“I can find the uninstall icon for the Dell SupportAssist, but cannot find anything for the Support Assist Agent. A previous post said that only the Dell Support Assist Agent needs to be deleted, how should I do that.”

"Also there is mention of hotfix for this issue, has anyone outside of Dell had any success with it?"—Posted by gmakens

“I’m the administrator, but whenever I try uninstalling Dell SupportAssist instead of a box popping up saying its being uninstalled and asking me if I’d like to install it, even though it’s already installed. How do I get rid of this thing?”

"I was able to uninstall the darn thing finally. Although I have no idea why it kept popping up saying "Dell has detected your hardware is failing, and was prompting me to order new hardware for the PC." Now why would this be happening if my Laptop is only a couple months old and runs and performs at top notch? And even while I was getting those "alerts" the PC still ran top-notch without and "obvious" hardware or PC failures?"

–Posted by gratschultz2013, who met problem when he tried to uninstall Dell SupportAssist was quite confused and upset during uninstalling soon he finally remove Dell SupportAssist from computer.

If you are one of them who is annoyed by Dell SupportAssist that you’ve tried again and again but couldn’t solved it, then read this story carefully, because it will provides you a very detailed instruction to successfully get rid of Dell SupportAssist.

What is Dell SupportAssist?

Overview

Dell SupportAssist proactively* checks the health of your system’s hardware and software. When an issue is detected, the necessary system state information is sent to Dell for troubleshooting to begin. Dell will contact you to start the resolution conversation, preventing issues from becoming costly problems.

The most used version is 1.1.6664.10, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The software installer includes 112 files. While about 72% of users of Dell SupportAssist come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Canada. SupportAssist is now preinstalled on most of all new Dell devices running Windows operating system and can be found in the Start menu under All Programs in the Dell folder.

Program detailsProgram details

• URL: www.dell.com
• Help link: support.dell.com
• Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Dell\SupportAssist\
• Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Dell\SupportAssist\uninstaller.exe /arp

Knowing the specific information about software Dell SupportAssist that can help you with its removal.

Quick Way to Uninstall Dell SupportAssist

But if you don’t, there is actually a fast method to completely remove Dell SupportAssist from your device:

1. Download the automatic remover of Bloatware Uninstaller and register successfully on your PC or tablet

2. Then start the Dell SupportAssist removal tour by using BU

Select the target: Run the removal tool, you’ll see all the installed software of your computer in the interface and then select the target “Dell SupportAssist”, then click the button “Run Analyze”;

Scan related components: Easily click the button Complete Uninstall to conduct the regular removal of scanning files/folders of Dell SupportAssist. Then click Yes to continue all leftovers scanned in uninstaller;
Just allow its process to run by clicking “Yes” to continue the removal;

Delete leftovers: A few minutes later by getting through uninstall improvement by Dell SupportAssist, and then easily click on the button of “Delete Leftovers”, click Yes to confirm your removal.

In this uninstaller, you won’t have to face the problems happened in gmakens or gratschultz2013, because BU will forcefully uninstall this annoying software with all automatic process. so you need to worry about the uninstallation issues like：

• You do not have the access to uninstall Dell SupportAssist
• Can’t find target icon in Control Panel
• When uninstall Dell SupportAssist it tells to install it
• …

But in BU removal, these troubles will be gone, you only do as it said to fast uninstall unwanted software. Read more details of uninstalling Dell SupportAssist in this wonderful tutorial, hope it will help you out of trouble of uninstallaion issue in Dell SupportAssist remobval.