AVG Antivirus by AVG Technologies, is a very good antivirus program. However, there are times when you may want to uninstall. You may want to fix AVG by first completely uninstalling it and then reinstalling AVG again or when you want to try another antivirus suite. Also, this “how to” article will come handy when the normal uninstall procedure is not working for you.
Whatever be the reason for uninstalling AVG, below you will find both the normal procedure as well as the manual procedure for doing this:
Normal Uninstall
The first thing you should try, and, recommended, is uninstall AVG using the Add/Remove Programs (for Windows XP) or using Programs and Features (for Windows 7 and Vista) under Control Panel. Follow these instructions to carry out the task:
- Click on the Start Button, select Control Panel.
- Open Add/Remove Programs (for Windows XP users) or Open Programs and Features (for Windows 7 and Vista users).
- Find AVG in the Programs list and highlight it.
- Click on Remove or right-click and select Uninstall and follow the wizard to uninstall AVG.
- AVG will offer three options to choose from. Choose Uninstall to continue.
- Now, the wizard will ask you if you want to keep AVG Security Toolbar and LinkScanner or not. If you deselect the option, the wizard will further ask if you want to keep your search settings which were modified by AVG. Deselect it too to remove every trace of AVG.
- The wizard will now ask if you want to remove user settings and Virus Vault contents. Select both the options and click on Next.
- AVG Uninstall utility will now take some time to remove everything from your computer. After the process completes, the wizard will ask you to restart your machine. You should now restart to complete the process of removing AVG.
Manual Uninstall (Complete Removal of AVG)
AVG provides an uninstall utility called AVG Remover which is specially made to remove AVG completely from the computer system. AVG Remover deletes everything related to your AVG installation, including registry items, installation files, user files, etc.
If the above procedure to normally remove AVG has failed repeatedly, AVG Remover is the last option to be used. Visit http://www.avg.com/us-en/utilities. You’ll find both AVG Remover (32-bit) 2012 and AVG Remover (64-bit) 2012 in the download list. From the list, download the right AVG Remover version to your desktop. Download the 32-bit if you’ve installed AVG Antivirus 32-bit or download the 64-bit if you’ve AVG Antivirus 64-bit installed.
Open the command prompt from the Start Menu. Windows 7 or Vista users should run Command Prompt in elevated command prompt. To run Command Prompt (cmd) in elevated mode, right-click on cmd and select Run as Administrator. Browse to the location where you’ve downloaded AVG Remover using the cd command. For example, if you’ve kept the file in your Downloads folder in Windows 7, you should type cd c:\Users\YourWindowsUsername\Downloads. Now, type avg_remover and press Tab key to complete the filename. Press Enter. You will receive a warning message.
Click on Yes to continue removing AVG from your computer. It may need one or more restarts during the cleaning process.
Once the manual uninstall process has completed, restart your computer. You can then go ahead and install another antivirus or install AVG again.
Note: If you’re still facing problem, please upload your avgremover.log file (you’ll find the log file in the same directory where AVG Remover is saved) to your Dropbox account (if you’ve one) and comment below. You can also email it to us at 
. We’ll than be able to help you out.
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Picture pefect process!! Email this page to everyone you know who owns a computer.
I need to uninstall my old 9.0, which has been corrupted so I can install 2011…can’t find it on this list. Any suggestions?
To fully remove AVG 9 please try to use this remover utility: http://www.avg.com/filedir/util/support/avgremover_en.exe
if u are using Vista it will be easier for u to remove AVG or whatever without going to control panel, all u have to do is open the run command
step 2 type C:\application data
step 3 Delete Avg folder
step 4 type C:\program files
step 5 delete Avg folder again
if any of the files refuses to go off
download unlocked from any site, it will enable u delete any software, file or document to refuses to go off.
How to use the unlocker
right click on the files that u want to delete and click unlock after installing the unlocker.
select any option e.g delete, disarm(to stop all processing that is going on with that particular file.
which u goodluck.
For window7 and xp try using the control panel/delete it from C:\programs folder(using unlocker)
which u goodluck
oh thank you its good idaer
I checked the security center, and the programme avg 2011 is still there. I tried remove many times, and after which manually restarted once, twice but it’s no use. so may I ask how do I completely remove this problem? which i feel that its because of the avg anti virus there and my computer become a problem.
This is what I got from the official support website:
Good post !At last I sucessfully uninstalled Avg and reinstalled the same which was giving error ‘higher version installed’
Have been trying to get rid of this program for some time. Followed the advice on this page and finally got rid of it. Many thanks.
Ironically found the info on AVG’s website of no help at all.
The AVG removal tool is now here:
http://www.avg.com/us-en/utilities
tryinh to uninstall but very slow.. still waiting
Doesn’t work…still there.
Can you clarify what doesn’t work? We may help you.
I cant get rid of avg either. I used uninstallers and it remains and i called avg and they want to charge me to remove it!!!!!!
Are you saying that using the method described in the post you’re unable to clean AVG from your system?
I need to remove this page, please from my internet.
Thanks.
Hi k sivov,
I couldn’t understand. Which page do you want to remove?
I am also having problems uninstalling AVG 2012 – the uninstalled freezes the machine everytime I try and run it. Also the removal tool doesn’t appear to do anything – a quick flash of the command prompt window and then nothing… Any suggestions? The machine I’m
Doing this on is also running trend micro titanium.. Could this be causing the issue?!
I too am having this same issue! Driving me insane!!!
I have done everything… I have run CCleaner – removed the registry files and still nothing.
I have run AVG removal tool – quick flash of the command prompt then nothing.
I still cannot download another Anti-Virus because apparently I still have one on my laptop ! Someone please suggest something that will work?!?!
I have a 32 bit operating system – ACER laptop
It seems lots of people are facing problem with the uninstaller. Let me test the outcome in my test machine.
It will take some time but I’ll post my results soon.
Until then, I’ll suggest users to use Revo Uninstaller Free to remove AVG from their systems.
This article has been updated with more instructions including screenshots for help.
I’ve verified the AVG Remover tool and it works perfectly in removing every trace of AVG from my test machine.
If you faced problems earlier please follow the updated instructions. If you’re still facing problem, please read the last paragraph of the article for instructions.
I have problems uninstalling AVG antivirus 2010 from my laptop
can I use the antivirus removal utilities specified for AVG 2011 or AVG 2012
Yes, you can use it.
Using AVG’s uninstall tool does not remove AVG as homepage for browser, so it must not be removing the registry files. What other suggestion do you have?
Please refer to the following article: http://www.mytechguide.org/8954/restore-about-tabs-hijacked-bigseekpro-toolbar/