How to delete the Ansel folder on the computer

If you accidentally check the User folder on your computer, you will see a strange folder with the name Ansel and wonder if deleting this folder affects your computer? Let's answer the above question in this article!

1. What is the Ansel folder?

The ansel folder only appears on computers with discrete Nvidia cards with the main purpose of saving high-quality screenshots and HDR images while playing games. Especially when you delete this folder and it may reappear, if you find this folder inconvenient and useless, please follow the instructions on how to delete it in this article.

2. Delete the ansel folder with the Ansel Configuration Utility

Step 1: Enter the following address in the address bar on This PC / Computer .

C: Program FilesNVIDIA CorporationAnsel

Step 2: Open the NvCameraConfiguration.exe application .

Step 3 : You navigate to the NvCamera Status and select Disable (1) => Save (2) .

Step 4: You go back to the ansel folder in the path C: Users [your username ]

Next, right-click the ansel folder (1) => Delete (2) and this folder will not appear again.

3. Delete the ansel folder with the cmd command

Step 1: You click on Search (1) => cmd (2) => Run as administrator (3) .

Step 2: Enter the following command and press Enter .

RunDll32 "C: Program FilesNVIDIA CorporationInstaller2InstallerCoreNVI2.DLL", UninstallPackage Ansel

Step 3: Enter the following command and press Enter .

rundll32 "% PROGRAMFILES% NVIDIA CorporationInstaller2InstallerCoreNVI2.DLL", UninstallPackage NvTelemetryContainer

Step 4: Open the ansel folder in the path C: Users [your username ]

Next, right-click the ansel folder (1) => Delete (2) and this folder will not appear again.

Through this article, you already know what the ansel folder is for and how to delete it? Good luck!

Isabella Humphrey

Update 09 January 2021