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chimpeater06's avatar
chimpeater06
5 years ago

Re: Desktop beta app will not uninstall

no I'm not talking about uninstalling games I'm talking about ea desktop itself it doesn't show up in my uninstall programs list so I can't even uninstall it and I'm trying to uninstall it because I downloaded it from the xbox desktop app so I can play ea play games because I have xbox game pass but it keeps saying to link accounts but I can't because it won't let me so Im trying to reinstall ea desktop from the xbox desktop app but I can't even uninstall ea desktop app

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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    5 years ago

    @chimpeater06  Try using Revo Uninstaller to remove it:

    • Quit the desktop, then right-click on the Task Bar and open the Task Manager.  Scroll through looking for any related entries.  If you find any, click on them and End Task.
    • Clear the app's cache.
    • Download Revo Uninstaller (the free version is fine) from here.
    • Launch Revo, select the desktop app from the list, and click Uninstall.
    • When it finishes uninstalling, select "Moderate" under "scanning modes," and click Scan.
    • If Revo finds any remaining registry entries, select all, delete, and click Next.
    • Revo will display "Remaining Data and Folders."  Make sure there aren't any game-related folders on the list, e.g. EA Games.  Select the rest, and delete.
    • Close Revo, and restart your computer.

    If you want to reinstall the desktop app, download a fresh copy:

    https://origin-a.akamaihd.net/EA-Desktop-Client-Download/installer-releases/EADesktopInstaller.exe

  • 8zy1obwsmvoh's avatar
    8zy1obwsmvoh
    3 years ago

    Tried this and it still left the entire EA folder and desktop app. This freaking app is literally worse than a virus or pesky antivirus app when trying to uninstall/remove it. 

  • Schism_exe's avatar
    Schism_exe
    3 years ago
    @puzzlezaddict This Sort of worked for me so I appreciate your post, I was having this issue with wildhearts 3/15/2023, My issue specifically was that Wildhearts would not launch the EA app was giving me error 500 when I tried to open it.

    Fix I did - ran revo uninstaller free edition, the EA uninstaller failed so I closed the EA app, I proceeded to still scan with revo and delete anything that came up. I attempted to reinstall EA and the installer said that I already had it installed but gave me the option to repair the EA app. I repaired the app and relogged in, my issue was fixed.

    Thanks again puzzlezaddict

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