When the PC adaptation came out, we all saw it as a breakthrough, even though today maybe was not the great success that we all thought. No matter what reason you have, here we will show you how block, uninstall or completely delete any WhatsApp program from your Windows PC 7, 8 O 10.
Uninstall or delete WhatsApp from my PC
- We open the Windows control panel, for this we press the key with the Windows logo on our keyboard plus the key “R”, later we will enter the term “control”.
- Once we do the previous step, A screen will be displayed in which we will select “Programs”.
- Later we will press where it says “in the upper right corner of the menu”.
- Once we are in “in the upper right corner of the menu”. We must locate the option “Uninstall a program“
- By pressing “Uninstall a program” A list of the programs on our PC will be displayed, select WhatsApp and click on the option “Uninstall” which will be at the top of the screen.
- The program will be uninstalled automatically, we can see in the aforementioned list, that effectively, It is no longer within the programs installed on the PC.
We can do this series of steps. work on any of the Windows operating systems 7, 8 O 10With these simple steps we will be able to erase the WhatsApp program from our PC.
Other options to properly uninstall WhatsApp from your PC
Another alternative we have is: use setup menueven though this option is only enabled for Windows operating systems 8 and 10.
- The first thing is to click on Start (the Windows logo button) and choose the gear icon that will appear on the screen.
- On the screen that will appear after the previous step, we will look for the option that says “System“this will show us a screen in which we will search”Applications and Features“.
- After this we select the WhatsApp application and later the alternatives will be enabled “Modify” and “Uninstall”. Our goal today is to uninstall the program, so we click “Uninstall”.
- A confirmation message will appear specifying that all information related to the application will be deleted, we will click again on “Uninstall”.
After following these steps we will have effectively uninstalled WhatsApp from our system, ya sea Windows 8 o Windows 10.
Block WhatsApp from my PC
Blocking WhatsApp on a PC with Windows OS is extremely easy, this option is considered a bit drastic, although effective for keeping parental control of kids on a PC or it can also be useful to block work PCs and prevent different workers from being distracted using WhatsApp from the PC.
- The first thing is to put the address “C: WindowsSystem32driversetc“.
- From the “Notepad” we will execute the Hosts file. We can also use any other text application.
- With this we are going to associate the subdomain “web.whatsapp.com“to the IP address 128.0.0.1.
- This will ensure that from now on when trying to open WhatsApp Web from any browser, will result in PC error, result of the blockade that we just carried out.
This method, even when it seems complicated, it is not, at the same time of its simplicity will guarantee that you will not be able to use WhatsApp from that computer with any browser that we have available.
Why delete WhatsApp?
Today it has become an essential telecommunications tool, having the ability to send voice messages, images, text documents, etc. WhatsApp is part of our day to day.
The problem with your computer program is that it is totally unnecessary. We can easily enter from the web without having the application installed when you log in via your phone to WhatsApp Web. At the same time, from our mobile phone we have to have internet access so that everything works and the connection is verified.
This is why having the program on our computer is truly unnecessaryWe hope these procedures have helped you and that, if you know someone who needs it, contact us.
