There are a huge variety of antivirus programs. Sometimes the user is not satisfied with one of them, and he wants to get rid of it. One of the most popular antiviruses is a product from Kaspersky. If you delete it by standard means of the operating system, that is, through the control panel, errors of various kinds can occur, and, in addition, on the computer, most likely, there will be many unnecessary files. How to remove Kaspersky from Windows 7 and other OS versions? Next, methods for this will be discussed.
Warning
First of all, you need to remember that you cannot delete any programs from your computer by sending folders from Program Files to the "Recycle Bin". This is especially true of antiviruses. Such an action is more than likely to lead to extremely negative consequences. It may come to the point of having to completely reinstall the operating system.
Removal using standard OS tools
How to remove Kaspersky from Windows 7? You need to right-click on the antivirus icon in the "Taskbar" and select "Exit" from the context menu. After that, you need to go to the "Control Panel", find in it the item "Programs and Features." In the list of installed programs will be present and antivirus. It remains to click on the uninstall button and follow the instructions of the " Uninstall Programs Wizard ".
Note: in the "Windows 8" operating system, you can not enter the "Control Panel" for this purpose. It is enough to open the list with all programs on the initial screen, right-click on the anti-virus program icon, and then select the “Delete” item in the menu that appears from the bottom. The further steps are exactly the same - just follow the instructions of the uninstall program.
Removing antivirus using a special utility
If for some reason it was not possible to get rid of the antivirus program, the first thing to do is download the official utility in order to remove Kaspersky. This program is called KAV Remove Tool. It can be downloaded free of charge from the official website.
After it is downloaded, you need to open the archive and run the executable file located in it. This program is designed specifically to remove all versions of Kaspersky Lab anti-virus products. After its launch, the user will have to accept the license agreement. A utility window will open where the following options are possible:
- An antivirus removal program will be automatically detected. It can be simply selected and uninstalled.
- In a situation if the antivirus has already been tried to be removed before, but it was not possible to do it completely, the user will see a text saying that no products were found, and for forced removal you need to select the one you need from the list. Here you need to specify exactly the antivirus tool that was installed, and then click on the "Remove" button.
- After the program finishes its work, a message will be displayed stating that the uninstall operation has been completed successfully, and the computer requires a reboot.
Now the question of how to remove Kaspersky from Windows 7 using a special utility has been resolved.
Complete removal of antivirus using third-party programs
In the instructions above, only official methods for uninstalling an anti-virus program were considered, but in cases where all of the above methods did not lead to a solution to the problem, it makes sense to use third-party utilities to uninstall programs from a computer. How to remove Kaspersky from Windows 7 using such programs?
One such tool is the Crystalidea Uninstall Tool. The Russian version is on the official website, from where it can be downloaded.
The “Uninstall Wizard” in this program will tell you how to uninstall Kaspersky and any other programs from the computer forcibly. At the same time, there are such options as:
- Removing programs without using standard operating system tools.
- Removing all residual program files after uninstalling it through the "Control Panel".
The utility allows you to remove:
- Registry entries that are relevant to this program.
- Temporary files that remain in the system folders.
- Shortcuts located in the "Taskbar", context menus, on the "Desktop".
- Service.
Thus, if the question arises, how to remove Kaspersky from Windows 7, when other methods did not help, the Uninstall Tool and the like are an excellent tool. Most of them work flawlessly.
Summary
As you can see, uninstalling the antivirus is not such a serious problem. Having understood the instructions, any user will be able to do this, even if he forgot the password. How to remove Kaspersky completely? Using the operating system, an official tool and third-party programs. Which way to choose is up to the user to decide. But if you have little experience with a computer, then third-party utilities are the best choice.