AOL Desktop

How to uninstall AOL Desktop from your PC

This page contains thorough information on how to remove AOL Desktop for Windows. It was developed for Windows by AOL. Go over here for more details on AOL. Usually the AOL Desktop program is installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\AOLDesktop folder, depending on the user's option during setup. You can remove AOL Desktop by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\AOLDesktop\Update.exe --uninstall. Note that you might get a notification for administrator rights. AOL Desktop's primary file takes around 1.46 MB (1535400 bytes) and is called Update.exe.

The following executables are installed along with AOL Desktop. They occupy about 7.97 MB (8361016 bytes) on disk.

• Update.exe (1.46 MB)
• AolDesktop.exe (2.95 MB)
• AolInstallCleaner.exe (22.41 KB)
• AolTrayApp.exe (200.41 KB)
• CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess.exe (21.91 KB)
• KillTabProcs.exe (18.91 KB)
• AolDesktop.exe (3.05 MB)
• AolTrayApp.exe (200.41 KB)
• CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess.exe (21.91 KB)
• KillTabProcs.exe (18.91 KB)

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The current page applies to AOL Desktop version 11.0.999 alone. You can find below a few links to other AOL Desktop releases:

• 11.0.892
• 11.0.804
• 11.0.544
• 11.0.422
• 11.0.1144
• 11.0.1145
• 11.0.1087
• 11.0.672
• 11.0.1028
• 11.0.1120
• 11.0.839
• 11.0.464
• 11.0.648
• 11.0.719
• 11.0.1088
• 11.0.761
• 11.0.914
• 11.0.888
• 11.0.858
• 11.0.810
• 11.0.967
• 11.0.1066
• 11.0.1122
• 11.0.1170
• 11.0.943
• 11.0.546
• 11.0.861

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A way to uninstall AOL Desktop using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

AOL Desktop is an application by AOL. Some computer users choose to remove this program. Sometimes this can be troublesome because deleting this by hand takes some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. The best EASY action to remove AOL Desktop 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 on your Windows PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to take care of your Windows computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate AOL Desktop or simply activate the Search feature and type in "AOL Desktop". If it is installed on your PC the AOL Desktop application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select AOL Desktop in the list of programs, some data regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding AOL Desktop, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall AOL Desktop.


8. After uninstalling AOL Desktop, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of AOL Desktop that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing AOL Desktop with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall AOL Desktop by AOL from your PC, we are not saying that AOL Desktop by AOL is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall AOL Desktop supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.