How to forcefully uninstall Bitdefender GravityZone on the Windows PC

In order to uninstall Bitdefender security agent, please follow below steps:

While still in Safe Mode, navigate to each of the below paths for folders and registry keys and delete them if present:

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Endpoint Security
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Bitdefender\
  • C:\Program Files\Bitdefender; (remove if present)
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Bitdefender; (remove if present)
  • C:\ProgramData\bdkitinstaller; (ProgramData system folder is Hidden – turn Hidden files on first – remove if present)
  • C:\ProgramData\bdlogging; (ProgramData system folder is Hidden – turn Hidden files on first – remove if present)
  • C:\ProgramData\Bitdefender; (ProgramData system folder is Hidden – turn Hidden files on first – remove if present)
  • Restart the machine. The system should no longer have any remnant files from previous BEST installations.

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