Are you seeking for a feasible way to completely get rid of and uninstall Norton AntiVirus? If you're having some trouble doing that, here is the right place to help you thoroughly uninstall Norton AntiVirus. If Norton AntiVirus is corrupted or damaged, the best way to get it work properly is to uninstall it and then reinstall it. But what can you do when you receive error messages during the uninstallation process or when you can't find it in your Programs and Features? Now, in order not to make your situation worse, please stop trying your own methods to uninstall Norton AntiVirus, and follow the listed professional methods to remove Norton AntiVirus.

Possible Error Caused by Incorrect Uninstall Methods

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The above error messages are all caused by incomplete uninstallation of related programs. Incompletely uninstallation of a program will leave some invalid keys in the system registry, which will cause such error pop-ups when the system still executes them.

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Manually Uninstall Norton AntiVirus:

Step 1: End all processes that are related to Norton AntiVirus

Step 2: Uninstall Norton AntiVirus

Step 3: Delete invalid entries of Norton AntiVirus in the registry

Step 4: Delete leftovers of Norton AntiVirus in hard drive

Step 1: End all processes that are related to Norton AntiVirus

Hold Ctrl, Shift and Esc keys on the keyboard to open Task Manager. Then click on the related process and click End Process (in Windows 7, Vista) or End Task (in Windows 8) button.

Step 2: Uninstall Norton AntiVirus

You can uninstall Norton AntiVirus by any of the following uninstall methods:

Method 1: Uninstall Norton AntiVirus via Control Panel

1. Press Windows key and R key to open Run command.

2. When Run command pops up, type in appwiz.cpl and then hit OK button.

3. Right click on Norton AntiVirus and click Uninstall to uninstall Norton AntiVirus

Note: Usually, computer users can uninstall programs like Norton AntiVirus through Control Panel. But not everything can go as people wish and problems happen sometimes. For example, users may not be able to find Norton AntiVirus in Control Panel, or the uninstallation is interrupted due to some strange errors. If problems happen unexpectedly and you really want to completely remove Norton AntiVirus from your computer system, you need to perform the following steps and manually remove all of its files and components out of the system.

Method 2: Uninstall Norton AntiVirus via Virus Removal Tool

Some unwanted programs can install into your computer without being noticed, as they like to spread by attaching to free software and games that people often download online. Sometimes, you cannot remember when certain program was installed on your computer until you suffer a lot from its annoying pop-ups. Usually, this kind of potentially unwanted programs can escape from the detection of your installed antivirus. If you have tried the above methods but still fail to remove Norton AntiVirus, it's really necessary for you to check whether it's a virus or not. Click and download this powerful Virus Removal Tool to check your PC. If it's a computer virus, it will be automatically deleted when you click Remove after the scan.

Method 3: Use System Restore to Uninstall Norton AntiVirus

System Restore is a useful built-in utility that allows computer users to roll back to the previous state when the computer works properly. If you have a habit of creating a system restore point before installing a new program, you can roll back to this system restore point if this new piece of program is not up to your expectation or cannot be uninstalled from your computer properly.

Method 4: Uninstall Norton AntiVirus via Windows Registry

1. Open regedit. To do so, press Windows and R keys, type in regedit and hit Enter.

2. Navigate to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

3. Find the program you want to uninstall, search for a string value called UninstallString in the right panel.

4. Double-click on it and copy its value.

5. Press Windows and R keys, type in cmd to open command prompt.

6. Right click, paste the value and hit Enter key. After that, the program will begin to uninstall. Click Yes when it asks for your confirmation.

Note: If you have a 64-bit Windows system, you may need to navigate to the following key to look for 32-bit programs:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Step 3: Delete invalid entries of Norton AntiVirus in the registry

Video Guide: How to back up and edit the registry

Note: It's very important for you to know that the registry is one of the most important part of the Windows system, you should be extremely careful when deleting any keys in the registry. Any small mistake can result in severe problems or even system crash. So removing Norton AntiVirus by editing the registry is only recommended to computer users with certain computer knowledge. If you don't want to take the risk to damage your computer system, it's recomended that you use this Automatic Registry Cleaner to clean invalid keys.

Step 4: End all processes that are related to Norton AntiVirus

Even you uninstall Norton AntiVirus in Control Panel and remove invalid keys in the registry, there are still some folders left in hard drive. To completely remove Norton AntiVirus from your system, you can go to the following locations to delete the folders of Norton AntiVirus.

C:\Program Files (x86)
C:\Program Files
C:\ProgramData
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming

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