Remove Avira Connect by Performing Correctly Steps

So if you don’t know how to completely remove Avira Connect in Windows, here is the chance to get it done.

Avira Connect (former Avira Launcher) is part of Avira Antivirus and is shipped together with the Avira installation file. Connect is a free management panel which centralizes different Avira applications, making it easier to manage, install, and update recommended Avira products. It also lets you access the Online Essentials web-based Dashboard to manage other registered devices and Avira applications.

Manual Way to Remove Avira Connect

1. Stop the Avira processes before you actually uninstall Charity Engine.

First of all, you need to deactivate the its process: Right-click the Windows taskbar and select “Task Manager”. But this will only switch it off during your current usage session, meaning after you restart your computer, it will runs in the background again, unless you disable its automatic startup.

How to disable the its startup: Control Panel – Administrative Tools – Services – right-click on Avira – Properties – Stop. Then click on the “Startup type” drop-down menu, and select “Disabled.”

2. Remove Avira Connect from Control Panel

Most of the time, we can remove the programs we choose through the Add/Remove Program function, which is a built-in art of Windows operating system. To activate it, we need to access Control Panel first.

Windows 7/Vista:
Click on the Start button (it may look different if your changed the theme) in the bottom left corner of your screen, move your mouse pointer to the Control Panel and click it. Find the Uninstall a program item under the Programs section and select it. A new window will pop up with the list of current program installed on your machine, find Avira Connect and hit the above Uninstall button (or double-click it) to start the removal. Follow the prompt messages to proceed and wait for a while until the program finishes the part.

Windows 8:
In the bottom-left of your screen, right-click the Start button, and select Programs and Features. Double-click Avira Connect to start the removal. Follow the prompt messages to proceed and wait until the program completes the part.

Windows 10:
In the bottom-left of your screen, right-click the Start button, and select Programs and Features. Double-click Avira Connect to start the removal. Follow the prompt messages to proceed and wait until the program completes the part.

3. Remove Avira Connect and delete its related files from Registry Editor

The Windows Registry is an database, where the system and its programs save their settings. So it contains hundreds of thousands of keys, some of which may be slightly outdated – like you’ve removed a program and it left some entries behind, or perhaps there’s a file extension without any associated program.

Windows 7/Vista:Click on Start button in the lower left corner, type “regedit” in the menu search box and press Enter on your keyboard. The Registry Editor will be opened with another window, on the navigator click Edit > Find…, enter “Avira Connect” to search for possible remaining files, and delete them to completely remove Avira Connect.

Windows 8:
Press and hold Windows key + C on your keyboard to open the charms bar. Select Search, type “regedit” in the box, and press Enter key. The Registry Editor will be opened with another window, on the navigator click Edit > Find…, and enter “Avira Connect” to search for possible remaining files, and delete them to completely remove Avira Connect.

Windows 10:
On the taskbar there is a Search Box, enter “regedit” to open the Registry Editor. On the navigator click Edit > Find…, and enter “Avira Connect” to search for possible remaining files, and delete them to completely remove Avira Connect.

4. Restart your PC to take effect.

That’s all for the regular means instruction. Continue your browsing below if you’re curious whether there is a simpler method. If you are using Windows XP, click: How to Uninstall Programs in Windows XP.

Easy Process to Remove Avira Connect

In case someday you come across another troublesome program or PUP that may require you to take different steps to remove it, we hereby recommend this tool for your choice. Install it on your dear computer and you wouldn’t be worried about any external invasion. Firstly let’s see how to remove Avira Connect with it:

1. Finish the installation of Max Uninstaller and open it.

2. In Step 1, directly find Avira Connect icon in the programs list, hit the Run Analysis button on the left. It will display all files belonging to the program, all you need to do is to check all the box and press Complete Uninstall.

3. When you see the gray Scan Leftovers button turns into green, hit it. And the related registry keys will also be listed. Simply tick all the items and press Delete Leftovers on the left.

4. Reboot the computer to take effect.

How it actually works to remove Avira Connect:

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