Wacom is a Japanese tech company that mainly specializes in the development, manufacturing and sales of graphics tablets. To connect a Wacom tablet to a Windows computer and to then be able to access the Wacom tablet and its contents from the Windows computer, you need to have the drivers for that specific Wacom tablet installed on the computer. Drivers for Wacom tablets are readily available on the internet and are also almost always shipped with all sold Wacom tablets for the good of the consumer. That being the case, installing Wacom drivers on a Windows computer is no rocket science and is actually pretty easy.

It is, however, uninstalling Wacom drivers from a Windows computer that is a bit more complicated. The thing is, drivers for Wacom tablets have the tendency to hide around a computer once they have been installed on it, making it hard for users to locate them, and a person can't uninstall something they can't even find in the first place. If you have Wacom drivers on your Windows computer that you would like to uninstall, though, don't worry – here's exactly what a person needs to do in order to uninstall Wacom drivers from a Windows computer:

  1. If you are using Windows 7, open theStart Menu and click onControl Panel. If you are using Windows 8, 8.1 or 10, on the other hand, right-click on theStart Menubutton or press theWindows Logokey +X to open theWinX Menu and click onControl Panelin theWinX Menu.
  2. In theControl Panel, click onUninstall a programunder theProgramssection.
  3. In the list of programs installed on your computer, locate the listing for the Wacom drivers your computer has (they may be listed asBamboo,Pen Tablet,Tablet,Wacom,Wacom Tablet or something entirely different depending on the model and version of the Wacom tablet you own), and right-click on it.
  4. Click on Uninstall.
  5. Follow the onscreen instructions all the way through to the very end of the uninstallation wizard touninstallthe Wacom drivers.
  6. Once the Wacom drivers have been successfully uninstalled,restartthe computer to complete the removal.

If you have Wacom drivers installed on your computer but they, for some reason, don't show up in the list of programs installed on your computer inPrograms and Features, there is no need to panic. You can still locate the Wacom drivers and uninstall them from your computer if you simply:

  1. Press theWindows Logokey +R to open aRundialog.
  2. Typedevmgmt.mscinto theRundialog and pressEnter to launch theDevice Manager.
  3. Click onView>Show hidden devices to haveDevice Manageralso display drivers for hidden devices.
  4. One by one, look through each of the sections of theDevice Manager searching for any Wacom drivers. When you see a listing for Wacom drivers in any section of theDevice Manager, simply-right click on it, click onUninstalland click onOK in the resulting popup to confirm the action.
  5. Repeatstep 4 for as many Wacom drivers as you can find in your computer'sDevice Manager.

If the steps listed and described above didn't work for you, repeat them after temporarily disabling whatever computer security program – built-in or third-party – you use to protect your computer from threats such as viruses and malware and see if doing so yields any positive results.

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