Fact · Dictation software
Nuance says that after an upgrade to version 16, Dragon moves a standalone user profile from the ProgramData folder to the LocalAppdata folder, and that a renamed profile left in ProgramData must be deleted from that folder.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Dragon moves your standalone user profile from the %ProgramData% folder to the %LocalAppdata% folder automatically when you open your user profiles after the version 16 upgrade ... You must delete this user profile from the %ProgramData% folder”
Manually removing user profiles after uninstalling Dragon (Dragon Professional 16 help), Nuance Communications, Nuance Communications, Dragon Professional 16 help, 2023, Procedures: To remove user profiles.
Open the original- What it measures
- Nuance's help page on removing user profiles after an uninstall. It also describes what Dragon does when the move fails.
- What it does not show
- This applies to standalone profiles upgraded from an earlier release. The page does not say how long the renamed profile stays in ProgramData.