Uninstalling Snap Animate
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Snap Animate is not a normal macro. It installs as a Fusion plugin, and any project that uses it depends on that plugin being present.
If you uninstall it, projects that used it will break. Specifically:
- Every time you open a project that had Snap Animate applied, you'll get missing node warnings.
- The effect will no longer render.
- If you save that project after uninstalling, you may permanently lose the settings for every Snap Animate effect in it.
For that reason, we generally recommend just leaving it installed. It sits quietly and costs you nothing.
If you only want it out of the way visually, let us know — hiding the free version from the UI without uninstalling is something we're looking at.
Before you uninstall
- Finish any project that uses Snap Animate first.
- Back up any project files that use it.
- Understand that the settings on existing Snap Animate effects are not recoverable once a project has been saved without the plugin installed.
How to uninstall Snap Animate
To uninstall Snap Animate, there are two things to delete:
- The plugin folder
- The template (.drfx) file
Tip: The free and paid versions install side by side, so you'll see both in the same folders. If you want to keep the paid version and remove only the free one, follow the same steps but delete just the folder and .drfx file whose names end in “Free”.
How to uninstall on Windows
How to uninstall on macOS
FAQ
Does it break the whole project, or just the timeline that used it? The warnings appear whenever you load a project that contains Snap Animate, so treat it as project-wide. Even if the damage were limited to a single timeline, it isn't worth the risk — wait until you're done with the project, or work from a backup.
Can I reinstall it later? Yes. Reinstalling restores the plugin, but it won't recover effect settings that were lost by saving a project while the plugin was missing.