How can Stop and Remove UC Browser Completely from Computer

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Seeking a way to uninstall UC Browser? What happen to this program and can you remove it smoothly on your PC? This web browser may cause some problems when you try to delete it, and it's time to figure it out and remove UC Browser successfully from the computer.

UC Browser is a web browser app developed by UCWeb, Alibaba, which can be installed and used for free on the computer and even the mobile phones, its installation on the computer usually brings an auto-start registry entry that allows itself to run on each boot, and a background controller service is also created and make the program itself automatically operate on the PC. And the common installed files and registry keys are listed here:

ucbrowser.exe(program executable file)
UCService_IObitDel.exe
update_task.exe - Update Task
Uninstall.exe
molt_tool.exe
VE32.dll
wow_helper.exe
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\UCBrowserPID
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\UCBrowserPID
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\UCBrowser
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\UCBrowserUpdater
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\UCBrowserUpdaterCore
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\UCBrowser.exe

Common causes of removing the program:

Process occupies too much RAM and data usage
Program often crashes or freezes up
Annoying notifications always appear on the screen
Cannot open some websites
Browsing speed is too slow

If you also need to remove UC Browser from the computer for some reasons, you can take the following instructions to perform an effective and completely removal for the web browser.

Take manual or automatic ways to remove UC Browser well

Since UC Browser is a web browser that usually contains many personal data and bookmarks, before start the removal, please remember to backup your personal information and bookmarks, otherwise you will lose them after uninstalling UC Browser.

Option one - Take Windows uninstall feature to remove it manually

Windows uninstall feature contained in the Control Panel enable people to uninstall unwanted program, but it requires the user to complete all of the removing processes independently.

Step 1: uninstall the program

Right-click on the Windows button, select Programs and Features

W8 - programs and features

Find UC Browser on the list, and highlight it
Click on Uninstall to start the removal

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Select the checkbox "Delete all personal configuration and data", and then click on Uninstall

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Wait until the removing process finished, and then restart your computer

Step 2: clean its vestiges - registry keys

When back to your computer system again, please go to activate the computer's search box
Type "regedit" in the box, and open the Registry Editor on your system
Expand the groups of registry keys inside, and delete the one which is belonging to the UC Browser application (if you are afraid of deleting the wrong file, you can export the specific file for back-up)
Close the Editor when you finish

Cleaning all of related registry keys via the Registry Editor is an important step for totally remove the program from computer, however, many people do not realize this and usually think that the program removal can be finished after performing the first step of removal. So please keep in mind that it is necessary to delete all of the remnants after removing the program from Control Panel.

Option two - Uninstall UC Browser more quickly with Total Uninstaller

Compare to the manual removal which should take all of the removing steps independently, taking a good app uninstall tool can take over all of these annoying manual steps, and let the user get a complete removal with several simple clicking jobs.

Launch Total Uninstaller on your computer, and highlight UC Browser's icon on the menu
Click on Run Analysis, and you will find that all of associated files will be listed on the interface

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Click on Complete Uninstall, and click Yes to make sure you want to remove UC Browser

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Enable the checkbox "Delete all personal configuration and data", and click on Uninstalll
Click on Finish after the removing process, click on Scan Leftovers

finish

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Click on Delete Leftovers, and Yes to clean all of its remnants

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Click OK to finish the removal, and exit Total Uninstaller, restart your PC

If you are still not so clear about the specific removal steps, you can also check this video from YouTube.

As you can see that all of the possible remnants will be scanned and removed by the uninstaller automatically if you take this way to conduct the app removal, if you also would like to get a try, you can choose to download Total Uninstaller via clicking on this download button.