I uninstalled Webroot from Windows 8 64 bit, using the recommended deactivate/reboot method. After uninstall and another reboot, going into IE10/Manage Add Ons, all three instances of Webroot, Webroot Vault, Webroot toolbar still remain. How do I get a clean uninstall of Weboot and it's toolbars?
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Good morning!
I am not positive regards to IE 10 as I use Chrome, but I believe you can delete extenstions and toolbars from the settings (?). In Chrome I can, and it is my assumption IE allows the same.
I am not positive regards to IE 10 as I use Chrome, but I believe you can delete extenstions and toolbars from the settings (?). In Chrome I can, and it is my assumption IE allows the same.
Only enable and disable is available. Removal is not an option.
They should be removed during the Webroot uninstall process? Yes?
They should be removed during the Webroot uninstall process? Yes?
Probably not. The browser extensions are an add-on that is not a part of the main software install. They download separately following activation of the feature from within the software for whatever browsers are currently installed, so I would not expect to see them uninstalled with the main program. As I say, I am not well versed in IE 10 and Windows 8, so I am not sure how such toolbars are normally removed from IE 10, but I know it is within the browser settings of Chrome that one goes to in order to remove browser add-ons.@ wrote:
Only enable and disable is available. Removal is not an option.
They should be removed during the Webroot uninstall process? Yes?
Hi,
Maybe isn¨t much help but take a look here.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie10-windows_8/how-do-i-remove-add-ons-in-internet-explorer-10/645f2e84-02f1-4206-8b94-c79c2ec4f218
Maybe isn¨t much help but take a look here.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/forum/ie10-windows_8/how-do-i-remove-add-ons-in-internet-explorer-10/645f2e84-02f1-4206-8b94-c79c2ec4f218
Thanks for your input, but the answer should be a Webroot solution.
After a Webroot uninstall there are quite a few registry entries that remain. The LastPass password version INSTALLED by Weboot should be cleaned by Webroot, my opinion.
I restored a backup from before Webroot to clean up the Webroot un install.
I'll wait for another answer. I have two other machines with Webroot.
After a Webroot uninstall there are quite a few registry entries that remain. The LastPass password version INSTALLED by Weboot should be cleaned by Webroot, my opinion.
I restored a backup from before Webroot to clean up the Webroot un install.
I'll wait for another answer. I have two other machines with Webroot.
We will see what Webroot has to say, but again I think the reply above is correct. Browser addins install differently and do get removed from the browser management not from a regular uninstaller.
Thank you for the article Miroku! I will read it more carefully and bookmark it for reference!
Thank you for the article Miroku! I will read it more carefully and bookmark it for reference!
Using the link from Microsoft and following the steps does not remove the Webroot Toolbars from IE10.
If you reboot following uninstallation, is the toolbar still present? Some browsers require a system reboot, though I'm not sure if IE10 is one of them off the top of my head.
In the first sentence of this thread I indicated I followed the recommended uninstall method which included a reboot. I tried several reboots since, no different outcome.
I decided during the day to uninstall my remain two machines, again following the methods described in this forum. Both machines had he same remnants as the first. Toolbars remained in IE10 and numerous registry and files remained in Windows.
NOT desireable in my estimation. I used backups of all machines to remove Webroot remnants.
I am good but I think Webroot needs to clean-up its un-install process.
I decided during the day to uninstall my remain two machines, again following the methods described in this forum. Both machines had he same remnants as the first. Toolbars remained in IE10 and numerous registry and files remained in Windows.
NOT desireable in my estimation. I used backups of all machines to remove Webroot remnants.
I am good but I think Webroot needs to clean-up its un-install process.
Thanks for bringing this up. I'll let you know if I can reproduce this issue and provide an update.
Just to clarify, when you say you used the recommended deactivate/reboot method, do you mean you deactivated Webroot from your system tray or from the MyWebroot online console? If you are referring to a specific thread in the Community, please provide the link so that I can reproduce the issue more accurately.@ wrote:
I uninstalled Webroot from Windows 8 64 bit, using the recommended deactivate/reboot method.
I de-activated from the console, Webroot uninstalled automatically, I re-booted.
I can't recite a specific thread or post, however in a previous post I made in refrence to passwords, I believe I was told it was a method to remove password usage when it conflicted with IE Enhanced protective mode.
Let's try looking at this another way, how do you uninstall Webroot?
I can't recite a specific thread or post, however in a previous post I made in refrence to passwords, I believe I was told it was a method to remove password usage when it conflicted with IE Enhanced protective mode.
Let's try looking at this another way, how do you uninstall Webroot?
Hi Reldel,@ wrote:
I de-activated from the console, Webroot uninstalled automatically, I re-booted.
I can't recite a specific thread or post, however in a previous post I made in refrence to passwords, I believe I was told it was a method to remove password usage when it conflicted with IE Enhanced protective mode.
Let's try looking at this another way, how do you uninstall Webroot?
This must be the other thread you were talking about: https://community.webroot.com/t5/Webroot-SecureAnywhere-Internet/How-to-discontinue-use-of-password-management/m-p/41462#M1557
Also you can Uninstall WSA XP to Win 7 from the Start button> All Programs> Open the Webroot SecureAnywhere Folder> Tools> Uninstall Webroot and Reboot or Control Panel> Programs and look for Webroot SecureAnywhere and Uninstall and Reboot.
HTH,
Daniel
Usually from the control panel. On Windows 8 you type 'Control Panel' when you are in the new start menu or metro mode and double-click on it. You then click 'Uninstall a Program' under 'Programs', select the program you wish to uninstall and then click 'Uninstall".
So is the removal of PassWord Manager different in Windows 8 than in Windows 7? I do not have a listing to remove it in Programs, but I DO know in Google Chrome browser it is done from within the browser. I have removed it previously. Here is a snippet from my Chrome Extensions management screen that shows it can be enabled/disabled or junked (removed)@ wrote:
Usually from the control panel. On Windows 8 you type 'Control Panel' when you are in the new start menu or metro mode and double-click on it. You then click 'Uninstall a Program' under 'Programs', select the program you wish to uninstall and then click 'Uninstall".
You would just click 'Manage Add-ons' and then 'Disable' which would bring up a more granualar menu where you could de-select the Webroot Toolbar and Webroot Vault.
Mike,
Forgive me for this... but I am learning here and it looks like different versions of Windows treat it differently. I really am not trying to be a pest :)
OK, so it IS a bit different. The Addons and Toolbars can be reached via Control Panel for Windows 8 but not Windows 7 I think. My only remove option for Webroot is the main program, and it is not granular. Main program only. The Vault and Password Manager are not able to be removed via Programs and Features on mine.
My Windows 7 does not have that option in Programs area of the Control Panel. Going through IE, Tools, Manage Addons I do get that... but the remove is disabled.. it will not remove from IE like I can remove it from Chrome.
Or am I missing something huge?
Forgive me for this... but I am learning here and it looks like different versions of Windows treat it differently. I really am not trying to be a pest :)
OK, so it IS a bit different. The Addons and Toolbars can be reached via Control Panel for Windows 8 but not Windows 7 I think. My only remove option for Webroot is the main program, and it is not granular. Main program only. The Vault and Password Manager are not able to be removed via Programs and Features on mine.
My Windows 7 does not have that option in Programs area of the Control Panel. Going through IE, Tools, Manage Addons I do get that... but the remove is disabled.. it will not remove from IE like I can remove it from Chrome.
Or am I missing something huge?
I am well aware of how to uninstall a program using Windows method, but I thought Webroot was supposed to be done through the console. Anyway, I have done Webroot uninstall through Windows and the toolbars remain in IE10 Windows 8 both 32 and 64 bits.
Disabling toolbars after uninstall of software does not seem particularly kosher to me. A clean uninstall would be better.
Disabling toolbars after uninstall of software does not seem particularly kosher to me. A clean uninstall would be better.
Well, the way MIke was showing is not for the program itself, it is for the toolbars. Regardless of Windows Vista, 7 or 8, the uninstall of the toolbars IS separate from the uninstall of the main program: it is done via browser addons. MikeR's image clearly shows that he is not removing the main program in his example but just the toolbars: he is in manage toolbars and extensions. That is for the IE addons components and not the main Webroot program.
The toolbars are installed separately, so they do uninstall separately at this time, and not automatically as part of the main uninstaller.
The toolbars are installed separately, so they do uninstall separately at this time, and not automatically as part of the main uninstaller.
Thanks to all for help. Lets say for at least IE10 on Windows 8, the toolbar cannot easily be removed. I removed it by using a backup image from before I installed Webroot.
I Unistalled via Start>All Programs>Webroot SecureAnywhere> Uninstalled and rebooted and there is no sign of Webroot in IE10 on my Win 7 x64.
I will test later on Win 8 VM and will update this thread. Can you tell me if your using 32bit or 64bit?
Thanks,
Daniel
I will test later on Win 8 VM and will update this thread. Can you tell me if your using 32bit or 64bit?
Thanks,
Daniel
Daniel
Before Uninstall.
And after Uninstall and Reboot.
Daniel,
Two of my three machines were 64bit, one 32bit. I saw it on all three using uninstall through console on Windows 8.
Thanks for testing.
Bob
Two of my three machines were 64bit, one 32bit. I saw it on all three using uninstall through console on Windows 8.
Thanks for testing.
Bob
Daniel
Ccleaner is free and has the ability to remove extensions from the various browsers.
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