How to remove antivirus from your computer?
Of course, each user installs a certain type of antivirus on their computer. Someone uses it Kaspersky antivirus, and someone Avast. But there may come a time when you want to install a new antivirus program on your computer. At first glance, there is nothing complicated about this: you need to remove the old antivirus and then install a new one. But it's not always that simple. How often do users remove programs from your computer? We right-click on the file and select "File location". After this, we find the folder in which the program that needs to be removed is stored and, accordingly, we delete the entire folder. This method works, but it may not be suitable for antivirus programs.
It is best to remove antivirus from your computer using the following standard method for the Windows operating system. You need to go to "Control panel"your computer. Here you will need to find the item "Programs and Features"and in it click on the sub-item"Removing programs".
After this, you will see a list of all installed programs that are on your computer. In this list, look for the antivirus that needs to be removed and remove it. After removing the antivirus using this method, it is best to to restart a computer. But there is one catch here: this method also may not completely remove the antivirus from your computer. A completely reasonable question arises: how then can you completely remove the antivirus from your computer?
By the way, it is worth noting that if you used the above method of removing an antivirus, but after such removal there are still “memories” of it on your computer, then try using a program to clean the registry. Such a program cleans up all unused garbage on the computer and, quite possibly, it will clean your computer of the remnants of the antivirus program. For example, you can use CCleaner. You can find and download it on our website.
As mentioned above, not all antivirus programs are removed using the standard method. If you need to remove an antivirus from your computer, but the standard method for removing it is not suitable, then you need to use another method. Most companies that produce antivirus programs, in addition to antiviruses, also offer utilities that completely remove the antivirus program from your computer. It is not difficult to guess that such a program can be found on the official website of the antivirus developers. Removing an antivirus program from a computer is not that difficult. The main thing is to choose a removal method. If standard tools do not work, you can use the removal utility. By the way, on our website there are several examples of complete removal of antivirus programs.
