Remove Norton completely from Windows 10 PC

[aafusc2988]

I regret getting Norton - this PC was just built two weeks ago or so. Have read horror stories trying to get this program removed. What do I do?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v60392881_EndUserProfile_en_us

 

[aafusc2988]

That will delete all traces of Norton? Folders? Registry? Etc? I have read this tool doesn't work that great and a lot of people are manually deleting everything.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It does a decent job. I run the registry part of ccleaner after that.

 

[aafusc2988]

I haven't re-downloaded ccleaner since this build - and I never used the registry part of ccleaner before. How does that work? I was too nervous to ever use that feature before. Does it just recognize programs that were removed and delete associated registry files? Or am I manually choosing something within ccleaner under registry?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I have used the registry part for many years and it's totally safe.
Registry is another part of the software , works great.

 

[aafusc2988]

I have used the registry part for many years and it's totally safe.
Registry is another part of the software , works great.

I'm going to follow a youtube vid I saw to clear Norton from my PC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX3qb1O4xFM

This should be all I need to do, correct? Then I guess I could always run the Norton Uninstaller tool after. I almost just want to reinstall Windows 10 even though this build is only two weeks old - but that may be over kill just for this? I also unfortunately signed in with my MS account yesterday to link my OEM product key to my account then realized I didn't want to do that. So I removed my PC device from my MS account then signed back in as a local account administrator. I noticed it saved my gmail email (MS account alias) under my Email & Accounts. I removed it. But who knows where else it stored this email, and if it changed any of my settings? Ugh...

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I use to like Norton , but now it's a pain just to remove it. Leaves behind to many remnants.

 

[aafusc2988]

I use to like Norton , but now it's a pain just to remove it. Leaves behind to many remnants.

Is the vid I posted comprehensive enough or should I really just reinstall Windows? I really don't want to do that but I will..

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It's about the best you can do manually. I think it's pretty thorough it terms of the removal.

 

[aafusc2988]

It's about the best you can do manually. I think it's pretty thorough it terms of the removal.

Would you personally reinstall Windows 10 for something like this?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I have OCD when it comes to my setups , so I would have reinstalled. But that's just me.