Looking for a workable way to get Owl off your system? There are always many reasons that make you want to uninstall programs from your computer from time to time. To keep your computer work properly, it's always a good habit to uninstall Owl you haven't used for a long time. However, we cannot have everything we wish for. There may be also many problems that make you not able to uninstall Owl from your PC, such as program errors, program not listed in Programs and Features, corrupted programs and so on. Therefore, to help you out, we've also worked out a few workable methods as well.
Possible Error Caused by Incorrect Uninstall Methods
Error example
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.
Automatically Uninstall Owl (Recommended):
This Automatic Uninstaller will completely scan through the whole registry and hard drive and detect all files and components that belong to Owl. With this Automatic Uninstaller, uninstalling a program completely can be as easy as ABC for you in the future.
Manually Uninstall Owl:
Step 1: End all processes that are related to Owl
Step 3: Delete invalid entries of Owl in the registry
Step 4: Delete leftovers of Owl in hard drive
Step 1: End all processes that are related to Owl
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 Owl
You can uninstall Owl by any of the following uninstall methods:
Method 1: Uninstall Owl via Control Panel
1. Open Programs and Features.
In Windows 7 and Vista,
a. Click Start menu and click Control Panel
b. Select View by Category and click Uninstall a program
In Windows 8 or later,
Hover the cursor in the bottom-left corner of the screen, right-click on the Start button when a small image of the Start Screen appears and select Programs and Features
2. Click on Owl and click Uninstall to uninstall it from your computer.
Method 2: Uninstall Owl using its Uninstall.exe
If you cannot find Owl in Programs and Features, then you may be able to uninstall it thru its uninstall.exe.
a. For 32-bit Windows 7, Vista, 8 or later, open the C:\Program Files folder, open the program's folder (ex: WinRAR), and go to step 3 below.
b. For 64-bit Windows 7, Vista, 8 or later, open either the C:\Program Files folder for an installed 64-bit program or C:\Program Files (x86) folder for a installed 32-bit program, and open the program's folder (ex: WinRAR).
Method 3: Reinstall to Uninstall Owl
If some of program files that are needed to uninstall Owl are missing or corrupted, you may fail to uninstall it. Believe it or not, reinstalling Owl may do the trick. If you still keep the original disk or the download file of Owl, you can try that to repair the program. After repairing the program, you can try to uninstall it again.
Method 4: Uninstall Owl via Command Prompt
1. Open an elevated command prompt.
In Windows 7 and Vista,
Click Start menu and type in cmd in search programs and files, right click and select Run as administrator option in the menu. Click Yes, if UAC pops up.
In Windows 8 or later,
2. In the command prompt, type wmic and press Enter.
3. Type product get name and press Enter. (Please wait for a few seconds to allow the utility to list all programs)
4. Note the name of the program you want to uninstall, including any capitalization.
5. Type product where name="name of program" call uninstall and press Enter.
6. If prompted, type Y to confirm uninstalling the program, and press Enter.
7. When successfully uninstalled, you can close the command prompt.
Step 3: Delete invalid entries of Owl 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 Owl 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 Owl
Even you uninstall Owl in Control Panel and remove invalid keys in the registry, there are still some folders left in hard drive. To completely remove Owl from your system, you can go to the following locations to delete the folders of Owl.
C:\Program Files (x86)
C:\Program Files
C:\ProgramData
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming
Uninstall Owl via Automatic Uninstaller
Manually uninstalling Owl cannot promise a 100% removal of Owl, especially for computer users with little computer knowledge. If you have tried the above manual uninstall steps but still cannot get Owl removed from your system, it's very necessary for you to use this Automatic Uninstaller to do it for you. With only a few clicks, you can easily uninstall any stubborn program from your computer system.
