Delete AusweisApp2 residue-free

Delete registry entries

While using and configuring AusweisApp2, entries are written to the registry of your Windows PC. The registry is the main configuration-saving database for your Windows operating system. Windows operating system’s information and information from other programs installed on your computer is stored here.

Attention

Editing the registry requires great care. Changes to the registry can alter your Windows operating system in way that it can no longer be executed correctly.

You can leave the registry entries unchanged. Your Windows operating system is neither becoming slower nor instable if you do not delete entries from AusweisApp2.

Delete program settings and history

In order to change or delete entries in the registry, you have to call the registry editor:

  1. Click on the search bar at the bottom on the left on your monitor.

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    Start Windows Search

  1. Enter the command regedit and click on “regedit.exe” in the result list.

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    Start registry editor

    Note

    Uninstalling AusweisApp2 requires administrator rights. Your operating system will prompt you to grant AusweisApp2 the right to make changes to your system. Click on “Yes” to continue the uninstalling process.

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    User account control

  2. The registry editor opens. Navigate to folder “Governikus GmbH & Co. KG”.

    In order to navigate there, click one by one on the triangles next to the folders:

    • OK HKEY_CURRENT_USER

    • OK Software

    • OK Governikus GmbH & Co. KG

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      HKEY_CURRENT_USER

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      Software

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      Governikus GmbH & Co. KG

    Hint

    Entries in the registry are displayed like the directory tree in Windows Explorer. To expand or collapse the display of subdirectories, click on the triangle icons on the left hand side. ALternatively, you can double-click on the folder symbol / folder name.

  1. Delete folder Governikus GmbH & Co. KG on the left side. Right-click with the mouse on the folder and select “löschen”.

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    Delete registry entry “Settings”

    You will be prompted to confirm deleting of registry entry. Answer with “Yes”.

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    Confirm delete of registry entry

Delete entry of automatic start of AusweisApp2

A further registry entry is created for the AusweisApp2’s automatic start-up on system start. As described under Delete program settings and history navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run

  1. Click on “Run” on the left side.

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    Choose entry “Run”

  2. Right-click with the mouse on “AusweisApp2” on the right side of the window; select “Delete” from the new menu.

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    Delete entry “AusweisApp2”

    You will be prompted to confirm deleting of the highlighted entry. Click on “Yes”.

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    Confirm delete of value “AusweisApp2”

After deleting of the registry entries you can close the registry.

Note

Changes to the registry are immediately taken over by the registry database. An additional saving is not required.

Delete NoScript settings

In case the Firefox browser extension NoScript is installed and an exception rule for AusweisApp2 is applied, you can delete this rule as well. Details on how to apply exception rules in NoScript for AusweisApp2 is described in chapter wizard-noscript.

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