For instance, while uninstalling antivirus, you might face any number of problems like getting stuck, system crash, BSOD, leftover files, reboot loops, improper uninstallation, etc.
To deal with it, antivirus software developers supply a removal tool to uninstall antivirus software. Using that specific removal tool, you can easily uninstall antivirus programs with just a few clicks. Each antivirus software has its own removal tool. I tried to gather removal tools for all the popular antivirus software.
Click on the jump links below to find detailed uninstallation instructions for your antivirus software. Before that, try to remove antivirus normally. Now, follow the wizard to uninstall antivirus. Depending on whether you are using the trial or paid version, Bitdefender provides different uninstaller tools. Go to the official Bitdefender uninstall page , select the version, select the product type. So, download the AVG Remover tool and run it.
Avast also provides a good uninstaller tool to uninstall Avast antivirus and its other software. First off, download the Avast uninstaller tool.
Next, restart your system in Safe Mode. Please navigate to the folder where you saved the uninstaller tool and open it. Avira Antivirus has no proper uninstaller software. Instead, Avira provides a Registry Cleaner.
To uninstall Avira software, you have to manually remove all the related folders and then use the Avira Registry Cleaner to remove Avira registry keys.
Thankfully, Avira has detailed instructions on using the removal tool and deleting its related folders. Follow those instructions, and you should be good. Nortan provides Remover and Reinstall tool to uninstall all kinds of Norton software. Head over to the official support page and download Norton Remover and Reinstall tool.
Once downloaded, open the Norton Remover and Reinstall tool. Once uninstalled, restart your system to complete the procedure. There is no complicated wizard whatsoever; it is a one-click uninstaller. It automatically detects and removes the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Once removed, reboot your system. After rebooting and logging into the computer, Malwarebytes Cleanup Utility will prompt whether to download and reinstall Malwarebytes again. Kaspersky requires the Kavremover tool to uninstall Kaspersky antivirus or any of its other software.
Download Kavremover from the official site. After downloading, run the application. If an antivirus is already installed on your computer and you want to install a different antivirus on the computer, you must uninstall the current antivirus program first. Below are the steps on how to uninstall an antivirus program. Having more than one antivirus program running on a computer at the same time often causes conflicts, resulting in errors, slow performance, and failure to properly detect viruses.
Keep in mind that if you have a subscription with the antivirus company, uninstalling the program may not cancel your subscription. If you are uninstalling the antivirus because you believe it is causing problems, you can also temporarily disable the antivirus before uninstalling, see: How do I disable my antivirus program in Windows? First, try utilizing the built-in uninstall feature of the program by finding the folder for the antivirus program in your Windows Start menu.
To do this, click Start , All Programs, and look for the antivirus program in the list of programs. When you find the antivirus program in the list, locate the uninstall option, which should be in the same folder.
If this is available, click the uninstall option and follow the prompts to complete the uninstallation of the antivirus. The second way is to utilize Add or Remove Programs. Some antivirus programs may be listed several times in the list of programs. Make sure you've uninstalled all associated parts of the antivirus before rebooting the computer or installing another antivirus.
If you're unable to uninstall the antivirus through Add or Remove Programs because of an error, skip to uninstalling from Safe Mode. If the antivirus program is not listed in the Add or Remove Programs, you may have a bad antivirus install or a rogue antivirus.
In some cases, the uninstall process may not be able to proceed because the antivirus program is currently loaded and running in Windows. If the program cannot be disabled, uninstall the antivirus in Windows Safe Mode.
In Safe Mode, the antivirus program is not loaded and running, making it possible to uninstall using either method mentioned earlier. In some situations, a legitimate antivirus program cannot uninstall because it or the software used to uninstall it is corrupt, bad, or missing. In these situations, you must download an uninstaller program from the antivirus scanner company to remove all files associated with the antivirus.
Below is a list of known uninstall links for many of the major antivirus scanner companies. There is also the possibility that the antivirus program attempting to be uninstalled is actually a spyware or malware. There are fake antivirus programs on the Internet and they can do harm to a computer or help someone steal your information. One of the better-known ones to have plagued many computer users is called AntiVirus If your computer is infected malware programs posing as an antivirus program, it is strongly recommended that they be uninstalled.
You should run a spyware removal program such as Malwarebytes to clean your computer of any other possible spyware or malware programs. Caution Having more than one antivirus program running on a computer at the same time often causes conflicts, resulting in errors, slow performance, and failure to properly detect viruses.
Note Keep in mind that if you have a subscription with the antivirus company, uninstalling the program may not cancel your subscription.
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