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How do you remove AOL?

The following steps will fully remove AOL and AOL Customer Data from the computer.

To remove AOL, please perform the following steps:

Standard Removal
  1. Click Start - Settings - Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs - America Online or Start - Settings - Control Panel - Add/Remove Prorgrams - AOL Uninstaller.
  2. Click Yes to scan for previous versions.
  3. Select all versions of AOL that you wish to remove.
  4. Click OK to Restart when prompted.

Manual Removal
  1. Delete: C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86)\AOL, AOL X.X, or America Online X.X
  2. Delete: C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\aolshare 
  3. Delete: C:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\aolcoach
  4. Delete: C:\ProgramData\AOL, AOL X.X, or America Online X.X
  5. Delete: C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Application Data\AOL, AOL X.X, or America Online X.X or C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Roaming\AOL, AOL X.X, or America Online X.X
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