Many Grand Theft Auto V players have reported a “Corrupt game data” error occurs when they try to start GTA V. The full error message says: “Corrupt game data. Please reboot, verify the game data, or reinstall the game.” Grand Theft Auto 5 doesn’t start when it throws up that error message. This is how you can fix the GTA V “Corrupt game data” error on Windows PCs.
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Verify the GTA V Game Files
The GTA V “Corrupt game data” error message strongly hints at corrupted game data being the cause and even suggests verifying the game. Furthermore, players also confirm verifying Grand Theft Auto V can resolve this gaming issue. So, try verifying your GTA V game as covered on these Steam support and Epic pages.
The Verify files button
Install ASI Loader and OpenIV.ASI Plugins
Players also confirm installing (or reinstalling) the ASI Loader and OpenIV ASI plugins can resolve the GTA V “Corrupt game data” error. You can install those plugins with OpenIV as follows:
- Open the OpenIV software for modding Grand Theft Auto V. If you don’t already have that software, you can download it from this OpenIV page.
- Click the Tools menu.
- Next, click the ASI Manager option.
- Press the Install button for ASI Loader.
The ASI Manager install options
- Click Install for OpenIV.ASI.
- Next, click Close and exit OpenIV.
Delete the Profiles Folder
Deleting the Profiles folder has also fixed the GTA V “Corrupt game data” error for some players. Applying this possible solution also erases a pc_settings.bin file, which might be corrupted. This is how you can erase the Profiles folder:
- Make sure the Rockstar Launcher and GTA V aren’t running in the background via Task Manager.
- Activate File Explorer by right-clicking Start and selecting the shortcut for that folder navigation tool.
- Open the Documents > Rockstar Games > GTA V folder path.
- Right-click the Profiles folder to select Delete.
The Delete option
Reinstall Your GTA V Game
Reinstalling Grand Theft Auto V is a more thorough way to fix corrupted game data. This is another potential fix suggested in the GTA V “Corrupt game data” error message. You can reinstall Grand Theft Auto V with the Steam and Epic Games Launcher software like this:
Steam
- Start Steam and click Library to view games.
- Right-click Grand Theft Auto V to bring up its context menu and select Manage > Uninstall from there.
- Click Uninstall again.
The Uninstall option in Steam
- Next, select GTA V in the Library and click Install.
The Install option
Epic Games
- Start Epic Games Launcher and click on the Library tab within that software.
- Click the menu button for Grand Theft Auto V to select Uninstall.
- Press the menu button for GTA V to select Uninstall twice.
The Uninstall option in Epic Games
- Next, click the thumbnail for GTA V in the Library tab.
- Select the Install option.
Deleting the Rockstar Games folder will also eradicate leftover files after uninstalling GTA V. To do that, press the Windows logo + R keyboard shortcut, input %localappdata%, and click Run’s OK button. Right-click Rockstar Games to select Delete.
There are many confirmed ways to fix the GTA V “Corrupt game data” error, but the possible solutions above have worked for lots of players. So, there’s still a good chance one of those resolutions will fix the Grand Theft Auto V data error on your PC. You can also try submitting a support ticket to Rockstar from this help page to ask for more ways to fix this GTA V error.
