Switching to Kaspersky Free when uninstalling the trial version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus
29 August 2019
ID 152967
When uninstalling the trial version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus, you can switch to Kaspersky Free to keep essential protection.
When you uninstall the trial version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus, the application offers you to purchase a license to keep using all the application functionality.
To renew the license or switch to Kaspersky Free, do one of the following:
- To purchase a license, click the Renew license button.
Clicking this button takes you to the store.
- To start switching to Kaspersky Free, click the No, thank you button.
Clicking this button starts the Kaspersky Free Migration Wizard.
Start migration to Kaspersky Free
At this step, the Migration Wizard offers you to switch to Kaspersky Free and keep essential protection for your computer.
To switch to Kaspersky Free, click the Migrate to Kaspersky Free button.
Confirm migration to Kaspersky Free
At this step, the Migration Wizard offers you to confirm or decline switching to Kaspersky Free.
Do one of the following:
- To confirm switching, click the Migrate button.
The Migration Wizard proceeds to the next step.
- To decline switching to Kaspersky Free and exit the Migration Wizard, click the Cancel button.
The Migration Wizard exits.
Search for incompatible software
At this step, the Migration Wizard checks if any applications incompatible with Kaspersky Free are installed on your computer. If no such applications are found, the wizard automatically proceeds to the next step. If you close the Migration Wizard window at this step, the search for incompatible software continues in the background.
If incompatible applications are found, the Migration Wizard lists them in the window and prompts you to uninstall them.
After uninstalling the incompatible applications, the Migration Wizard proceeds to the next step.
Finish migration to Kaspersky Free
At this step, the Migration Wizard tells you that switching to Kaspersky Free is finished.
To start Kaspersky Free, click the Run button.