How to Uninstall or Remove Avast Online Security Plugin from Firefox, Chrome and IE browsers at Once?

We’ve covered how to remove Avast Online Security Plugin (this works for Avast v8 only), at that point of time, Avast eight allowed to remove its plugin from browsers through ‘Browser Integration’ in Settings, which is not the case with Avast 2014. Don’t worry! You can still uninstall Avast online Security Plugin for Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer browsers quickly without need to open each browser separately. 

Uninstalling or removing Avast Online Security Plugin from Firefox, Chrome and IE browsers at once

1. Close all browsers if any already opened, and open Control Panel>Programs and Features>Programs

2. Select ‘Avast Free Antivirus’ and click on ‘Change’ button.

3. Once Avast setup window appears, click on ‘Continue’

4. On the next step, remove tick mark for Browser Protection (check the screenshot below), and click on ‘Continue’ button

uninstalling browser protection avast thumb How to Uninstall or Remove Avast Online Security Plugin from Firefox, Chrome and IE browsers at Once?

5.  Avast makes the requested changes – creates a system restore point, removes the requested component, and updates the product successfully after that – to Antivirus and removes browser protection feature (means AOS plugin) from all browsers. 

6. Click on ‘Done’ button at the end.

Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

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