How To Completely Remove Tor Browser From Your Computer - Step By Step Instructions With Screenshots To Uninstall Tor Browser

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Tor Browser: easy and quick removal of anonymous browser from Windows, Mac OS and Linux

Although Tor Browser is considered a useful utility, sometimes the user needs to remove it from the computer, for example, if he found another browser with an anonymity function for surfing, or he just needs to reinstall it. Let's see how to get rid of this program.

Features of Tor Browser removal

After installation, most programs are embedded in the system folders of the operating system (OS), including the registry. However, Tor Browser is not among this majority. It is installed in portable mode. All its elements are located strictly in one folder on the "Desktop". The browser does not register itself in the system and does not leave traces in the registry and other databases. In other words, he has nothing to do with her.

To completely remove Tor Browser from your PC, you just need to get rid of the program folder: send it to the "Trash" section on the "Desktop", and then empty it.

There is no need to carry out other manipulations, for example, cleaning the registry with special programs.

Tor Browser greets the user on installation

How to uninstall Tor Browser from different operating systems

Tor Browser is installed on many operating systems including Windows, Mac OS and Linux. Let's see how to get rid of this browser on these operating systems in order.

With Windows

Before proceeding to uninstall the program in Windows, you need to close the browser and stop all its processes in order to get rid of the list of sites that the user visited during the session, as well as of cookies. When closed, the browser automatically deletes all of these data types. Let's consider step by step the complete closing of the program and its removal:

1. Close Tor Browser by clicking on the cross in the upper right corner of the window.
2. Open the "Task Manager": hold down the three keys Ctrl + alt=" + Delete and run the section with the corresponding name in the blue menu.
3. In a small window, go to the "Applications" or "Application log" section, depending on the version of Windows.
4. Find Tor Browser, select it with the left mouse button and click on the "End task" button located at the bottom right corner of the window.

5. Open the Processes tab and check if there are items named tor.exe in the list. If so, complete them using the dedicated button below.

   

   Uncheck the task from all processes related to Tor Browser

6. After closing Tor Browser completely, you can uninstall it. Find the folder with the name of the browser on the "Desktop".

7. Right-click on it and select "Delete" in the context menu.

   

   Select the "Delete" item in the context menu

8. Confirm that you want to move the Tor Browser folder to the "Trash" by clicking on the "Yes" button.

9. If you had a separate browser shortcut on the "Desktop", delete it too.

   

   Remove the shortcut by sending it to the "Trash"

10. Find the Trash icon on the Desktop. Click on it with the right mouse button. Select "Empty Trash".

    

    Empty the "Trash" from the accumulated files in it

11. You can delete a folder with Tor Browser items bypassing the Trash. Select it with the left mouse button and hold down the Shift + Delete key combination.

With Linux

Removing Anonymous Browser from Linux is as easy as it is from Windows. Before sending Tor Browser with all its contents to the Trash, close the browser and terminate all its processes.

1. Close Tor Browser.

2. Open System Monitor (a window similar to the Task Manager in Windows): click on Menu, go to System Utilities, and then to System Monitor.

   

   End the processes related to Tor Browser

3. Select the item corresponding to the Tor Browser and click on "End Process".

4. You can also get to the "System Monitor" window using the command line. To open it, hold down the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + F1.

   

   Open the "Command Prompt" window for further command entry

5. Enter the gnome-system-monitor command.
6. Move the browser folder to the Trash as in the way to uninstall Tor Browser on Windows.
7. You can also quickly uninstall a browser using the rm –fr ~ / tor-browser_en-US command on the command line.
8. Copy the command and paste it into the window that opens, and then press Enter.

With Mac OS

Remove Tor Browser from Mac OS in just a few clicks:

1. Close the browser.

2. Open the "Applications" section.

   

   Open the Applications section on Mac OS

3. Find the Tor Browser icon in it. Drag it to the Trash at the bottom of the screen.
4. Empty the Trash.

Removing Tor Browser does not take much time and effort: just close it, end all processes in the "Task Manager" on Windows or in the "System Monitor" on Linux, and then move the folder with browser elements (including the shortcut) to the "Trash" "And clear it. At the same time, no traces of this program will remain on your PC, including entries in the registry.