Hotspot Shield Toolbar

How to uninstall Hotspot Shield Toolbar from your computer

This info is about Hotspot Shield Toolbar for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was created for Windows by Hotspot Shield. More information on Hotspot Shield can be found here. Further information about Hotspot Shield Toolbar can be seen at http://HotspotShield.OurToolbar.com/. Hotspot Shield Toolbar is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot_Shield folder, but this location may differ a lot depending on the user's decision while installing the program. You can remove Hotspot Shield Toolbar by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot_Shield\uninstall.exe toolbar. Note that you might get a notification for administrator rights. The program's main executable file is titled Hotspot_ShieldToolbarHelper.exe and occupies 64.29 KB (65832 bytes).

The executable files below are part of Hotspot Shield Toolbar. They take about 159.58 KB (163408 bytes) on disk.

• Hotspot_ShieldToolbarHelper.exe (64.29 KB)
• uninstall.exe (95.29 KB)

The current web page applies to Hotspot Shield Toolbar version 6.8.9.0 only. You can find below info on other versions of Hotspot Shield Toolbar:

• 6.11.2.6
• 6.8.5.1
• 6.13.3.701
• 6.8.8.8
• 6.10.2.5
• 6.9.0.16
• 6.14.0.28
• 6.12.0.11
• 6.10.3.27
• 6.7.0.6
• 6.13.3.505
• 6.14.0.29
• 6.8.2.0
• 6.13.50.9
• 6.15.0.27
• 6.13.3.1

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you remove Hotspot Shield Toolbar.

The files below are left behind on your disk when you remove Hotspot Shield Toolbar:

• C:\Program Files\Hotspot_Shield\toolbar.cfg

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following data will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Hotspot_Shield\toolbar
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Hotspot_Shield Toolbar

A way to erase Hotspot Shield Toolbar from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Hotspot Shield Toolbar is a program marketed by Hotspot Shield. Sometimes, people decide to remove this program. This is troublesome because performing this manually takes some know-how related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK manner to remove Hotspot Shield Toolbar is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW 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 functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Hotspot Shield Toolbar or simply click the Search field and type in "Hotspot Shield Toolbar". If it is installed on your PC the Hotspot Shield Toolbar program will be found automatically. Notice that when you click Hotspot Shield Toolbar in the list of apps, some information regarding the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding Hotspot Shield Toolbar, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Hotspot Shield Toolbar:

• The web site of the application is: http://HotspotShield.OurToolbar.com/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot_Shield\uninstall.exe toolbar

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall Hotspot Shield Toolbar.


8. After removing Hotspot Shield Toolbar, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Hotspot Shield Toolbar which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Hotspot Shield Toolbar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove Hotspot Shield Toolbar by Hotspot Shield from your PC, nor are we saying that Hotspot Shield Toolbar by Hotspot Shield is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed info on how to remove Hotspot Shield Toolbar in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.