Re-setting the Cubase plug-ins cache manually

macOS and VST2 format:

1. Close Cubase.
2. Using macOS Finder go to “~/Library/Preferences/Cubase 12/” (without the quotes).
3. Manually delete the Vst2xBlacklist Cubase.xml file (to delete the blacklist).
4. Manually delete the Vst2xBlacklist Cubase (x86_64).xml file (to delete the blacklist).
5. Manually delete the Vst2xPlugins Cubase (x86_64).xml file (to force a complete new plug-ins scan).
6. Re-open Cubase.

macOS and VST3 format:

1. Close Cubase.
2. Using macOS Finder, go to “~/Library/Preferences/Cubase 12/Cubase Pro VST3 Cache/” (without the quotes).
3. Manually delete the vst3blacklist.xml file (to delete the blacklist).
4. Manually delete the vst3plugins.xml file (to force a complete plug-in to rescan).
5. Re-open Cubase.

Windows and VST2 format:

1. Close Cubase.
2. Press the Windows key plus R.
3. Enter “C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Steinberg\Cubase 12_64\” (without the quotes), and click on OK.
4. Manually delete the Vst2xBlacklist Cubase.xml file (to delete the blacklist)
5. Manually delete the Vst2xBlacklist Cubase (x86_64).xml file (to delete the blacklist)
6. Manually delete the Vst2xPlugins Cubase (x86_64).xml file (to force a complete plug-in to rescan)
7. Re-open Cubase.

Windows and VST3 format:

1. Close Cubase.
2. Press Windows key plus R.
   Enter “C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Steinberg\Cubase 12_64\Cubase Pro VST3 Cache\” (without the quotes), and click on OK.
3. Manually delete the vst3blacklist.xml file (to delete the blacklist).
4. Manually delete the vst3plugins.xml file (to force a complete plug-in to rescan).
5. Re-open Cubase.

After deleting the plug-ins cache files, on the next run, Cubase will re-scan all of your VST2/VST3 plug-ins; depending on the number of VST2/VST3 plug-ins installed, the process may take several minutes.

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