How to Uninstall OpenOffice.org From Computer – Remove OpenOffice.org Completely and Easily With Max Uninstaller
OpenOffice.org is an open-source software with multilingual office suite, it is an alternative to Microsoft Office software, as this software contains many programs in one suit that take up a lot drive space, if you are not satisfy with OpenOffice.org, you may need to remove OpenOffice.org from your computer to get more space for new application. Normally this program can be removed through the below approaches.
Uninstall OpenOffice.org through Control Penal.
Since this program has no build-in uninstaller, you can’t find the OpenOffice.org uninstaller through “All program” menu, you need to utilize the Windows Control Penal to remove OpenOffice.org.
For Windows XP/2000 users
- Close OpenOffice.org and end all the related process
- Got to Start menu, chose Control Penal, click Add/Remove program.
- Find out and highlight OpenOffice.org in the program list, click the remove/change button behind.
- Click “Yes” to confirm the uninstall of OpenOffice.org.
- Follow the prompted instruction to proceed the removal.
- Reboot the computer after the removal finished
For Windows 7/Vista users
- Close OpenOffice.org and end all the related process
- Click on Start, chose Control Penal, click Uninstall a program link under the Program category
- Locate OpenOffice.org in the program list, click on it and select Uninstall.
- Follow the given instruction to remove OpenOffice.org.
- Reboot the computer after the removal finished
every time you installed a program, entries were created in Windows registry, the normal uninstall is unable to remove its registry files, and these leftover file could mess up your registry over time, so to completely uninstall a program, you need to delete all the registry entries as well. OpenOffice.org is not an exception, what you need to do now is to delete it related registry entries by using Windows registry editor.
- Click Start mene – run, type in regidit into the box and hit OK.
- Now you have opened the registry editor, navigate the list on the left side to locate the registry keys related to OpenOffice.org(see the below image), delete them all.
- Restart your computer to let the new changes in registry take effect.
Note: Registry editing can be risky, mistaken deletion could cause certain programs in your computer malfunction even paralysis the whole system. Please confirm twice when you delete a registry keys, if you feel uncomfortable with this operation, please turn to the following automatic solution.
Uninstall OpenOffice.org automatically with Max Uninstaller.
Max Uninstaller offers you automatic solution to uninstall OpenOffice.org and any other types of program completely, which is much easier, faster and safer than the manual approach. All you need to do is click your mouse a couple of times and OpenOffice.org will be removed with no trace left. Just follow the below steps:
Step1: Click here to free download Max Uninstaller, and then install it in your computer.
Step2: Launch Max Uninstaller, select OpenOffice.org the right hand list. Press “Run Analysis”
Step3: Max Uninstaller will review uninstall program files and associated registry entries. Click Complete Uninstall to start the program uninstall process. Click Yes to start uninstalling OpenOffice.org uninstall.
Step4: Wait for the standard OpenOffice.org uninstall completed. Click “Scan Leftovers”, and Max Uninstaller will conduct a full scan on your computer for a while.
Step5: When it finish scanning, click “Delete Leftovers” and “Yes” button to thoroughly remove OpenOffice.org and its leftovers.
Step6: Max Uninstaller has now fully uninstalled OpenOffice.org and deleted all the related files and extensions. Click OK to finish.
Uninstall OpenOffice.org with Max Uninstaller Video demonstration
Common problems when uninstalling OpenOffice.org on computer:
There is not every one can smoothly and successfully uninstall OpenOffice.org from computer, many people would encounter some problems that prevent you from achieving the complete removal, generally, those troubles and problems often occur on the OpenOffice.org removing process are:
- The corrupted OpenOffice.org cannot be found and remove on the Add/Remove programs in Control Penal. When the OpenOffice.org program has been corrupted before you uninstalling it from the computer, you may cannot find it on the programs list in the Add/Remove programs, and this most common uninstall way will be unavailable for you.
- Stubborn files are left over on the computer. Sometimes, even though the Add/Remove programs can successfully process the OpenOffice.org removal, after you restarting your computer, you will find that there are some files contained in its install folder and cannot be delete manually and pop up the notification which states that this file cannot be removed instead,
- Remnant registry entries cannot be removed completely. Besides those stubborn files cannot be removed in the general uninstall process, associated registry entries is also the common one that often keep on your computer system, so when you manually perform the OpenOffice.org removal, please remember to check whether the related registry entries are removed from your computer.
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