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A guide to uninstall AOL Desktop from your PC

AOL Desktop is a software application. This page holds details on how to remove it from your PC. It is developed by AOL. More information on AOL can be found here. Usually the AOL Desktop program is found in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\AOLDesktop directory, depending on the user's option during setup. The full command line for uninstalling AOL Desktop is C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\AOLDesktop\Update.exe --uninstall. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for admin rights. AOL Desktop's primary file takes around 2.89 MB (3032488 bytes) and is called AolDesktop.exe.

The executables below are part of AOL Desktop. They occupy an average of 4.61 MB (4837872 bytes) on disk.

  • Update.exe (1.46 MB)
  • AolDesktop.exe (2.89 MB)
  • AolInstallCleaner.exe (22.41 KB)
  • AolTrayApp.exe (200.41 KB)
  • CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess.exe (21.91 KB)
  • KillTabProcs.exe (18.91 KB)
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The information on this page is only about version 11.0.914 of AOL Desktop. Click on the links below for other AOL Desktop versions:

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How to remove AOL Desktop from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

AOL Desktop is an application released by the software company AOL. Some people decide to remove this program. This is hard because removing this manually takes some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK approach to remove AOL Desktop is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your system.

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  • go to Download Link
  • download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
  • set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good program.

3. Click on the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the programs installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate AOL Desktop or simply activate the Search field and type in "AOL Desktop". The AOL Desktop program will be found automatically. After you click AOL Desktop in the list , the following information about the application is shown to you:


  • Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other people have about AOL Desktop, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall AOL Desktop.
Uninstall AOL Desktop


8. After removing AOL Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of AOL Desktop which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing AOL Desktop with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.



Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall AOL Desktop by AOL from your PC, nor are we saying that AOL Desktop by AOL is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall AOL Desktop in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2017-02-12 / Written by Dan Armano for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2017-02-12 19:25:34.627