Uninstalling

Windows

Installer

1. Open Settings → Apps → Installed apps (Windows 11) or Control Panel → Programs → Uninstall a program (Windows 10).
2. Find Phantom Pad in the list and click Uninstall.
3. The uninstaller will stop and remove the background service automatically.

Note: The uninstaller will prompt to remove the ViGEmBus driver, but some other apps might depend on it, so only delete it if you’re sure nothing else uses it.

Portable (.exe)

1. Close phantompad.exe if it is running.
2. Delete the executable.
3. Optionally remove the firewall rule

Removing ViGEmBus (optional)

If Phantom Pad was the only application using ViGEmBus and you want to remove it:

1. Open Settings → Apps → Installed apps.
2. Find ViGEmBus and uninstall it.
3. Reboot your PC to complete driver removal.

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Linux

systemd Service

1. Stop and disable the service:

   sudo systemctl disable --now phantompad

2. Remove the service file:

   sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/phantompad.service
   sudo systemctl daemon-reload

3. Remove the binary:

   sudo rm /usr/local/bin/phantompad

Standalone Binary

1. Kill the process if it’s running:

   pkill phantompad

2. Delete the binary:

   rm ./phantompad

Removing the udev Rule (optional)

If you added the udev rule during installation and want to clean it up:

sudo rm /etc/udev/rules.d/99-uinput.rules
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

You can also remove your user from the input group if it was added solely for Phantom Pad:

sudo gpasswd -d $USER input

Log out and back in for the group change to take effect.