Intuit Data Protect by Intuit

What is Intuit Data Protect?

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Overview

How do I clean Intuit Data Protect?

Intuit Data Protect 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 Intuit Data Protect
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean Intuit Data Protect manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are three locations in the file system where Intuit Data Protect stores data that can be cleaned.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Intuit Data Protect 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 Intuit Data Protect that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Intuit\Intuit Data Protect\*.log
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Intuit\Intuit Data Protect\*.log
2. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Intuit\Intuit Data Protect\*.log
   • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Intuit\Intuit Data Protect\*.log
3. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore\ProgramData\Intuit\Intuit Data Protect\*.log
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\VirtualStore\ProgramData\Intuit\Intuit Data Protect\*.log

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

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