Avast Secure Browser
How to uninstall Avast Secure Browser from your PC
You can find below details on how to remove Avast Secure Browser for Windows. It is produced by
Gen Digital Inc.. Open
here for more information on Gen Digital Inc.. More information about Avast Secure Browser can be seen at
https://support.avast.com/product/avast_secure_browser/. Usually the Avast Secure Browser application is found in the C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application folder, depending on the user's option during setup. C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\AvastBrowserUninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove Avast Secure Browser. AvastBrowser.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 3.43 MB (3600064 bytes) on disk.
Avast Secure Browser installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 27.16 MB (
28474896 bytes) on disk.
- AvastBrowser.exe (3.43 MB)
- AvastBrowserProtect.exe (1.61 MB)
- browser_proxy.exe (1.42 MB)
- browser_crash_reporter.exe (4.77 MB)
- chrome_pwa_launcher.exe (1.84 MB)
- elevation_service.exe (2.31 MB)
- notification_helper.exe (1.63 MB)
- setup.exe (5.07 MB)
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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you remove Avast Secure Browser.
You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Avast Secure Browser:- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application
Usually, the following files are left on disk:- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\138.0.31254.169.manifest
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\aswengineconnector.dll
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\AvastBrowser.exe.sig
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\browser_crash_reporter.exe
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\chrome.dll
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\chrome_100_percent.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\chrome_200_percent.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\chrome_elf.dll
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\chrome_pwa_launcher.exe
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\chrome_wer.dll
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\config.def
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\d3dcompiler_47.dll
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\dxcompiler.dll
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\dxil.dll
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\elevation_service.exe
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\eventlog_provider.dll
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Extensions\external_extensions.json
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\ffmpeg.dll
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\icudtl.dat
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Installer\chrmstp.exe
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Installer\secure.7z
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Installer\setup.exe
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\IwaKeyDistribution\iwa-key-distribution.pb
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\IwaKeyDistribution\manifest.json
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\libegl.dll
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\libglesv2.dll
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\af.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\am.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\ar.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\bg.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\bn.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\ca.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\cs.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\da.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\de.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\el.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\en-GB.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\en-US.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\es.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\es-419.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\et.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\fa.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\fi.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\fil.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\fr.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\gu.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\he.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\hi.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\hr.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\hu.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\id.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\it.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\ja.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\kn.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\ko.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\lt.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\lv.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\ml.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\mr.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\ms.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\nb.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\nl.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\pl.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\pt-BR.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\pt-PT.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\ro.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\ru.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\sk.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\sl.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\sr.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\sv.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\sw.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\ta.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\te.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\th.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\tr.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\uk.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\ur.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\vi.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\zh-CN.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\Locales\zh-TW.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\MEIPreload\manifest.json
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\MEIPreload\preloaded_data.pb
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\mimic.dll
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\notification_helper.exe
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\PrivacySandboxAttestationsPreloaded\manifest.json
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\PrivacySandboxAttestationsPreloaded\privacy-sandbox-attestations.dat
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\resources.pak
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\v8_context_snapshot.bin
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\VisualElements\logo.png
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\VisualElements\smalllogo.png
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\vk_swiftshader.dll
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\vk_swiftshader_icd.json
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\138.0.31254.169\vulkan-1.dll
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\AvastBrowser.exe
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\AvastBrowser.VisualElementsManifest.xml
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\AvastBrowserProtect.exe
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\Application\browser_proxy.exe
Registry keys:- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\Avast Secure Browser
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Avast Secure Browser
Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AvastSecureBrowserElevationService\ImagePath
A way to uninstall Avast Secure Browser using Advanced Uninstaller PRO
Avast Secure Browser is a program by the software company Gen Digital Inc.. Frequently, people decide to remove this application. Sometimes this can be hard because deleting this manually takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK way to remove Avast Secure Browser 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 an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your Windows system.
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- download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
- set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.
3. Click on the General Tools category

4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature

5. All the programs installed on the computer will be made available to you
6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Avast Secure Browser or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Avast Secure Browser". If it is installed on your PC the Avast Secure Browser app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Avast Secure Browser in the list , the following information regarding the program is made available to you:
- Safety rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding Avast Secure Browser, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
- Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
- Details regarding the program you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Avast Secure Browser:
- The web site of the program is: https://support.avast.com/product/avast_secure_browser/
- The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Browser\AvastBrowserUninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Avast Secure Browser.

8. After removing Avast Secure Browser, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Avast Secure Browser that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Avast Secure Browser using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.
Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.
Disclaimer
The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Avast Secure Browser by Gen Digital Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that Avast Secure Browser by Gen Digital Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Avast Secure Browser supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.
Last update on: 2025-07-26 18:18:48.853