Uninstall VirtualBox – How Can You Fully Delete/Get Rid of VirtualBox from Windows 7 (VirtualBox Removal Guides)

Are you trying to uninstall VirtualBox due to the error messages frequently show up in Windows 7?

Are you confused that you try to delete VirtualBox with Control Panel but it is not there?

Are you disappointed that you could not get rid of VirtualBox because there is no Uninstall option?

However, if you would like to get rid of the program, you could follow the VirtualBox removal guides step by step in this article.

There are 2 useful program removal guides to delete VirtualBox from your PC.

Tips 1: Delete VirtualBox through Windows Control Panel by manual

Tips 2: Uninstall VirtualBox with software removal tool Perfect Uninstaller

Tips 1: How to manually remove VirtualBox through Windows Control Panel?

As usual, you prefer to uninstall programs by using Windows Control Panel. And you could follow the removal instructions below:

Restart your computer and press F8 key on your keyboard. This will open up the Advanced Boot Options screen, in Windows 7 or Vista, or the Windows Advanced Options Menu in Windows XP. Using the arrow keys on your keyboard, highlight the option labeled Safe Mode with Networking. Once it is highlighted, click on the Enter key on your keyboard.

 

Step 1: End malicious processes of VirtualBox

Guide: Open task manager by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del keys at the same time. Another way is to click on the Start button and choose Run option, then type taskmgr into and press OK.

 

Disable all the running processes about VirtualBox

Next: Show hidden files and folders and delete all the following files.

Guide: click the Start button and choose Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, to find Folder Options then double-click on it. In the pop-up dialog box, click the View tab and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended).

 

Delete all the following files related to VirtualBox

%AppData%\.exe

%CommonAppData%\.exe

C:\Windows\Temp\.exe

%temp%\.exe

C:\Program Files\

In the "Uninstall a Program" option on Control Panel, locate VirtualBox and click "Uninstall" or "Remove" button to start deleting the program.

 

Follow up the removal processes until it is completed.

Step 2: open Registry Editor to delete all invalid registries entries as below

Guide: open Registry Editor by pressing Window+R keys together.(another way is clicking on the Start button and choosing Run option, then typing into Regedit and pressing Enter. )

Delete all the related registries as below:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msconfig.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msmpeng.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\msseces.exe

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon "Shell" = "%AppData%\.exe"

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\AppID\.exe 

What’s more, you need to remove VirtualBox’s related files:

%AppData%\svc-<random>.exe
%AppData%\data.sec

%AppData% refers to the current users Application Data folder. By default, this is C:\Documents and Settings\<Current User>\Application Data for Windows 2000/XP. For Windows Vista and Windows 7 it is C:\Users\<Current User>\AppData\Roaming.

Tips 2: How to completely uninstall VirtualBox with Perfect Uninstaller?

If you can not follow the removal guides above, it is advised you to get rid of VirtualBox with Perfect Uninstaller as following.

1.       Download VirtualBox uninstall tool

2.       Close the running processes in the Task Manager before you run Perfect Uninstaller

3.       Find and locate the program on the currently installed programs list

4.       Click “Uninstall” button on the right side to remove VirtualBox.

5.       Alternately, locate the folder of the unwanted program, and right-click it to select "Force Uninstall with PU" option. Also you could move the folder onto the interface of Perfect Uninstaller.

6.       Follow the prompt “Next” steps to delete VirtualBox.

7.       * Click "Next" to start scanning the registry files about the unwanted program.

 

8.       * It will take some time to finish registry scanning. If you don't want to wait, you could click "Skip" option and cancel the scanning.

 

9.       * After the registry scanning is completed, click "Next" button to select all related files.

 

10.   * Click "Next" button to delete all related files.

     

11.   * Finally, click "Finish" button to complete the removal steps.

After you finish the prompt removal steps, VirtualBox has been deleted from your PC.

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