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In this article, we help you to learn How To Completely Uninstall AVG AntiVirus on Mac Mojave by using our best Mac App Uninstaller software - Omni Remover. Make sure you have downloaded the latest version here before continuing.

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What is AVG AntiVirus? AVG AntiVirus (previously known as AVG, short for Anti-Virus Guard) is a family of antivirus software developed by AVG Technologies, a subsidiary of Avast. AVG AntiVirus is available for Windows, macOS and Android, and each edition gain great popularity and downloads around the world. AVG AntiVirus has most of the common functions available in modern antivirus and Internet security programs, including periodic scans, scans of sent and received emails etc.

Why you may consider uninstalling AVG AntiVirus on your Mac? Not every one is a fan of AVG AntiVirus. In recent years, AVG SafeGuard Toolbar has been reported for installing itself without the consent of the user. This AVG AntiVirus toolbar program appears to cause significant RAM issues on many users' Macs. Once installed, the AVG toolbar is virtually impossible to remove. If you have similar issue, follow this quick tutorial to learn how to uninstall AVG AntiVirus on Mac OS (Uninstall MacKeeper 2019).

Even though to uninstall programs on macOS is simple, dragging the AVG AntiVirus for Mac icon into Trash cannot uninstall the application correctly. And this is why many users failed to get rid of AVG AntiVirus on thier Mac properly. Follow steps behow to learn how to uninstall AVG AntiVirus on Mac manually (Learn How To Uninstall Symantec Endpoint Protection on Mac).

• Step 1: To uninstall AVG AntiVirus on your Mac, open Finder > Applications > AVG AntiVirus > Open AVG AntiVirus for Mac and click AVG AntiVirus on the menu bar. Then select Uninstall AVG AntiVirus:
• Step 2: Click Uninstall > Enter your system password and click OK to start uninstalling AVG AntiVirus on your Mac.
• Step 3: After that, there are still AVG AntiVirus related anti-virus packs, user profile settings, and other 'Hidden' AVG AntiVirus component files. To get rid of all these AVG AntiVirus residual files, you need to move further: Open Finder > in Menu, click Go > enter ~/Library/.
• Step 4: Now search AVG AntiVirus leftover junk by checking each folder. They are possibly stored in the following folders: Application Support | Caches | Containers | Frameworks | Logs | Preferences | Saved | Application State | WebKit
• Step 5: Drag the files associated with AVG AntiVirus to Trash > Empty Trash and restart your Mac to finish the uninstalling of AVG AntiVirus.

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1. Step 1:

   Click here to download Omni Remover (Ready for macOS Catalina) > Install and Open Omni Remover on your Mac.

2. Step 2:

   In Omni Remover > App Uninstall > Click AVG AntiVirus > Clean Uninstall.

3. Step 3:

   Then Omni Remover will start scanning all AVG AntiVirus related data/files > After it finished scanning, click Clean Uninstall to start uninstall AVG AntiVirus from your Mac (Top 5 Best Free Malware Removal Software for Mac).

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AVG antivirus is a very good antivirus program, by AVG Technologies. But in some cases there is the need to completely uninstall AVG in order to reinstall it from scratch or to install another antivirus product on our computer. This article is written for such situations or when you face problems using the normal uninstall method.

How to completely uninstall AVG Antivirus or AVG Internet Security

Method 1: Normal uninstall

Method 2: Uninstall AVG product using the AVG remover utility.

First of all try the normal uninstall method to remove AVG products from your computer.

Method 1. Normal Uninstall AVG applications from Windows Control panel.

1. To do this, go to:

• Windows 8/7/Vista: Start > Control Panel.
• Windows XP: Start > Settings > Control Panel

2. Double click to open

• Add or Remove Programs if you have Windows XP
• Programs and Features if you have Windows 8, 7 or Vista.

3. From the programs list, select the AVG application that you want to remove and click “Uninstall”.

4. Ask “Yes” to UAC warning message (if it appears) to continue.

5. At AVG Uninstaller options press the “Uninstall” button.

6. Uncheck the “Keep me protected with AVG LinkScanner” check box and hit “Next”.

7. Check the “Remove user settings” & “Remove Virus Vault contents” checkboxes and press “Next”.

8. Check the “Activate Windows Firewall” checkbox and hit “Next”.

9, Press “Next” again at Uninstall Survey screen.

10. Wait until the AVG removal process is completed.

11. When AVG uninstall is completed, press the “Restart now (recommended)” button to complete the uninstallation.

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12. After your computer has restarted, log on to Windows and open “Add or Remove programs” (or “Programs and Features” in newer versions of Windows) to confirm that AVG products is not listed there anymore.

Method 2. Manual Uninstall AVG products using AVG Remover.

Use this method when you cannot uninstall (or if you are having problems when you try to uninstall) AVG products.

1. Navigate to AVG Utilities Download Center and download the AVG Remover utility according to your Windows version (e.g. 32 or 64bit)* & your AVG product version (e.g. 2012, 2013, etc.)

* To find your operating system's version, 'Right Click' on your computer icon, choose 'Properties' and look at 'System Type' section.

For this example, let's suppose that we have Windows 64bit operating system on our computer with AVG 2014 installed on it. So we go to download the “AVG Remover(64bit) 2014” utility.

2.Save the AVG remover utility to your computer.

3. When the download is completed, close all open programs & press “Run” to immediately start the removal of AVG from your computer.

4. Ask “Yes” to UAC warning message (if it appears) to continue uninstalling AVG.

5. Now a “command” window will open and an “AVG Remover – Warning” message appears on your screen.

Press “Yes” to continue.

6. Wait until AVG remover utility finishes removing AVG products from your computer.

Note: At this point, your computer may perform a restart to complete the uninstall process. If so, please answer to run “AVG Remover utility” if asked.

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7. Once the removal process is completed, restart your computer again.

That’s it!

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