How to Uninstall Avira Antivirus 2016 With No Trace Left – Avira Antivirus Removal

Avira Antivirus 2016 is a well-known antivirus software developed by Avira Operations GmbH to provide advanced real-time protection against a wide range of malware/virus threats. Due to its high scores from AV-Test, an advanced heuristic engine, automatic updates of virus definition and also a well-designed interface, Avira Antivirus has become one of the best free AV apps to protect home users’ PCs. Not matter how excellent a software can be, users may decide to uninstall it for one or another reason. But will the uninstallation of Avira be so simple as its installation? Actually, many users run into troubles when trying to uninstall Avira Antivirus 2016. Once a program is installed, its preference settings, cache files, temporary folders or registry entries will be created and scattered around your system, which means, simply uninstalling Avira Antivirus 2016 through Add/Remove Programs is far away from 100% removal. You need to do more than that to get it uninstalled completely.

So how can I get rid of Avira Antivirus in a proper way? And how to clean out the residuals left behind? Will it be possible to wipe a unneeded program off like it has never be installed before? Don’t fret. You’ve come to the right place. Now read this tutorial to learn some tricks about how to uninstall Avira Antivirus 2016 effectively.

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Video Tutorial of Avira Antivirus 2016 Removal

• Install and run Max Uninstaller after shunting down Avira Antivirus 2016.
• Select Avira Antivirus 2016 on the interface and click on Run Analysis to proceed.

• Click on Complete Uninstall after all the components are scanned out.
• Click Yes in the confirmation dialog and follow prompts to complete the uninstall.

• Click on Scan Leftovers to conduct a full scan for the program leftover.

• Click on Delete Leftovers and then Yes in the pop-up dialog.
• After all the leftovers have been deleted, click OK to end the process.

The whole removal procedure runs quite smoothly and efficiently, and it only takes you a few clicks to get Avira Antivirus 2016 uninstalled entirely from your system. Besides, Avira offers a launcher to detail which modules are available and a trial version of its System Speedup app to be installed by default. If you don’t wanna keep them anymore, just click “Back to Step 1” button and get rid of them in the same way.

Tip: If the program you wanna uninstall does not appear on MU interface, you can click “Not listed above” button, specify the install directory of target program and click “Scan” to perform force uninstall. That works for stubborn/corrupted programs.

For the removal guides of previous version of Avira products, see:

How to Remove Avira Internet Security Plus with Ease

Effective Method to Uninstall Avira Ultimate Protection Suite

Avira Antivirus Uninstaller – How to Uninstall Avira Antivirus Premium 2012 Completely?

Conventional Means: Remove Avira Antivirus 2016 & Its Remnants

Wanna uninstall Avira Antivirus 2016 without using third-party utility? The regular method is to uninstall Avira Antivirus via Windows Add/Remove Programs applet. To remove all traces of Avira Antivirus 2016, please follow the undermentioned steps:

Step 1. Exit Avira Antivirus 2016 Processes

Before uninstalling any unwanted software, you must turn off target program as well as terminate all associated background processes to avoid incomplete uninstall.

• Right click the taskbar on the button of screen and select Task Manager option.

• Identify the processes associated with Avira Antivirus 2016 in the Processes tab.
• Highlight the process and then click End Task to terminated them one by one.

Tip: If you fail to shut down Avira Antivirus 2016 completely, or you encounter any problem in performing the steps below, you can reboot computer into Safe Mode first, and then go on with the following steps again.

How to enter into Safe Mode:

• Access the Run dialogue by pressing the Windows + R keys together.
• Type “msconfig” in the Open: field and click OK to open System Configuration.

• Click the Boot tab in the pop-up window and tick the “Safe boot” check box.

• Click on OK and then Restart in the pop-up dialog box to take effect.

Step 2. Uninstall Avira Antivirus 2016

• (Right) click on Start menu and choose Programs and Features option.

• Scroll down to locate Avira Antivirus 2016 in the list of installed program.
• Highlight Avira Antivirus with one single click and then click on Uninstall.

• Windows 10 users can also access the Programs & Features panel by clicking on Start>All apps, right-clicking on Avira Antivirus 2016 icon and selecting Uninstall option.

• Click on Uninstall in the pop-up Avira Setup window.

• Click on Uninstall in Avira Antivirus uninstall notification.

• Click on Yes to restart PC after the setup completes the uninstallation.

Tip: If the conventional removal is not feasible for some reasons like some executive files are missing or the built-in uninstaller is damaged, you may need to re-install Avira Antivirus 2016 to cover corrupted files, and then try to uninstall it again.

Step 3. Delete Keys/Values in Registry

• (Right) click on the Start icon and then select the Run option.

• Type “regedit” in the box and press Enter key to activate Registry Editor.

• Click Find on the Edit menu in the Registry Editor.
• Type the keyword(s) of target program or its vendor’s name in the search box.

• Enter Find Next (and then hit F3) to locate and delete related keys or values.

Warning: You must be cautious in making changes on registry entries. Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Prior to the modification, you can back up the registry for restoration in case problems occur. If you lack adequate experience in identifying Avira Antivirus leftovers, do a Google search on its components, or more conveniently, utilize our advanced uninstaller to solve this issue.

Step 4. Delete Files/Folders in Disk

• Click on Start > Control Panel > Folder Options, and then click the View tab.
• Tick Show hidden files and folders and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (recommended) in the Advanced settings.
• Click Apply and then OK in pop-up dialog boxes to save the changes.

• Open File Explorer and input the keyword of target program in the Search Bar.

• Go through and delete the matched items in the search results.

Comparing with the complicated and knowledge-required manual steps, Max Uninstaller seems to be the right choice for both first-time and experienced users who are searching for an all-in-one removal solutions with good performance. Wish to uninstall Avira Antivirus 2016 effortlessly? Download it here and have a try now!

Further Reading:
Avira (from Wikipedia)
How to Open Windows Explorer? (from Wikihow)