How to remove "Kaspersky" from "Windows 7" correctly?

There is a huge number of various anti-virus programs. Sometimes the user does not like one of them, and he wants to get rid of it. One of the most popular antiviruses is a product from Kaspersky. If you uninstall it with standard operating system tools, that is, through the control panel, you may experience various kinds of errors, and, in addition, there are likely to be many unnecessary files left on your computer. How to remove "Kaspersky" from "Windows 7" and other versions of the OS? Next, we will look at ways to do this.

Warning

First of all, you need to remember that you can not remove any programs from your computer by sending folders to the "Recycle bin" from the Program Files. This is especially true for antivirus software. Such an action is more than likely to lead to extremely negative consequences. It can go so far that you have to perform a full reinstallation of the operating system.

Uninstall using standard OS tools

How to remove "Kaspersky" from "Windows 7"? You need to right-click the antivirus icon in the "Taskbar" and select the "Exit" item from the context menu. After that, go to the "Control Panel", find the item "Programs and components" in it. In the list of installed programs will be present and antivirus. It remains to click on the delete button and follow the instructions of the " Uninstall Wizard ".

Note: in the operating system "Windows 8" for this purpose in the "Control Panel" can not go. It is enough to open a list with all programs on the initial screen, right-click on the antivirus program icon, and then select the item "Delete" from the bottom of the menu. The next steps are exactly the same - just follow the instructions of the uninstaller.

Removing the antivirus using a special utility

If for some reason you can not get rid of the antivirus program, the first thing to do is to 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 that is in it. This program is designed specifically to remove all versions of Kaspersky Lab's anti-virus products. After its launch, the user will have to accept the license agreement. The utility window opens, where the following options are possible:

• An antivirus program will be automatically detected for deletion. It can be simply selected and uninstalled.
• In a situation where the antivirus already tried to delete earlier, but it did not work out completely, the user will see the text stating that no products were found, and to force removal, it is necessary to select the one from the list. Here you need to specify exactly the anti-virus tool that was installed, and then click on the "Delete" button.
• After the program finishes its work, a message will be displayed indicating that the delete operation was successfully completed and the computer needs to be rebooted.

Now the question of how to remove "Kaspersky" from "Windows 7" with the help of a special utility is resolved.

Complete removal of the anti-virus using third-party programs

In the instructions above, only official methods for removing the antivirus program were considered, but in those cases when all the specified methods did not lead to the solution of the problem, it makes sense to use third-party utilities to uninstall programs from the computer. How to remove "Kaspersky" from "Windows 7" with the help of such programs?

One of these utilities is Crystalidea Uninstall Tool. The Russian version is on the official website, where it can be downloaded.

The "Uninstall Wizard" in this program will tell you how to properly remove "Kaspersky" and any other programs from your computer forcibly. At the same time there are such options as:

• Uninstall programs without using standard operating system tools.
• Removal of all residual files of the program after its uninstallation through the "Control Panel".

The utility makes it possible to delete:

• Entries in the registry 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.

So, if you have a question about how to uninstall Kaspersky from Windows 7, when other methods did not help, the utility Uninstall Tool and the like are a great tool. They work for the most part without fail.

Results

Apparently, uninstalling the antivirus is not such a serious problem. After understanding the instructions, any user can do this even if he forgot the password. How do I uninstall Kaspersky completely? Using the operating system, the official tool and third-party programs. Which way to choose is up to the user. But if the experience with handling a computer is not enough, then third-party utilities are the best choice.