After some time after installing any application on a computer, it may become useless. Accordingly, in order to free up disk space from the software, it must be removed. This article will show you how to completely remove BlueStacks from your computer. It is worth noting that the manual includes not only the basic steps of uninstalling, but also cleaning the registry.
How to completely remove BlueStacks from your computer
The entire instruction will be divided into steps, so that it is easier for the user to navigate in the implementation of actions. You are wondering how to remove BlueStacks from your computer if it is not removed? So, before that you did the wrong thing. Most likely, the user tried to put in the basket just a folder with the program. This is fundamentally wrong.
Step 1: uninstall the application
The first step is to uninstall the application itself. In other words, delete all the main files that were placed on the system during installation. The easiest way to do this is with the help of a special utility called Windows called Programs and Features. It is located in the "Control Panel", therefore, we will consider how to launch it.
- Open the Start menu.
- Click the "All Programs" button if you are using Windows 7, or select the "All Applications" option in Windows 8 and Windows 10.
- From the tree of all folders, select "Standard."
- In the list, launch the desired item - "Control Panel".
The required menu appears on the screen, in which the utility "Programs and Features" is located. If you can’t find it, it means that the category display is configured on the PC. To change this parameter, in the upper right corner, click on the "View" drop-down list and select "Large Icons". When you find "Programs and Features" in the list, run them.
- A window opens with a list of all applications installed on the computer.
- Find the name of the program you want to remove, that is, BlueStacks.
- Hover over it and click the right mouse button.
- In the context menu, select the "Delete" option.
Once you complete these steps, an uninstaller window will appear. It will specify whether you want to delete all the program files from the computer for sure. Accordingly, click "Yes." A second window appears prompting you to save the program data. Discard this by clicking "No."
Step 2: cleaning the system of residual files
Continuing the instructions on how to completely remove BlueStacks from the computer, we proceed to the second step, which involves cleaning the residual files on the disk. To do this, you need to follow a simple instruction.
- Launch the file manager "Explorer". To do this, just double-click on the "My Computer".
- Enter the name of the program, that is, BlueStacks, in the search box at the top right.
- Wait until the search for the hard drive is completed. This process may take longer if you have a large storage device.
- The search results will display all the files that are associated with the BlueStacks emulator. They need to be deleted, so select and press the Delete button.
After that, the residual files in the system will be deleted. Remember to also empty the basket after that.
Step 3: cleaning the registry
So we got to the final part of the instructions on how to completely remove BlueStacks from the computer. All that remains to be done is to clean the registry from the emulator entries. It is done like this:
- Launch the system registry window. To do this, press Win + R, type regedit, and then click OK.
- In a new window, you need to start the registry search. To do this, press Ctrl + F.
- In the window that appears, in the "Find" field, enter the name of the program and click the "Find Next" button.
- A registry entry with the appropriate name will be found. It must be deleted.
Immediately after this, you will need to start the search window again and perform the operation again until all emulator entries are deleted. Now you know how to completely remove BlueStacks from your computer.