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With the advancement in technology, the importance of cybersecurity increases. Behind a few of the websites and software, there might be some dangerous malware and virus hiding to attack your system, and for the same purpose Avast often comes preinstalled in your system. Here is how to uninstall Avast if you want so. If these viruses and malware manage to get into your system then your system might be prone to a lot of threats. These threats can leak your identity or else damage software or worse can damage your system itself. Therefore, making it important to have antivirus software installed in our system. 

Avast antivirus software is one such software that is popular for its service of providing system security. However, sometimes it can annoy you with its continuous pop-up messages. And you might be searching for how to uninstall Avast from your system. Let it be any reason, being annoyed by their pop-up messages or your antivirus being compromised, this article will walk you through various ways on how to close Avast antivirus permanently. 

NOTE: The guide provided in this article is for Windows OS and Mac OS.

How To Uninstall Avast Antivirus From Your Windows OS?

Before you head towards the process of how to close Avast cleanup permanently, we advise you to first disable your Avast Self-Defense.

How To Close Avast permanently Using Your Windows Settings?

Once you have disabled the self-defense feature just follow the steps given below:

  1. Go to the taskbar and click on the search text box next to Start Menu. Now, type “Control Panel” in it and select the “Control Panel app” from the result list. Open it.
  2. From there go to the “Programs and Features” option and open it.
  3. Scroll down till you find the Avast Antivirus application and select it.
  4. Now, click on the Uninstall option to begin the uninstall process.

After completing the above steps, Avast’s configuration screen must launch and you will be able to locate the “Uninstall” option at the bottom of the window.

  1. Select the Uninstall button from the Configuration screen to launch the Avast uninstall process.
  2. Now, you will see a confirmation window asking for your confirmation or the action. Click on the yes button to uninstall the Avast.
  3. After this, the uninstallation process will start.

It may take a while to complete the uninstallation process. Once it’s complete, you will see a prompt message asking you to restart your system. Select the Restart button to finish the whole process.

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How To Close Avast Antivirus Using Avast Clear?

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Sometimes, the Avast Antivirus does not get uninstalled from your system via the standard uninstalling from the control panel. In such scenarios, you will need the help of the Avastclear tool. Avast clear is a tool by Avast to uninstall all the Avast products installed on your system.  

  1. Download the Avast Clear file and install it on your desktop.
  2. Start the windows in Safe Mode and open the Avast Clear utility.
  3. Choose the Avast folder to uninstall it. In case, you have installed it in a different browser than the default folder then, browse it.
  4. After this click on the “Remove” button.
  5. And after it is removed, restart your computer. After restarting Avast Clear will finalize the uninstallation.

Once you have completed the uninstallation of Avast, you can uninstall Avast Clear as well from your system.

How To Close Avast Cleanup Residual Files Permanently?

To delete the residual files from your Windows Operating System, just follow the steps given below:

  1. Click on the “My computer” or “This PC” folder on your device, then select the “View” tab.
  2. Click on “options” and then click on the “Change folder and search options”. This must open the Folder Options.
  3. Select the “View” tab and then go to the “Advanced settings”. Under this section, locate the “Show hidden file, folders, or drives” option and click on it.
  4. Press the Apply and then the OK button to save the changes.
  5. After this, type AVAST in the folder search bar and wait till the list show up.
  6. After it shows up, check each one and delete the residual data.

The above steps should be done with precautions, if you are not sure how to do them manually you can download any third-party cleaning app.

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How To Close Avast Completely From Your MacOS?

While uninstalling the Avast Antivirus from your Mac operating system, it would be best to use the in-built uninstaller rather than trying to uninstall the app manually. If you use the in-built uninstaller, then it will make sure that the Avast Cleanup is uninstalled completely including the leftover files that might stay in your system.

  1. Click on the “Finder” icon and then go to the “Applications” folder and find the Avast app.
  2. After the app is found, launch it.
  3. Once the app is open and running on your device, click on the “Avast Security” located at the top left corner of the screen. Now you should see a dropdown menu over there.
  4. From that dropdown menu, click on the “Uninstall Avast Security” option.
  5. A confirmation message will pop up asking you whether you want to proceed with the uninstallation process or not. To confirm, simply click on the “Uninstall” button.
  6. After this step, you might have to enter your admin password after it has been sitting idle for a long time because of the uninstallation process. You might have to type your admin password whenever you make some change in your macOS. After you enter your password click on the “OK” button.

Once you press the ok button, you will see a window appear on your screen with a progress bar that indicates your uninstallation process progress. Uninstalling the Avast Antivirus will not only remove the software but also the menu bar icon. It will take some time to complete the uninstallation process on your macOS system. After the completion of the uninstallation of the Avast Antivirus software from your system, you will get a confirmation message on your screen saying Avast has been uninstalled successfully. That’s it! Now you have successfully removed the Avast Antivirus from your Mac system and all the files associated with it. This means it will no longer run in the background of your system.

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Hopefully, this article was able to show you how to uninstall Avast software from your system.

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