Uninstall BlueStacks completely on the computer

With more and more apps and games being launched on mobile devices, many users want to experience them with big screens on computers, so the use of supporting software such as operating system emulation Operating Android is indispensable. Besides Nox App Player and Droid4X , BlueStacks is one of the most used Android emulators today.

However, for some reason, you no longer want to use it and during the uninstall process, you get an error like 2318 or the BlueStacks uninstaller requires you to update to the latest BlueStacks version and perform a lot of cumbersome operations. Another review ... makes the program removal unsuccessful. The following article will guide you how to uninstall BlueStacks thoroughly from your computer.

Delete background files

Before performing the BlueStacks uninstall operation on Windows, you need to stop the files running in the background to avoid errors by:

• Right-click on the Taskbar and select Task Manager.
• In the Task Manager window , select Processes and look for the file below.
  • Bluestacks agent (32 bit)
  • Bluestacks Log Rotator Service (32 bit)
  • Bluestacks Updater Service (32 bit)
• Then, click on End task to finish the running process of the program.

Uninstall BlueStacks from Control Panel

On Windows 7

• Click Start and select Control Panel.
• Select Uninstall a program under Programs.
• In the list of installed programs, find BlueStacks and click Uninstall.
• Click Yes to confirm the uninstall. Then click on OK to finish the process.

On Windows 8

• Right-click Start and select Programs and features.
• Find BlueStacks and click Uninstall.
• In the message box that appears, click Yes to confirm the uninstall. Then click the OK button .

On Windows XP

• Click Start and select Control Panel.
• Then, click on Add or Remove Programs.
• In the Add or Remove Programs window , find BlueStacks in the list of currently installed programs and click Remove to remove.
• Click Yes to confirm the removal and Ok to finish.

In newer versions of Windows operating system, you can uninstall a program directly by right-clicking the application icon on the desktop, and then selecting Uninstall . With this traditional approach, the program has not been completely removed in the system, there are still installation files, related registry entries, program files ... These files can reduce the performance. System performance and takes up a lot of disk space.

Remove temporary installation files

Typically, every application that is being installed on the system creates temporary files and will automatically delete them when the installation process is complete. However, for BlueStacsk, you will find its installation files are in the temporary directory of the system and you have to manually remove it by following these steps:

• Reboot the system.
• Click on the temporary folder, press the Windows + R key combination and type % temp% in the Windows window that appears and press Enter.
• Temporary folders are opened, search for BlueStacks temporary installation files and delete them. (In case you cannot find BlueStacks related files, delete all the files displayed in the temporary directory.)

For simplicity, you can also use a computer cleaning app like CCleaner to delete all temporary files with just one click.

Delete the leftover files

To clean the memory, you need to delete all files and folders created by BlueStacks. Go to the document directory and delete all application data, games, and folders contained in the program files.

In case you have updated Bluestacks, you will need to remove the previous version starting from stopping BlueStacks from running as above. This time you can choose Remove all apps data to remove existing app and game data.

There are many ways to remove BlueStacks completely from your computer system, but the instructions as above are considered the simplest and most effective method. Hopefully, you will successfully remove BlueStacks as well as other applications with the simple steps above.

Good luck!