How to uninstall or remove Avast Secure browser

After discontinuing Avast SafeZone browser, Avast Software has recently launched a standalone version of Avast Secure Browser and made it available for download with improved speed and privacy features. Starting May 30, 2018, Avast is offering Avast Secure browser with Avast Antivirus. It gets installed itself via an update to Avast antivirus. So if you install Avast, you’ll end up getting Avast Secure browser.

November 18, 2018 Update: beware! Avast Free Antivirus installer now comes bundled with Avast Secure browser, Avast Secure browser will be installed if you don’t uncheck it in setup dialog, pay attention and avoid it if you don’t want, check the screenshot below.

If you don’t want to use Avast Secure Browser which installed itself automatically without your consent, you can uninstall or even remove it using the official removal tool provided by Avast if you can’t able to get rid of it via the Control Panel in Windows, here is how that can be done.

SEE:

Avast discontinues SafeZone browser  

How to uninstall or remove Avast SafeZone Browser?

Note: If you’ve already installed Avast Secure Browser (standalone version) prior to installing Avast Antivirus, let me tell you Avast Secure browser won’t be offered to you.

FYI, Avast setup with custom mode also doesn’t display the option disable Avast Secure Browser as it will be installed later via an update. So After installing Avast, you won’t immediately get the browser, but it will appear to you after some period of time.

Some Avast Secure browser features require Avast antivirus to be installed

If you’re new to Avast Secure Browser, let me summarize about its new features and improvements.

The browser ships with anti-tracking, anti-figure printing, adblock. extension guard and bank mode features, which you can easily manage and access by visiting the Security &  Privacy Center, the browser offers.

Above, we’ve mentioned the features of Avast Secure browser, for some of the features to work you need to be using Avast antivirus, for instance, bank mode.

You can read more about Avast Secure Browser here, Avast launches Secure Browser, download now.

Note: If you’re using Avast SafeZone browser, you’d have already upgraded to Avast Secure browser.

Uninstall Avast Secure browser

1. Open Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features

2. Select Avast Secure Browser

3. Click Uninstall, select ‘Also delete your browsing data’ and click Uninstall, and follow the instructions on the screen.

Tip:  Don’t delete browsing data if you’ve planned to reinstall the Avast Secure browser.

Remove Avast Secure browser using the official removal tool

If you’re not able to uninstall Avast Secure Browser from the Control Panel in the traditional way, don’t worry! Avast is offering removal tool for it- Avast Secure browser removal tool -which you can download and run on your computer to get rid of the same.

1. Download avast_secure browser_uninstall.exe file from the link given below
2. Run it and select ‘Also delete your browsing data’ and click ‘Uninstall’
3. Wait for the tool to remove Avast Secure browser, once the uninstallation is complete, you’ll be asked why you’ve uninstalled it, which takes you to a survey page in the browser, to avoid this, you can close the dialog window.

Download Avast Secure browser removal tool  |2.64 MB

Summary: Avast Secure browser is perfectly safe to use, if you’ve found it installed with Avast without your permission, you can uninstall or remove it either by visiting Programs and Features Control Panel applet or by using Avast Secure browser removal tool. You can continue to use the browser if you like it.