AVG Anti-Virus 2012 Removal Guide, Step by Step Instruction of How to Uninstall AVG Anti-Virus 2012 Completely

December 14, 2011

AVG Anti-Virus 2012 by Grisoft is a well known antivirus software that provides computer user protections against various online threats. However, you may find it sometimes hard to be uninstalled due to reasons like incomplete installation, corrupted signatures etc. Without a proper and full removal of this program, you will not be able to reinstall AVG Anti-Virus 2012 or it will prevent you from installing other antivirus program in your computer. In case you have trouble with uninstalling AVG Anti-Virus 2012, here are the solutions you can try.

The normal way to Uninstall AVG Anti-Virus 2012

If you want to uninstall a program, the first place you should try is using the Programs and Features (or Add/Remove applet for Windows XP users), just follow the below step to proceed.

Before you start, open Task Manager with Ctrl+Alt+Delete, disable/end AVG Anti-Virus 2012 and all the related process, otherwise you will probably encounter errors during the uninstall. See the screenshot below:

(For Windows Vista/7 users)

Click start Menu, select Control Penal
Click Uninstall a program under the program tab.
Navigate the program list and locate AVG Anti-Virus 2012
Highlight AVG Anti-Virus 2012, click uninstall.

Follow the given wizard to uninstall AVG Anti-Virus 2012
Restart your computer after the uninstall finished

(For Windows XP/2000 users)

Click Start menu, go to Control Penal.
Double click Add/Remove program in the Control Penal Window
Navigate the program list and locate AVG Anti-Virus 2012
Click the remove button on the right side
Follow the wizard to uninstall AVG Anti-Virus 2012
Restart your computer after the uninstall finished

Uninstall AVG Anti-Virus 2012 by using AVG Remover.

Grisoft realized the uninstall problem of their product, recent years Grisoft released a special utility to help AVG users to remove AVG associated programs completely. This utility is available in both 32 bit and 64 bit computer systems, you can download it by clicking the link: Download AVG Remover.

After you finished the downloading, double click the file to open it. You may received prompt asking whether you really need to remove AVG Anti-Virus 2012, click yes to continue.

Restart your computer after the process completed to finish the uninstallation.

Uninstall AVG Anti-Virus 2012 by Max Uninstaller.

Normally the above method could help you uninstall AVG Anti-Virus 2012, but there are still leftovers remain in your computer that would lead to unexpected problems. To completely remove AVG Anti-Virus 2012 and related leftover, you need a professional uninstaller program. Max Uninstaller is the one we would like to recommend, this program is able to handle every possible situations/problems when you want to remove something off your computer, to completely remove AVG Anti-Virus 2012, just do the following:

Please click the button to download Max Uninstaller first
Step 1: Double click Max Uninstaller icon and follow the instruction to install it in your computer.

Step 2: Launch Max Uninstaller, check AVG Anti-Virus 2012 on the right hand list. Press “Run Analysis”

Step 3: Max Uninstaller will review uninstall program files and associated registry entries. Click Complete Uninstall to start the program uninstall process.

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Step 4: Click Yes to start AVG Anti-Virus 2012 uninstall.

Step 5: Wait for the standard AVG Anti-Virus 2012 uninstall completed. Click Scan Leftovers.

Step 6: Max Uninstaller will conduct a full scan on your computer for a few minutes. When it finish scanning, click Delete Leftovers to thoroughly remove AVG Anti-Virus 2012 and remove its leftovers.