Cannot Uninstall Itunes? – How to Clean Uninstall Itunes in Windows

Posted by Goddy in Blog Uninstall iTunes
on August 15th, 2011 | 7 Comments

Can’t uninstall Itunes? Itunes, released by Microsoft, is a popular media player. If you encounter any problem when using it, you could try to reinstall Itunes to fix the problem. Before that you need to uninstall Itunes completely. No matter in what situation you encounter problems with uninstalling Itunes, this article is going to help you entirely uninstall Itunes in windows system.

Method one: uninstall Itunes via windows add/remove programs (common solution)
The following is an example of how to uninstall Itunes in vista

1. Make sure Itunes is not running
2. Go to Start menu and run Control Panel
3. For Classical View, you would see “Program” in the Control Panel. Click “Uninstall a Program” below it. In other case, you should double-click “Programs and Features”
3. You can see Itunes in the list. Highlight it and click “Uninstall” button.
4. Follow the instruction to complete removal

Notes: there is a possibility that you can not find Itunes in the list mainly because Itunes is corrupted. We noticed that some users will try to delete all related files of Itunes. It is definitely wrong. Firstly, you may delete files belonging to other programs or leave related files in the hard drive. Secondly, you can not delete all traces of Itunes in this way as the issue involves windows registry. Even the windows add/removal programs can not completely remove Itunes registry entries.

Method two: Uninstall Itunes with Itunes Uninstaller (recommended)
Itunes Uninstaller is the safest and easiest choice when you can’t uninstall Itunes in various ways. Here are the simple steps
1. Download Itunes Uninstaller here
2. Install the third party uninstaller in your computer
3. Run it and find out Itunes in the list showing all programs in your computer
4. Click uninstall button

Method 3 Itunes Uninstaller (Best)
Itunes Uninstaller is the best choice for you if you want complete removal. No matter the program is corrupted or not, Itunes Uninstaller can successfully remove the program in minutes.

Perfect Uninstaller

1. Download Itunes Uninstaller for free
2. Install the professional Uninstaller on your computer
3. Find out Itunes on the list
4. Click Uninstall button

The above is the common steps to uninstall a program. If you want to uninstall your antivirus such as Norton Internet Security or even a rogue software like System Tool, follow the same steps.

If Itunes is corrupted and thus does not show up in the list, Itunes Uninstaller provides you another simple solution – Force Uninstall.
1. Download Itunes Uninstaller tool
2. Do not run the program after you install it
3. Go to the directory of Itunes and right-click it
4. You will see an option “force uninstall”

Itunes Uninstaller will automatically identify the related files and registry entries. Comparing to windows add/remove programs, users like Itunes Uninstaller in that it is more stable and fast.

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7 Responses to Cannot Uninstall Itunes? – How to Clean Uninstall Itunes in Windows

  1. Milton -  August 16, 2011 at 1:21 am

    Impressive! Glad to know so much here

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  2. Porter Park -  August 16, 2011 at 2:11 am

    I do not have this issue, but it’s good to learn something useful.

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  3. Katrin -  August 16, 2011 at 2:33 am

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  4. Porter Park -  August 16, 2011 at 3:32 am

    I’m so glad to find this. The problem has been lasted for days. Now I see the hope of solving it. Thanks a lot.

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  5. Morgan -  August 16, 2011 at 3:46 am

    I’ve read many articles about uninstalling itunes, but yours is the most effective.

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  6. Brooke -  August 16, 2011 at 3:57 am

    After reading your post of “Cannot Uninstall Itunes? – How to Clean Uninstall Itunes in Windows”, I’ve learned a lot. And it really helps me a lot. Thanks.

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  7. JoeD -  June 2, 2012 at 6:09 pm

    If you are running into any trouble installing or uninstalling iTunes or problems with it in general you will probably want to check this article before you go completely nuts!!

    http://zardozz.com/zz/2008/04/how-to-completely-uninstall-and-remove-all-traces-of-itunes.html

    iTunes can be very difficult to uninstall properly because of a number of registry keys left behind by other pieces of software that it works with that also need to be removed. The article explains what you have to do step by step if you can’t uninstall iTunes using the ADD/REMOVE programs. If you don’t uninstall it properly you can get all sorts of errors when trying to install a new copy… even if you try to write over your existing copy. It saved me hours of aggravation and I did not lose my music!

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