Looking for a workable way to get X Pidgin 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 X Pidgin 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 X Pidgin 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.
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This specialized uninstaller can not only help you uninstall X Pidgin from the computer effectively, but also identify and delete all leftover files, folders and invalid registry entries belonging to X Pidgin.
Manually Uninstall X Pidgin:
Step 1: End all processes that are related to X Pidgin
Step 3: Delete invalid entries of X Pidgin in the registry
Step 4: Delete leftovers of X Pidgin in hard drive
Step 1: End all processes that are related to X Pidgin
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 X Pidgin
You can uninstall X Pidgin by any of the following uninstall methods:
Method 1: Uninstall X Pidgin 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 X Pidgin and click Uninstall to uninstall X Pidgin
Note: Usually, computer users can uninstall programs like X Pidgin through Control Panel. But not everything can go as people wish and problems happen sometimes. For example, users may not be able to find X Pidgin in Control Panel, or the uninstallation is interrupted due to some strange errors. If problems happen unexpectedly and you really want to completely remove X Pidgin 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: Reinstall to Uninstall X Pidgin
If some of program files that are needed to uninstall X Pidgin are missing or corrupted, you may fail to uninstall it. Believe it or not, reinstalling X Pidgin may do the trick. If you still keep the original disk or the download file of X Pidgin, you can try that to repair the program. After repairing the program, you can try to uninstall it again.
Method 3: Use System Restore to Uninstall X Pidgin
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.
Step 3: Delete invalid entries of X Pidgin 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 X Pidgin 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 X Pidgin
Even you uninstall X Pidgin in Control Panel and remove invalid keys in the registry, there are still some folders left in hard drive. To completely remove X Pidgin from your system, you can go to the following locations to delete the folders of X Pidgin.
C:\Program Files (x86)
C:\Program Files
C:\ProgramData
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming
Uninstall X Pidgin via Automatic Uninstaller
Manually uninstalling X Pidgin cannot promise a 100% removal of X Pidgin, especially for computer users with little computer knowledge. If you have tried the above manual uninstall steps but still cannot get X Pidgin 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.
