Uninstalling Bitdefender

leem

Hi,

I no longer use Bitdefender Antivirus free Edition. I can't seem to uninstall it. How do I uninstall it because it is nearly 2GBS big and I don't want it anymore.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Leem

Flexx

https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/83331/uninstalling-bitdefender

Okay, so we need to go into safe mode now, to solve this issue. But make sure to follow the below procedure only if you are unable to uninstall the bitdefender free product via add/ remove programs.

1) Restart pc in safe mode (https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/12376/windows-10-start-your-pc-in-safe-mode)

2) As soon as desktop opens, assuming your windows drive is C, open below things in run (windows icon + r) command one by one :

C:\Program Files (delete any folder with name bitdefender)

C:\Program Files (x86) (delete any folder with name bitdefender)

C:\ProgramData (delete any folder with name bitdefender)

C:\Users\{your pc name}\AppData\Local (delete any folder with name bitdefender)

3) Open run command again and run below command one by one :

temp ,delete all the files in the folder

%temp% ,delete all the files in folder

prefetch ,delete all the files in folder

4) Restart your pc in general mode by unticking the option that you selected to run the system in safe mode and then click apply.

If the issue persists, kindly drop an email to bitdefender support at bitsy@bitdefender.com regarding your query .They will reply back asap.

Regards

Flex

(Bitdefender beta tester 2019/ 2020)