AdwCleaner by AdwCleaner

What is AdwCleaner?

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Overview

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How do I clean AdwCleaner?

AdwCleaner 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 AdwCleaner
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean AdwCleaner manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are two locations in the file system where AdwCleaner stores data that can be cleaned.Additionally,AdwCleaner stores private data in four registry keys.

Registry

To clean the registry from data stored by AdwCleaner, you can use the Microsoft Registry Editor (regedit.exe) which is installed by default on all Windows operating systems. First of all, open regedit.exe by carrying out these steps:

• 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 regedit.exe
• Hit Enter

Now use regedit.exe to delete the registry keys:

1. • Expand HKLM from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Click AdwCleaner.
   • Right-click DeleteCount in the right pane.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.
2. • Expand HKLM from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Click AdwCleaner.
   • Right-click SearchCount in the right pane.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.
3. • Expand HKLM from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Expand Wow6432node.
   • Click AdwCleaner.
   • Right-click DeleteCount in the right pane.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.
4. • Expand HKLM from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Expand Wow6432node.
   • Click AdwCleaner.
   • Right-click SearchCount in the right pane.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by AdwCleaner 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 AdwCleaner that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir %SystemDrive%/AdwCleaner*.txt
2. Type dir %SystemDrive%/AdwCleaner/*.txt

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