This time we will discuss the problem of uninstalling Avast antivirus from your computer, since letters are often sent to the mail with such a question. Taking money for such a simple procedure is somehow inconvenient, but I am wasting time - yes. For those who are not familiar with the registry, difficulties may arise, since you will have to clean the Avast antivirus files from the computer registry. After all, after standard removal, Avast leaves a lot of debris. Unnecessary registry entries are especially harmful. If you had a trial version of Avast antivirus and the license expired, then you will not be able to reinstall it, since the registry contains entries about the expiration of the license.
Everyone chooses their own antivirus. And we will not recommend anything, but we will only advise you to try several antiviruses. And already then make your choice in favor of some kind. We would advise you to pay attention to Kaspersky or BitDefender from paid antiviruses, and from free to Avira. So the license for Kaspersky Internet Security is supplied for 2-3-5 devices, in other words, you can buy and use it on your computers together with your friends. Once you have paid and feel at ease the whole year.
In this article, we will consider 3 options for removing Avast antivirus from your computer.
OPTION 1. Standard removal of Avast antivirus using built-in Windows tools with further cleaning the registry.
This method is familiar to many computer users and many know about it, but ... repetition is a mother learning.
Click on the "Start" button and select the control panel
Select the item "Remove Programs" in the control panel
We find the Avast antivirus in the control panel and click on it with the left mouse button twice to remove it.
After clicking, the Avast installation window will appear. Select "Delete" and click the "Next" button. The process of removing Avast antivirus from your computer will start. We follow the instructions of the program. At the end of the uninstallation, the program will ask you to restart your computer - we agree.
That's it, we removed the Avast antivirus from the computer using a standard removal tool and now we need to clean the registry from the remnants of the program. Click on "Start" and select the "Run" command. If the item "Run" is not visible, then select "All programs" then "Standard" and there we find "Run".
In the command line that appears, enter regedit and click "Ok", this will get you into the computer registry editor.
Before us is the computer registry - the very heart of the operating system. Hover the cursor over the line "Computer", it is located at the very top.
The program will show us the first found value with the remains of the antivirus. To delete, click on the "Delete" button
Then again click on "F3" and again use the search for a new value and delete.
Thus, we perform these operations until we completely delete all values with the word Avast. This procedure may take a long time for an inexperienced user. After cleaning the registry, it is worth restarting your computer.
Now Avast antivirus is completely removed from your computer.
OPTION 2. Removing Avast antivirus using a utility from the manufacturer of the antivirus itself
This method is also not ideal, but it is suitable for those who cannot remove Avast antivirus in the standard way for some reason. After removing the antivirus, you still need to clean the registry.
Go to the official website of the manufacturer www.avast.ru. Go to the "Support Center" section, it is located at the bottom of the site.
In the section "Orders and Offers" we find a link to the utility
Find the downloaded file and click on it to start - the process of automatic removal of Avast antivirus will start. The computer will reboot into safe mode, after which we launch the program and confirm the uninstallation process. At the end of uninstallation, the computer will reboot again.
OPTION 3. Complete removal of Avast antivirus using the uninstaller
For a novice user, this option should be read carefully to the end.
To remove programs, there are special uninstaller utilities that, during the uninstallation process, also clean up traces of programs in the registry, thereby reducing the "pollution" of the computer with unnecessary files that remain after uninstallation. Such uninstallers are suitable not only for removing Avast antivirus, but also for removing any other programs. Therefore, our advice is this - to choose the most optimal program for yourself. For example, you can use Revo Uninstaller.
We launch our uninstaller Revo Uninstaller and find Avast! Select it and press the "Delete" button at the top
At the beginning, the standard procedure for removing the Avast antivirus will go.
We execute all the commands that are necessary, but at the end point we put an end to "Restart later" (now the computer does not need to be restarted). And click on the "Finish" button
It is necessary to scan for non-deleted junk files using the Revo Uninstaller utility. Select the "Advanced" item and press the "Scan" button
This process of searching for not deleted files will take some time. At the end of the scan, the utility will return all registry values from the remaining Avast. We put a checkmark everywhere and click on the "Delete" button. Upon completion of the process, click on the "Next" button.
A window with unnecessary files from the antivirus will appear on the screen in front of us. We repeat the procedure in the same way as described above and click on the "Finish" button.
We reboot the computer. Everything!
We have completely removed Avast antivirus from your computer.
As a rule, the free version of Avast antivirus is installed on your computer quickly and without any problems. However, if you want to remove this utility, then a whole bunch of errors and warnings already appear. To avoid them, you need to know how to remove Avast correctly. We will talk about the correct uninstallation of the antivirus in this article.
There are three ways to uninstall Avast from your computer at once. Let's consider each of them in more detail.
Removal through standard Windows tools
The developers of the Windows operating system have created a built-in utility that allows you to completely remove any program from your computer. Moreover, a system uninstaller is included in every version of Windows. The uninstall utility works quite slowly. Nevertheless, after uninstalling using standard OS tools, your PC is guaranteed to be cleaned of all antivirus components. So, to run the system utility to uninstall programs, you must:
When the computer restarts, you need to delete all Avast entries from the registry. This is necessary in order to prevent the repeated installation of the antivirus. So, to clean your PC from records, you need:
Removal via the official uninstaller
Almost all companies create uninstallers for their software products. In this regard, Avast is no exception. You can download the branded uninstaller on the manufacturer's official website (avast.com). Go to the specified Internet resource and follow the instructions below:
Removal via third-party software
To remove Avast antivirus, you can use third-party software. On the vastness of the World Wide Web, you can find a bunch of utilities that allow you to remove unnecessary software from your computer. We will use a fairly well-known software called CCleaner. So, in order to remove Avast, we do the following:
After the program completely removes Avast, it is necessary. Fortunately, with the help of CCleaner, this process can be automated. Enter the "Registry" section, which is located in the main menu of the utility. After that click on "Search for a problem". This will cause CCleaner to start looking for unneeded registry entries. At the end of this process, the program will issue a detailed report on the found notes. To remove them, click on the "Fix" button.
In this article, I want to touch on the problem of uninstalling Avast antivirus, because they often contact me on this issue. You won't take much money to uninstall Avast, only you will lose more time. The whole problem is that it is difficult to remove it (or rather, it is not difficult to remove Avsat, but then you have to clean the registry for a long time). Avast leaves a lot of trash behind in the computer and in the registry. Registry entries are especially troublesome. The problem is that if you once had Avast antivirus (this especially applies to those who had a trial version of the program) and the license has expired, then you will not install it a second time, or rather you will install it, but it will no longer work, because that when you reinstall it, an entry about the end of the license is already registered in the registry.
In general, I would not recommend using this antivirus. Believe me, it's better not to spare money and install a normal antivirus program, for example, Eset Nod 32 or the well-known Kaspersky. Moreover, the price of a license for a year, for example, Eset Smart Security is only 1690 rubles, and for 3 computers. That is, if you fold with three friends, comrades or relatives, then only 563 rubles will come out (right now I will use the calculator), and this for a year (well, plus the interest for transferring money via the Internet, it will turn out to be about 600, and the extension for another year is about 400 rubles). You paid once and, as they say, sleep peacefully all year long and you don't have to think about how to remove any Avast. From my own experience, I would advise everyone to install Eset Smart Security (and not just Eset Antivirus, namely Eset Smart Security, since this version is more suitable for active Internet users), Kaspersky is certainly good too, but I do not recommend installing it on old computers or computers with low performance.
In this article, we will look at 3 ways to remove Avast antivirus.
METHOD 1. How to completely remove Avast (standard removal using built-in Windows tools, followed by cleaning the registry)
So, we will use standard Windows tools. The method is very confusing for an inexperienced user, and it is worth using it if you have already uninstalled Avast and still have traces of it.
Open the "Start" menu and go to the control panel
In the control panel we find and select the item "Remove Programs"
In the uninstall panel, we find our Avast antivirus and to remove it, double-click on it with the left mouse button.
The Avast installation window will open. Select the "Delete" tab and click the "Next" button. The uninstallation process begins. Follow the instructions of the program. At the end, you will need to restart your computer
In the "Run" command line, enter the command regedit R12; which translates as the registry editor, and click the "Ok" button
This is actually the R12 registry; the heart of the computer (or rather the operating system). We put the cursor at the very top on the line "Computer"
The program will find the first value with the remains of the Anti-Virus. We delete it by clicking on the "Delete" button
And so on until you delete all values with the word Avast. The procedure can take a long time for an inexperienced user. In the end, when the registry is cleaned up it does not hurt to restart the computer.
Now Avast is completely removed.
METHOD 2. Removing Avast using the antivirus manufacturer's utility.
I will describe it briefly, since it is unlikely to be useful to you, since this utility. also does not completely remove Avast, and then you will also have to clean the registry.
So go to the manufacturer's official website at www.avast.ru
On the right side of the site, find the "Support" section
At the bottom of the site in the section "Orders and Offers" we find a link to the program
Find the downloaded file in the lower left corner of the browser and launch it with one click
The automatic uninstallation process will start. The computer will reboot into safe mode and run the program, you just need to confirm the Avast removal process. Then the computer will reboot itself five times and, in principle, everything is ready.
METHOD 3. Completely uninstall Avast using special uninstaller programs.
If you are still a novice user, then I advise you to read about this method to the end.
There are special programs Uninstaller, which, after being removed in addition, also clean the remaining traces of programs from the registry and from the hard disk, thereby preventing the contamination of the computer with unnecessary files remaining after deletion. They are suitable not only for removing Avast. but also for all programs. So I advise you to choose the most optimal one for yourself and use it constantly. For example, I use Revo Uninstaller, which I advise you too. I will not praise her, take a look yourself and draw conclusions for yourself.
So, run the installed Revo Uninstaller
And we find in the list the program Avast! Select it and click on the "Delete" button at the top
First, the standard process of uninstalling Avast antivirus will go.
We follow the instructions of the program, but at the end we mark with a dot the item "Pepezboot later" (that is, you do not need to restart the computer). Click the "Finish" button
Now in Revo Uninstaller you need to scan for the remaining junk files. We mark the item "Advanced" with a dot and press the button "Scan"
The process of finding unnecessary files and values can take some time, so you can go to make yourself some tea or make coffee in the meantime. After scanning, the program will display the registry values remaining from Avast. We mark all the checkboxes, press the "Delete" button. After completing the process, click the "Next" button
We reboot the computer. Hooray! Everything is ready.
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Using the Internet without any means of protection is too risky today. Viruses and spyware are becoming more and more common, hiding behind links to free downloads, great deals or interesting news. Users try to secure their computer using various "security software" and antivirus software, one of which is Avast.
It attracts with the fact that it is completely free. Using it for personal purposes, you do not have to look for keys, pay monthly bills for the program and calculate the time for the next transfer of funds. However, if you are not happy with the work of the Avast application and want to completely remove it, then some difficulties may arise with this. A legitimate question may arise - why is this happening? The fact is that this antivirus leaves behind a lot of "tails", both in the registry and in personal documents. These tails are best removed to avoid conflict with other antivirus applications and clogging up your computer.
Removal using standard Windows tools
This method will require you to clean the registry, so for inexperienced users it may seem too dreary. But if you are not afraid of difficulties or do not want to use third-party programs to remove Avast, then it will suit you perfectly.
So, first we go to the standard Windows tool for uninstalling programs. To do this, click "Start", then "Control Panel", find the "Programs" service and click on the line under it, which is called "Uninstall a program". A window will open with a list of all applications, drivers, etc. installed on your computer. We are looking for our Avast antivirus in this list (it will be called "avast Internet Security" here) and click on it 2 times with the left mouse button. A special utility will open, in which we need to select the most recent "Removal" tab and click on the "Next" button. The uninstall process is activated, at the end of which you will be asked to restart your computer. We agree and proceed to cleaning the registry after rebooting.
To get to the registry menu, we call the line "Run". This can be done by pressing the Win + R key (the first is located between the Ctrl and Alt buttons). We type the phrase "regedit" in it and press Enter. In the registry window that appears, select the "Computer" item, and then move the cursor over the "Edit" tab and click on the "Find" menu item. In the search box that appears, enter the word "avast" and click on the "Find Next" button. The search service will find you the registry entries left after the Avast antivirus, and you need to delete them. You need to repeat the steps with the search until there are no traces of it in the registry.
Removal using third-party applications
For those who do not want to bother with the registry, there is a more convenient way to uninstall. The fact is that the developers of Avast have created a special utility that will completely remove the antivirus without leaving any traces behind. You can download this program using a special link from the official website https://www.avast.ru/uninstall-utility. It contains both the installer file itself and a short instruction on its use.
Another option can be special third-party uninstallers, for example, Revo Uninstaller. In it, just like in the standard Windows service, all installed applications will be listed, among which you need to find Avast again. The utility will open with the uninstall tab, but after this process is complete, you need to postpone restarting your computer. Instead, you return to the Revo Uninstaller window, check the Advanced box and click the Scan button. Upon completion of the scan, the program will show you all the registry entries left after deletion. We erase them, click "Next" and see a list of files that the antivirus left behind. In the same way, we delete all of them, restart the computer and are glad that we have finally cleared it of the presence of this antivirus program.
Conclusion
That's all. We hope that at least one of the listed methods will appeal to you and will help you correctly remove Avast antivirus from your computer.
Free antivirus software installed on computers does not always suit users, if only because of the limited capabilities of such programs. They usually contain only basic tools that do not provide comprehensive protection. Worse is when they miss threats or are falsely triggered. Unfortunately, one such application is Avast Free Antivirus. How to uninstall correctly Read on about this.
There is nothing particularly complicated in the proposed methods, however, in the process of uninstalling this package, you need to pay attention to some nuances.
Why are users abandoning the free Avast antivirus?
This free package causes obvious distrust among many users. This is due not only to its limited capabilities to provide comprehensive protection of the computer system and personal user data. Even the unlimitedness of the toolkit affects the fact that users, after using this application a little, try to completely uninstall it.
The saddest thing is that this package can easily ignore suspicious threats that have the status of trusted applications, without even trying to analyze the signatures. The second point, no less serious, is associated with false positives, when even the official software cannot be installed on a computer (at least without disabling the antivirus at least for a while). But that's not all. As practice shows, after installing the package, already installed programs may stop working in the system, which functioned without problems before.
Therefore, many are trying to switch to other packages. But if you install another package in parallel, the user will receive nothing but conflicts. As someone correctly noted, this is like shutting Stalin and Hitler in the same room (the older generation understands what this is about). Thus, you need to clearly understand how to uninstall Avast Free Antivirus without leaving a trace of it. Incomplete or incorrect uninstallation can also provoke conflict situations.
How to remove Avast Free Antivirus from your computer using system tools
To begin with, let's consider the simplest, although far from the best, uninstallation method. How to uninstall Avast Free Antivirus using the toolkit of any version of Windows? It's simple.
To do this, you can use your own antivirus uninstaller, which can be found through the "Start" menu, or use the section of programs and components, which is located in the "Control Panel".
In it, you just need to select the line with the name of the program and click on the delete button at the top. After that, the built-in uninstall tool of the antivirus itself (and not the Windows uninstaller) will still work.
Please note: if uninstallation in the standard version turns out to be impossible, you may first need to enter the program settings and disable self-defense. If this does not help, all actions will have to be performed in Safe Boot mode (F8 at startup, in Windows 10 - restarting the system with special boot options - selecting restart from the Start menu while pressing the Shift key).
Checking registry keys
Be that as it may, this method does not allow you to completely get rid of the package, since the program keys remain in the registry. How can I remove Avast Free Antivirus from my computer so that these entries are gone? In this case, you need to call the appropriate editor (regedit in the Run console).
In it, you need to use the built-in search engine, which is called either through the file menu, or through the shortcut Ctrl + F, after which the value "avast" (without quotes) should be set as a criterion. The found keys, moving from one to another through the "Find Next" button or by pressing the F3 key, must be deleted, and then the system must be completely restarted.
In order not to manually clean the registry, you can use special utilities (even portable ones) like RegCleaner, which will search for invalid or residual keys and remove them automatically.
How to completely remove Avast Free Antivirus with a dedicated utility?
But there is also an easier method. The question of how to remove Avast Free Antivirus can be completely elementary solved by using the special Avastcleaner utility, which can be downloaded directly from the official resource of the antivirus developer.
With it, everything is also simple, however, it must be started EXCLUSIVELY in the secure boot mode. It is enough to launch the program (it is presented as a single executable EXE file, that is, it is portable), select the name of the installed version, activate the uninstallation start, wait for it to complete and reboot (at the end, the program itself will offer to do this).
Removing antivirus using uninstaller applications
But for the question of how to uninstall Avast Free Antivirus, there is another similar solution that can be used not only to uninstall this particular package, but also for other programs, browser panels, system components, or even applets embedded in Windows that it is impossible to delete it in any other way.
Of course, we are talking about such powerful packages as iObit Uninstaller and Revo Uninstaller, not counting other similar programs. Let's use the iObit Uninstaller application as an example. The list of installed programs is almost one-to-one repeating the similar list of the Windows programs and components section. As usual, you first need to find the antivirus in it and click the uninstall button, indicated by the trash can icon.
First, the built-in uninstaller of the antivirus package starts, and after standard removal, you will need to use a powerful scan to find residual components, among which you can find files, registry entries and directories.
At the end of the search, the application will mark all the items by itself. If this does not happen, you will have to choose them yourself (although it is unlikely that this will happen). Then, for a complete cleaning of the system, it will be necessary to check the box next to the file destruction item and click on the delete button. You may receive a message stating that some items will be deleted on reboot. We agree and restart. Now you can definitely give a 100% guarantee that Avast has been completely removed from the system. Then you can install any other anti-virus package without fear of conflicts or its incorrect operation.
Short summary
As you can see, the question of how to remove Avast Free Antivirus can be solved quite simply. In order not to do unnecessary things, it is better to immediately download a special utility to remove the package or install special uninstallers. But the utility removes only the antivirus, and the uninstaller can be useful in other situations, so it is better to give preference to it.
