I'm considering removing avast from my windows 8 and trying the built in Windows Defender A.V. Does anyone know if there is a uninstall program for Avast? I would like to get rid of all Avast remna. It came with Windows 10 home and automatically installed the Windows 11 upgrade. However, this issue with Avast didn't start until 6 weeks after I bought the computer. I did download a free trial of Web designer 19 and it seems like the Avast issue began around that time. I'll uninstall WebDesigner and see if that isn't the issue. Success! Your new web server is ready to use. I did uninstall all the Avast products but still Avast Browser Update and Avast Browser Update (32 bit) are running in the background process. Its occupying memory and disc space. How to get rid of these processes? Avast is decent free AV program and much better than Windows Defender. For subscription-based AV programs, go with Bitdefender or Kaspersky. Programs and Settings- Uninstall Avast- in the first screen it should say Do you want to switch back to free version? do so. However if you are on free ads rarely ever pop and they go off after 5 seconds, if not you need to let it open and close it. Otherwise shows a corruption, uninstall with Avast Removal Tool and reinstall. I'm trying to uninstall avast antivirus from past 6 hours and avast deepscreen keep stopping me to do this task. Is there anyone who can help me on this issue ? Yes, as above, just deleting the folder isn't a clean uninstall option and generally causes issue with the uninstaller. In some cases with AV in particular you have to install and uninstaller, but don't know that to be the case with Avast, per se. I would re-install the product and then use the included uninstaller to remove it, if there is one. I wanted to install a new anti virus program and i was wondering weather i should delete the other anti virus programs i have installed or not. At the moment i have two, one with its subscription e. Disable the additional updates, disable the driver updates, then goto Device manager - Firmware - right click and uninstall the version currently installed with the 'delete the driver software' box ticked.