested when you face a problem whim using the existing installed version of the software like:

Your game is crashing
Riot Vanguard is crashing
The Vanguard is not Running automatically in the background
There are bugs in the software
Unexpected Errors
Preventing other applications from working normally
How to uninstall the Riot Vanguard in Windows 11

The steps of uninstalling the Vanguard in Windows 11 are almost the same as in Windows 10. As Windows 11 is the newest version of Windows,, some features might change, and you might not get what you see in Windows 10.

Please follow the below steps if you are a Windows 11 user. You may refer to the screenshot of the Windows 10 steps given above.

Note: As this software has root access to your computer, you may always disable it whenever you need

Right Click on the start menu and watch for Apps and Features
select apps and features, and now in the search bar, type Riot Vanguard and press enter to get Riot Vanguard from the list.
Click on the three-dot and select Uninstall and then click on Yes.
The Software will be removed from your PC.

Conclusion

The Riot Vanguard ensures you can play a fair part while playing the game. By following the above methods, you can uninstall and install this software again to fix any problem you will face while running this software. Some reports were spread that this software is collecting data from the users, but Riot has clarified that whoever finds them guilty will be awarded by the company. You can use this software to make your gameplay fair.