How to remove SlimCleaner Plus

What is SlimCleaner Plus

SlimCleaner Plus is a PC optimization program that claims to extend battery, improve system performance, and so on. It does so by providing junk removal, registry cleaner, and other instruments meant to boost up your PC. Unfortunately, SlimCleaner Plus is not the most viable solution when it comes to system improvement. The app is more often categorized as unwanted software as it is distributed beyond the consent of users. Although SlimCleaner was reviewed by PCMag in 2016 and proven to be effective in some aspects of cleaning, most experts still doubt its boasted abilities. SlimCleaner also comes in a free version, however, it is hard enough to boost up your system. This is why developers offer to switch up to the paid version with unlimited access to all of its features. Our advice is to avoid spending money on such products, especially if you did not expect them to appear on your system. Therefore, our advice is to use wide-known utilities like IObit Uninstaller for making your computer a faster and safer place to work on. Below, you will find extended instructions on how to remove SlimCleaner Plus and find better alternatives to improve your system.

How SlimCleaner Plus infected your computer

Initially, SlimCleaner Plus is a legitimate program. It can be downloaded from the official website, however, because of the low popularity, developers use third-party channels to spread their software. This list more often includes freeware downloads (pirated or cracked) from torrent, file-sharing, and other types of pages. If you opt for the installation of free software, more often you will encounter a page with “Advanced” or “Custom” sections at some point of the setup. Inside, there might be additional offers pre-set for automatic installation. Most people ignore it, which is a huge mistake resulting in the installation of unwanted software. To prevent this, you have to be more careful and deselect promotional offers whilst using such setups.

Remove SlimCleaner Plus manually for free

Here is a manual step-by-step tutorial for full SlimCleaner Plus removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of SlimCleaner Plus installer on operating systems with the latest updates and browser versions.

Remove SlimCleaner Plus from Control Panel

To start removing SlimCleaner Plus you should remove it using Control Panel. It should uninstall correctly, however, we recommend you to use IObit Uninstaller to clean leftover items after uninstalling. Here are instructions for Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

Remove SlimCleaner Plus from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find SlimCleaner Plus.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove SlimCleaner Plus from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find SlimCleaner Plus and click Uninstall.

Remove SlimCleaner Plus from Windows 8:

1. Hover mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner to see Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find SlimCleaner Plus, click Uninstall.

Remove SlimCleaner Plus from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall SlimCleaner Plus from Windows 10

Way one

1. Click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Settings.
3. Click on the System tile.
4. Click Apps & features and locate SlimCleaner Plus in the list.
5. Click on it and then click Uninstall button near it.

Way two (classic)

1. Right-click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Programs and Features.
3. Locate SlimCleaner Plus in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Cannot uninstall SlimCleaner Plus

In some cases, SlimCleaner Plus won’t uninstall and gives you message, that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall SlimCleaner Plus. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing SlimCleaner Plus folder and files. This happens, because file wtc.exe or service does not allow you to do it. In this case I will recommend you to use SpyHunter 5 or Malwarebytes or uninstall SlimCleaner Plus in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

1. Reboot your computer.
2. While it starts booting press F8 button.
3. This will open Advanced Boot Options menu.
4. Choose Safe Mode and wait until Windows loads.
5. Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and remove SlimCleaner Plus

>> See detailed instructions and video tutorial on how to boot in Safe Mode

SlimCleaner Plus files:


SlimCleanerPlus.exe
Icon.exe
mdp.exe
slimcleanerplus.exe
slimservice.exe
mydefragdll.dll
slimservicefactory.exe


SlimCleaner Plus folders:

C:\Program Files (x86)\SlimCleaner Plus
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SlimCleaner Plus
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\SlimCleaner Plus


SlimCleaner Plus registry keys:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SlimCleaner Plus_is1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SlimCleaner Plus

How to block ads and pop-ups, offering to download SlimCleaner Plus

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