subject: How to Uninstall Groove But Leave Or Clean All Associated Data? [print this page] How to Uninstall Groove But Leave Or Clean All Associated Data?
In some situations, you do really have to uninstall Groove instantly. But if you do not care about it, you may lose all associated data. In this article, I will share several methods to remove Groove but leave or save all associated data.
If you want to remove Groove but leave all associated data, you may just use the system Add or Remove component. But you should stop it at first. It is so easy that you just follow the guide. Here I must know where the associated data are. I suggest you should back up the data.
If you want to clean all associated data after you remove Groove, you should clear the data at first. You should use the Groove Launchbar and go Preferences on Options menu to click Identities tab. For each account, click No listing and then click Account tab and Delete under Delete Account from this Computer. You may follow this procedure for each account. After that, you may use the system uninstall component to remove it. To remove the data folder, you must know where the folder is.
If your system is Vista, the folder is located in C:/Users/username/AppData/Local/Application Data/Microsoft/Office/Groove/User/Accounts.
If your system is XP, the folder is located in C:/Documents and Settings/username/Local Settings/Application Data/Microsoft/Office/groove.
If your system is Server 2003, the folder is located in C:/Documents and Settings/username/Local Settings/Application Data/Microsoft/Office/Groove.
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