Removing 8x8 Work for Desktop from Your Computer for a Fresh Installation

Removing 8x8 Work for Desktop from Your Computer for a Fresh Installation

Objective

Remove 8x8 Work for Desktop from your computer, in the event of persistent issues that reinstallation is not able to fix and an entire removal is required before installation once again.

Applies To

  • 8x8 Work for Desktop
  • Windows OS

Procedure

  1. Click Start
  2. Click Control Panel Programs Uninstall a Program, then uninstall 8x8 Work.
  3. Go to My Computer and open C:\Users\{Username}\Appdata\Roaming\.
  4. Delete all files starting with 8x8 (App data might be hidden, you'll have to unhide it).
  5. Delete all cache, cookies, and temporary data from the system.
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