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How to uninstall Ask Toolbar from your PC

This info is about Ask Toolbar for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was created by Ask.com. Take a look here where you can get more info on Ask.com. Ask Toolbar is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Ask.com directory, but this location may differ a lot depending on the user's choice when installing the application. MsiExec.exe /I{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE} is the full command line if you want to uninstall Ask Toolbar. The program's main executable file is titled UpdateTask.exe and its approximative size is 81.38 KB (83336 bytes).

Ask Toolbar installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 81.38 KB (83336 bytes) on disk.

  • UpdateTask.exe (81.38 KB)


The current page applies to Ask Toolbar version 1.3.1.0 alone. You can find below info on other releases of Ask Toolbar:

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you uninstall Ask Toolbar.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Ask Toolbar from your computer:
  • C:\Program Files\Ask.com

The files below remain on your disk by Ask Toolbar when you uninstall it:
  • C:\Program Files\Ask.com\config.xml
  • C:\Program Files\Ask.com\GenericAskToolbar.dll
  • C:\Program Files\Ask.com\mupcfg.xml
  • C:\Program Files\Ask.com\UpdateTask.exe
  • C:\Windows\Installer\{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE}\ARPPRODUCTICON.exe

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A28B4D68DEBAA244EB686953B7074FEF
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE}

Additional registry values that you should remove:
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A28B4D68DEBAA244EB686953B7074FEF\ProductName
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Ask.com\
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{86D4B82A-ABED-442A-BE86-96357B70F4FE}\


How to delete Ask Toolbar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Ask Toolbar is an application offered by Ask.com. Sometimes, people decide to uninstall it. This is efortful because performing this by hand takes some know-how regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY action to uninstall Ask Toolbar is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your Windows computer.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Press the General Tools category
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. All the programs existing on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Ask Toolbar or simply click the Search field and type in "Ask Toolbar". If it exists on your system the Ask Toolbar app will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Ask Toolbar in the list of applications, the following information regarding the program is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Ask Toolbar, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details regarding the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Ask Toolbar.
Uninstall Ask Toolbar


8. After removing Ask Toolbar, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Ask Toolbar which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Ask Toolbar using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows Vista (6.0)
  • Windows XP (5.1)
  • 10.0
  • Windows 8 (6.2)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Ask Toolbar by Ask.com from your computer, nor are we saying that Ask Toolbar by Ask.com is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Ask Toolbar supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2016-06-29 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-29 19:25:55.013