Uninstall Virtualbox completely - Here's how
In this article we will show you how to completely uninstall Virtualbox. In order to uninstall Virtualbox together with the installed drivers, you still have to do a little yourself. We help you to throw Virtualbox completely off your system under Windows and Linux.
Completely uninstall Virtualbox on Windows
To completely uninstall Windows Virtualbox, you must first uninstall the main program and then all drivers. We will show you how to do this in the following steps. Note: Some of the following files may be deleted during the uninstallation. In this case, you can simply delete the remaining files listed.
- Open the system settings and switch to the "Programs" tab. Now uninstall Virtualbox. Then restart your computer.
- Now go to "My Computer" or in Explorer in the path "C: \ Windows \ system32 \ drivers \". Then delete the following files there.
- vboxdrv.sys
- vboxnetadp.sys
- vboxnetflt.sys
- vboxusbmon.sys
- vboxusb.sys
- Open the registry editor. You can do this by | Press [Win] + [R] and then type "regedit" in the window.
- Now navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SYTEM / CurrentControlSet / services. Then delete the following folders:
- vboxdrv
- VBoxNetAdp
- VBoxNetFlt
- VboxUSBMon
- VBoxUSB
- Then restart your computer. Virtualbox is now completely uninstalled.
Completely uninstall Virtualbox on Linux
To completely uninstall Virtualbox under Linux, just two entries in the terminal are sufficient. With these you can delete Virtualbox including drivers and, if necessary, your own configuration settings.
- Open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T).
- Now enter the following commands and press Enter after each command.
- sudo apt-get remove virtualbox - \ *
- sudo apt-get purge virtualbox - \ *
- The first command deletes all global files from Virtualbox. The second one deletes all settings made. So if you plan to install Virtualbox again, you can do without the second command.
If you want to uninstall Virtualbox because you are missing functions, you should take a look at the extension pack for Virtualbox. This adds many useful features to Virtualbox.