One of the most popular browsers of our time called “Tor”, which is both a means of viewing web pages and a kind of anonymizer that allows you to bypass many restrictions on visiting certain Internet resources or on using specific services blocked for the region in which the user is located, with the advent of additional tools in the form of VPN clients, it began to lose its relevance. That is why many users began to ask questions about how to remove the “Thor” browser completely and permanently. Actually, another reason lies in the fact that when using this application of its own network of the same name, the Internet speed is significantly reduced, which immediately manifests itself at the level of opening pages and downloading files. Nevertheless, you can get rid of this browser very simply, you don’t need to look for any special solutions.
How to remove the Tor browser from your computer completely: preliminary steps
So, for a start, a few words about the browser itself in terms of its work. Despite the fact that this application is almost never installed on a computer, but delivered in a portable form, even with a one-time launch, it activates its own process that runs in the background. When you close the browser, the process sometimes does not end, but it remains to hang dead weight. Of course, it is impossible to say that it really loads system resources very much or commemorates the use of RAM or a central processor. Nevertheless, if you are wondering about how to completely remove the Tor browser from your computer, you first need to get rid of the active background process.
To do this, call the standard "Task Manager" (for example, using the combination Ctrl + Alt + Del or the taskmgr command in the "Run" console), find the corresponding service in the list of active processes and click the button to end the process or to remove the task. You can also perform this action directly through the PCM menu on the selected process.
Removal process
Now we assume that the active process is completed, and you can proceed directly to the removal of the program. As mentioned above, the application is portable. Usually, only one folder is provided for it, which users put in any place convenient for them. For convenience, some create a shortcut on the "Desktop". Please note that all settings set by the user are saved exclusively in the configuration files provided for this, which are located only in the main application directory. That is, in no other locations like AppData, Temp, Local, etc. there are and cannot be program files (unless the keys in the system registry indicate the location of the main objects).
Thus, the problem of how to remove the “Tor” browser is solved in two ways: find the folder with the program in “Explorer” and get rid of it in the standard way. After that, as a rule, she will be placed in the "Basket". Just in case, so that the application does not activate again, empty the "Trash".
Additional Actions
How to remove the “Thor” browser is clear even to the most unprepared user. However, few people realize that even after cleaning up the Recycle Bin, the operating system does not always delete keys from the registry that are responsible for program files (such a strangeness is common to all Windows modifications, without exception). You can delete unnecessary entries yourself, using the editor (regedit) and asking it to search by the name of the remote applet.
The use of specialized cleaners like RegCleaner or optimizers like CCleaner, ASC and others seems much safer. They find empty and obsolete entries on their own and delete them without user intervention.
How to remove the Tor browser from a computer if it is not deleted for some reason?
However, sometimes (infrequently, of course) one can also encounter situations where the program directory is blocked for some reason, and the system displays a message about the impossibility of deletion, because the file is occupied by another process. How to remove the “Thor” browser in this situation? First, check the status of that process in the "Task Manager" and end it if it is active. Look at the properties of the entire directory or file that cannot be removed and uncheck the read attribute.
If the reason is not this, but, for example, because the file or folder is blocked by third-party virus processes, use the Unlocker utility, choosing to unlock and delete as actions, and at the same time check your computer for viruses using some kind of portable scanner.
Instead of a total
That’s all that’s about solving the problem of how to remove the Tor browser entirely. It is worth noting that ways to correct emergency situations were given, so to speak, just in case, since such actions are usually not required (just complete the process and delete the main program directory with all files and attachments).