AVG Antivirus by Grisoft 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.
Manual Uninstall (Complete Removal of AVG)
Grisoft, the maker of AVG, provides an uninstall utility specially made to remove AVG completely from the computer system. Follow the steps below:
Click on the following link and download AVG Remover to your desktop. Select the 32-bit if you are using the 32-bit version or download the 64-bit if you are using the 64-bit version.
http://www.avg.com/us-en/utilities is the new page to download AVG Remover.
www.avg.com/us-en/download-tools now opens up AVG PC Tuneup page.
Double-click on the downloaded file to run it. Windows 7 or Vista users should run it in elevated command prompt. Click on Yes to continue removing AVG from your computer. It may need one or more restarts during the cleaning process.
Once the uninstall has completed, restart your computer. You can then go ahead and install another antivirus or install AVG again.
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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’
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?