How can I uninstall Yahoo! Widgets completely from my computer? This question is not only asked by you. Many computer users are also searching for the solutions to remove Yahoo! Widgets from their computer systems. It's very easy to install a program, as what you need to do is to double click on its installer and follow its installer. But it becomes more complicated when you want to uninstall it completely from your computer, for you may run into various problems during the uninstallation process, such as strange error messages, failure to find it in Programs and Features. If you're searching for effective solutions to remove Yahoo! Widgets, please check the uninstall methods below.

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 Yahoo! Widgets:

Step 1: End all processes that are related to Yahoo! Widgets

Step 2: Uninstall Yahoo! Widgets

Step 3: Delete invalid entries of Yahoo! Widgets in the registry

Step 4: Delete leftovers of Yahoo! Widgets in hard drive

Step 1: End all processes that are related to Yahoo! Widgets

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 Yahoo! Widgets

You can uninstall Yahoo! Widgets by any of the following uninstall methods:

Method 1: Uninstall Yahoo! Widgets 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 Yahoo! Widgets and click Uninstall to uninstall Yahoo! Widgets

Note: Usually, computer users can uninstall programs like Yahoo! Widgets through Control Panel. But not everything can go as people wish and problems happen sometimes. For example, users may not be able to find Yahoo! Widgets in Control Panel, or the uninstallation is interrupted due to some strange errors. If problems happen unexpectedly and you really want to completely remove Yahoo! Widgets 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: Use System Restore to Uninstall Yahoo! Widgets

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 3: Uninstall Yahoo! Widgets using its Uninstall.exe

If you cannot find Yahoo! Widgets 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).

Step 3: Delete invalid entries of Yahoo! Widgets 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 Yahoo! Widgets 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 Yahoo! Widgets

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

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

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