What Is Reimage Repair and Why Remove it
Before introducing how to uninstall Reimage Repair, let’s know what this app is and why to remove it from your PC.
Reimage Repair is a PC optimization and troubleshooting program from Reimage. It claims that it can help to improve PC performance by fixing registry issues, optimizing the system, deleting malware, and repairing Windows errors.
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However, this tool reports fake security risks. To be specific, if you refuse to pay for the full version of the program after scanning your PC, it will create reminder pop-ups and scaring messages, which can even slow down your PC performance. In fact, there is nothing wrong with your computer.
Reimage Repair is classified as scareware, aiming at making money on concerns about the health of computers. Usually, this app is installed by sharing free files and other downloadable content without your consent.
If you find this app is installed on your PC, how to uninstall Reimage Repair completely? Follow the step-by-step guide below now.
How to Get Rid of Reimage Repair Windows 10/11
According to users, sometimes Reimage Repair won’t uninstall and there are 3 common cases:
- Cannot find Reimage Repair in Control Panel
- After clicking Uninstall, an error message says You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Reimage Repair. Please, contact your system administrator. In this case, go to find solutions from this post – Solved: You Don’t Have Sufficient Access to Uninstall.
- Related Reimage Repair files and registry data are left on the system.
Don’t worry! To completely and successfully remove Reimage Repair, follow the instructions below.
How to Remove Reimage Repair Windows 10/11 Manually
You can manually finish the uninstallation via Windows built-in tools.
Via Control Panel
Step 1: Click the search box to search for Control Panel to open it. Choose to view items by Category.
Step 2: Find Programs and click Uninstall a program.
Step 3: Locate Reimage Repair, right-click on it, and choose Uninstall/Change.
If you are unable to uninstall Reimage Repair via Control Panel, go to Settings.
Via Settings
Step 1: Press Win + I to open Settings.
Step 2: Go to Apps > Apps & features.
Step 3: Choose Reimage Repair and click Uninstall.
After the simple uninstallation, you need to delete the leftovers from your PC.
First, go to delete these folders in File Explorer:
%PROGRAMFILES%\Reimage Repair\
%PROGRAMFILES%\x86\Reimage Repair\
%PROGRAMFILES%\ReImageCompanion\
%PROGRAMFILES%\ReImage\
Secondly, go to Registry Editor and delete related files/folders, including:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Reimage.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Reimage Repair
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore\Volatile
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Reimage
How to Uninstall Reimage Repair via an App Uninstaller
If Reimage Repair won’t uninstall manually, you can seek help from a professional app uninstaller that supports removing stubborn program data and leftovers. Here, we recommend using IObit Uninstaller, Revo Uninstaller, Wise Program Uninstaller, etc. And this post can help you a lot – Top 5 App Uninstallers & How to Uninstall via Built-in Windows Tools.
Final Words
That’s information on how to uninstall Reimage Repair on Windows 10/11. Follow the given instructions to remove this program from your PC.
Besides, you had better create a backup for your computer since malware like Reimage Repair always infects your machine without your knowledge. If you are not lucky, data loss may happen. To back up files to avoid this case, go to run MiniTool ShadowMaker, choose the backup source & target, and start the backup.
About The Author
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Vera is an editor of the MiniTool Team since 2016 who has more than 7 years’ writing experiences in the field of technical articles. Her articles mainly focus on disk & partition management, PC data recovery, video conversion, as well as PC backup & restore, helping users to solve some errors and issues when using their computers. In her spare times, she likes shopping, playing games and reading some articles.