During your installation of AVG Free 8 you will get the option to install the AVG Toolbar and by default it’s checked for installation. If you’re not careful and happened to miss that screen than you’ve probably installed the AVG Toolbar. You need to click the “Next” button so many times during the installation by the time you’ve reached the AVG Toolbar dialog box you just click “Next” without even reading what its doing, pretty clever indeed.
How to remove AVG Toolbar for Internet Explorer:
Right click anywhere on the Toolbar and uncheck “AVG Security Toolbar”.
Remove AVG Toobar for Firefox Users:
Go up to the Menu bar and click on “Tools -> Add-ons. Look for “AVG Security Toolbar” and click on the “Disable” button. Close the window and restart Firefox.
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Great, quick and no-nonsense help. Much appreciated!
So simple and easy. Many thanks
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what about when the right click options are all greyed out?
many thanks, worked immediately
Sorry, but your instructions for Firefox didn’t work. Tools>add-ons does not yield a list that includes AVG, nor is there any disable button. What did I miss in those thrre step directions?
Hi, I removed the tool bar, but would like an easy fix soloution to remove the flipping content of searches, nothing to hide, simply dont like clutter.
shaun.
Un-checking a toolbar in IE does not remove them, it simply hides them. Would be better if the instructions actually told you how to remove them since they are still running in the background doing their annoying things.
The title was kinda misleading. I was interested in removing it, not just hiding it.
Just like the AVG FAQ’s this tells you how to turn it off but not REMOVE or UNINSTALL it.
REMOVE AVG TOOLBAR.
Run installation again and uncheck toolbar install page.
Thanks. It works!
Thank you – Plain and Simple! A shame that AVG (or Yahoo) don’t provide the instructions themselves…
I installed AVG (never again) and did not check the box. I was very mindful to do so, yet still got the freakin’ toolbar. So I installed AVG AGAIN with the sole purpose to uncheck the box, which I did and still got the toolbar. After sending an obscene email to support@avg.com, I read about your solution and it worked. Thank you very much.
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THIS IS BEAUTIFUL! I will add as a sidenote, I ensured on my laptop to NOT check adding the toolbar because I have hated it being on my desktop. It still added it. Although I feel silly to have never thought about trying to right click on it, I must say it is wonderfully refreshing to finally be able to make it go away!!! Thanks!
Thanks, my eyes see a larger horizon.
Erm.. when I right click the toolbar the dropdown menu does not include ‘AVG security toolbar’, so I cannot uncheck it.
Thanks it has hidden the toolbar. I like AVG used it for years I guess they are simply trying to earn some money.
It is a pain having so much stuff running on the pc I hate change. the internet was great 5 years ago, braodband started of good but now its being used to send so much junk we will all need bigger faster machines then more and more bandwidth to cope.
Right click on AVG tool bar, then toolbar otions and advanced options. uncheck these are one will make it reappear every week. Don;t know how to remove it though.
From the website of AVG itself:
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How to uninstall AVG Security Toolbar
Please download the current installation file of AVG from the Download section of our website, and run it to start the installation process.
The installation process recognizes the existence of installed AVG and the Add/Remove Components, Repair installation and Uninstall options are offered.
* Please close your Internet browser.
* Choose the “Repair installation” option.
* On the next page uncheck the “Yes, I wish to install the AVG Security Toolbar” option.
* Finish the installation wizard and update AVG.
This way the AVG Security Toolbar will be permanently uninstalled from your computer.
Note: Uninstalling the AVG Security Toolbar has no negative effect on the level of security provided by LinkScanner component. The only consequence of missing toolbar is an absence of some of the options, and less verbose information about the threats found by the LinkScanner component. The main settings of the LinkScanner component can be still configured in AVG User Interface.
Good luck!
I too have happily used GRISOFT AVG FREE for years (my bro sells the commercial version to all his Business Clients) and have ALWAYS OPTED OUT on the install toolbar!!!
Dang SOB updater program allowed them to SNEAK it in on the AUTO UPDATE/install at shutdown.
Am trying the above techniques as I type…hope this works…NOW to fix the AUTO UPDATE thang!
Great, accurate information. Thank you.
Thank you, is there anything more enoying than programs installing stuff that you don’t want? When will they learn that spamming people, doesnt work.
I want to know how to UNINSTALL IT. Not “DISABLE” it. Just because I can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not there.
Thanks, nice easy removal.
Thank you so much! It was popping up every week or so, and no matter how much I uncliked it on the toolbars setting it still came back. Glad that it’s finally gone!
Thank you all for the advices!!!
Thank you. What a sketchy deal – it installed without my permission… yuck.
The topic should read “How to DISABLE” not “uninstall”. also, the directions provided for MSIE are not valid for all versions of MSIE/Windows.
how do you hide the avg toolbar without uninstalling the program