How do I Remove a Kontakt Library?

2»

Answers

  • RoRedim
    RoRedim Member Posts: 1 Newcomer
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/28313#Comment_28313

    I tried the solution which @bob said but it didn't work for me at least and i could still see the unwanted library in my Kontakt 6 libraries, instead i deleted the related .xml file manually from Service Center directory and it worked! So if you can see your library name with .xml extension in Service Center, first copy it to another folder (just in case anything unintentional happens), then try deleting it from Service Center and see if the problem is solved.

    Service Center directory for Windows users:

    C:\Program Files\Common Files\Native Instruments\Service Center

  • Arthur Neeman
    Arthur Neeman Member Posts: 39 Member

    If you need to remove unwanted license from your NI account, create second account and transfer license to it using NI webpage. This probably is the only way to get rid of unwanted freebies, demos etc.

  • Sunborn
    Sunborn NKS User Library Mod Posts: 3,302 mod
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/82108#Comment_82108

    Why anyone would do such a meaningless act?

    Why not transfer what you don't want, to other people who may need them, as gifts?

    Why not sell them in a low price?

    Or ever better, why not offer them to some poor musicians in the (so called) "third" world?

  • Arthur Neeman
    Arthur Neeman Member Posts: 39 Member

    Do you think someone would like to receive gift from me containing Sonixinema freebies? :D :D :D

    I need to remove them and they are not transferrable. So tell me how to get rid of them?

  • Sunborn
    Sunborn NKS User Library Mod Posts: 3,302 mod
    https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/82113#Comment_82113

    well.... in such case, you do have a point! :-)

  • JBlongz
    JBlongz Member Posts: 19 Member

    Some improvements needed for removing Kontakt libraries. I have Komplete Collector Edition and other 3rd party libraries. I have realized that with a large collection of libraries, Kontakt and Maschine are very slow on initial project instance. So I wanted slim down the content, across 3 computers.

    The current Uninstall Reg tool from 2017 is a painfully slow process. I can't make more than one selection, and I can't sort by what is for Kontakt and what is NKS of 3rd party plugins. I would at least expect this functionality within Native Access 2.

  • kalqlate
    kalqlate Member Posts: 7 Member
    edited July 2024

    I finally have a need to remove a third-party library from Kontakt to come and find a company with a sophisticated information platform only has an add-to-library process but no remove-from-library process for one of their flagship products? Really, NI? Can't you spare one developer for one day to research, design, write, and test the code for this? How many years have people been complaining about and requesting this functionality? In Kontakt, their should be a right-click menu on libraries. At least on third-party libraries. Four minimal right-click menu items would be Change Image (to change from a bland folder image to one more representative selected by the user, which follows X, Y size convention), Move (to relocate a library as in Native Access), Rename, and Remove From Library (remove all references to the library).

  • kalqlate
    kalqlate Member Posts: 7 Member

    UPDATE: The comment menu appears to be mal-formatted currently, so I can't access that menu to delete the previous comment. I just discovered, my bad, you can remove third-party libraries in the Library page by clicking the cog at the lower-left, selecting the library you want to remove, then clicking "Remove" in the options below. I didn't see that earlier. All is well. Ahh, but still, it would be nice to be able to modify the image that appears for a library. Maybe changing the Folder Picture (Windows Explorer: right-click "Properties" → Customize tab) will then cause that image to be displayed in Kontakt for that library. I'll experiment.

This discussion has been closed.
Back To Top

Categories