Adblock Plus For IE by Adblock

What is Adblock Plus For IE?

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Overview

How do I clean Adblock Plus For IE?

Adblock Plus For IE may store excess, temporary data on your computer that can take up valuable space. It may also store private data such as passwords or browsing history in the registry or on the file system. The easiest way to erase this data is by downloading AppCleaner, it is 100% free and about 1MB in size. A portable version is also available.

Clean Adblock Plus For IE
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean Adblock Plus For IE manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are three locations in the file system where Adblock Plus For IE stores data that can be cleaned.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Adblock Plus For IE and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system locations. First of all, open a command prompt window:

• Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
• Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
• Type cmd
• Hit Enter

Now list all the files stored by Adblock Plus For IE that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/Adblock Plus for IE/patterns-backup*.ini
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/Adblock Plus for IE/patterns-backup*.ini
2. Type dir %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow/Adblock Plus for IE/patterns-backup*.ini
3. Type dir %WinDir%/System32/config/systemprofile/AppData/LocalLow/Adblock Plus for IE/patterns-backup*.ini

Once you have identified the files stored by Adblock Plus For IE that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.