The OBS virtual webcam device doesn’t always get removed properly when OBS studion is removed on Mac. Here’s how to manually remove the device.

  1. Using finder navigate to “/Library/CoreMediaIO/Plug-Ins/DAL/”. Command + Shift + g will bring up the goto dialog.

    goto dialog

  2. Delete the “obs-mac-virtualcam.plugin” file.

    remove file

  3. Verify if the “obs-virtual-camera” device has been removed. The screenshot below is from MS Teams.

    webcam list in MS Teams