Manual Uninstallation of Ozeki Voice Keyboard

This guide demonstrates how to manually remove Ozeki Voice Keyboard from your Windows system. You will learn how to delete all application files, remove the Start Menu entry, clean up the Windows registry, and delete the program folder.

Steps to follow

  1. Delete the OzKey AppData folder
  2. Remove the Start Menu entry
  3. Remove the registry entry
  4. Delete the Program Files folder
  5. Remove the desktop shortcut

Quick reference paths

# Application data folder
C:\Users\{User}\AppData\Roaming\Ozeki\OzKey

# Start Menu entry
C:\Users\{User}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Ozeki\OzKey

# Registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OzekiOzKey

# Program Files folder
C:\Program Files\Ozeki\OzKey

How to manually uninstall Ozeki Voice Keyboard video

The following video shows how to manually uninstall Ozeki Voice Keyboard step-by-step. The video covers deleting the application data folder, removing the Start Menu entry, cleaning up the registry, and deleting the remaining program files.

Step 1 - Delete the OzKey AppData folder

Open Windows File Explorer and navigate to the OzKey application data folder. This folder contains user-specific data such as recordings and logs. Replace {User} with your Windows username (Figure 1). 

C:\Users\{User}\AppData\Roaming\Ozeki\OzKey

Locate OzKey folder in AppData Roaming
Figure 1 - Locate the OzKey folder in AppData Roaming

Right-click the OzKey folder and select Delete to remove it (Figure 2).

Delete OzKey folder
Figure 2 - Delete the OzKey AppData folder

Step 2 - Remove the Start Menu entry

Navigate to the OzKey Start Menu folder. This folder contains the shortcut that appears in the Windows Start Menu and was created during installation (Figure 3). 

C:\Users\{User}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Ozeki

Find OzKey Start Menu item
Figure 3 - Locate the OzKey Start Menu entry

Right-click the OzKey shortcut and select Delete to remove it from the Start Menu (Figure 4).

Delete OzKey Start Menu item
Figure 4 - Delete the OzKey Start Menu entry

Step 3 - Remove the registry entry

Open the Windows Registry Editor by opening windows search, typing regedit into the search bar, and pressing Enter. The Registry Editor allows you to view and modify low-level Windows system settings (Figure 5).

Open Windows Registry Editor
Figure 5 - Open the Windows Registry Editor

Navigate to the OzKey uninstall registry key by pasting the following path into the Registry Editor's address bar (Figure 6). 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OzekiOzKey

Locate OzKey registry key
Figure 6 - Locate the OzKey registry key

Right-click the OzekiOzKey key in the left panel and select Delete to remove it. Confirm the deletion when prompted. Once this key is removed, Windows will no longer list Ozeki Voice Keyboard as an installed program (Figure 7).

Delete OzKey registry key
Figure 7 - Delete the OzKey registry key

Step 4 - Delete the Program Files folder

Open File Explorer and navigate to the Ozeki folder inside Program Files. This folder contains the application binaries (Figure 8). 

C:\Program Files\Ozeki\OzKey

Search OzKey in Program Files
Figure 8 - Locate the OzKey folder in Program Files

Right-click the OzKey folder and select Delete to remove it (Figure 9).

Delete OzKey from Program Files
Figure 9 - Delete the OzKey folder from Program Files

Step 5 - Remove the desktop shortcut

If a desktop shortcut was created during installation, locate the OzKey icon on your desktop. Right-click the shortcut and select Delete to remove it. This is the final step in the manual uninstallation process (Figure 10).

Remove desktop shortcut
Figure 10 - Remove the OzKey desktop shortcut

Final thoughts

You have successfully removed all traces of Ozeki Voice Keyboard from your Windows system. By deleting the application data folder, Start Menu entry, registry key, program files, and desktop shortcut, the application is now fully uninstalled without leaving any residual files or system entries behind.

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