Faronics DeepFreeze is a very powerful application. It virtually prevents all unwanted changes in your computer by freezing an entire hard drive or partition without restricting user access. Deep Freeze is perfect for work stations and is commonly used as a security software to maintain system integrity without sacrificing user experience. Due to this, it is completely logical for the application’s makers to impose a bit of security on to it. The Developers apparently have removed access to any Deep Freeze uninstall utility or procedure because it imposes threat on the software’s purpose.
This security feature may sound quite appealing, however some users that wants Deep Freeze removed are left hanging and does not know where to start on how to uninstall Deep freeze from their system. In this post I will be showing you three different ways to uninstall or remove Faronics Deep Freeze in your system. I will be using the latest version 6.2 of Deep Freeze Standard as an example, however the following instructions also applies to deepfreeze7.
Disable Faronics DeepFreeze
The first way is simple. All you you have to do is disable DeepFreeze using the program’s interface. Disabling it is actually good as uninstalling, as the program no longer interferes with your system as you make changes to it. Unless, you decide to re-enable it in the future. To disable Deep Freeze, all you have to is double click while pressing the shift key (shift + double click) on the Deep Freeze system tray icon [
], which is located in the lower right hand corner of your screen. After doing so, you then see a new window (see image below), which prompts you to enter a password. If you have a custom password then you may enter it accordingly, if you have not set any password yet then try pressing “OK“.
After entering the correct password, you will be directed to another window (see image below), which shows you several options for configuring Deep Freeze. To disable Deep Freeze, all you have to do is select the “Boot Thawed” option and click “Apply and Reboot“. This will reboot your system, so it is important for you to make sure that you have saved all unsaved work before restarting.
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You have just disabled Deep Freeze! And you are free to make any changes on your system without worrying Deep Freeze changing your system. By the way, you can always re-enable Deep Freeze by repeating the whole process and selecting the “Boot Frozen” option in the window shown above.
I personally use this step. I find this very practical because I test a lot softwares and I really don’t want them adding unwanted files into my system. After I have tested an application, all I have to do is restart my system and every bit of that software is removed!
Disable All Faronics Deep Freeze Services
The second way to uninstall DeepFreeze involves the first procedure above plus another added step. While the procedure above may be enough, it still shows an icon of Deep Freeze [] in your system tray. This icon is completely useless, it only indicates that you have deep freeze in your system and the red x means that it is disabled. To remove this icon all you have to do is disable the Deep Freeze service from the start-up. You can do this by typing the command services.msc in the run dialog box. Once you are in the services window, locate the service name DFserv and right click on it and select properties (refer to image below).
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After clicking properties, stop and disable the service. Refer to the image below for instructions. Note that a restart is needed for changes to take effect on your system.
After restarting, at this point you no longer have any Deep Freeze service or application running at the background of your system. Also the system Deep Freeze Icon should be gone. You are still able re-enable Deep Freeze by reversing the whole process.
Completely Remove Deep Freeze
If you really need to completely remove Deep Freeze from your system then you must complete the first step, which is to Disable Faronics Deep Freeze . Restart your computer. After restarting locate the Deep Freeze installer [
] and run it, it should prompt the whole removal process and all you have to do is follow the steps. I have provided screen-shots below to further assist you.
Click Next…
Click Uninstall and you’re done.
There, I just taught you how to remove/disable Deep Freeze in three different ways. Feel free to choose which method suites you best. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to post your comments below. Good Luck!
Thnks! its a Big help.. my deepfreeze icon tray didnt show up, even i press ctrl+alt+shift+f6 it won show up… after i installed it, it didnt ask for password… it automatically restarted then.. bwalla… can disabble it
thanks for the help!
any way of unistlling it? cause i cant uninstall it even disabbled
have you tried the steps above? If yes, can you elaborate more on your Issue? like what DeepFreeze Version are you using?
hello
i have question
when i finished the first step,i can’t find the installer
why??
What version of Deep Freeze do you have?
please help me
i can’t find the deep freeze icon
tq for the help
what will happened if i just disable and not stop the service. The system will not allow me to stop it. Will deep freeze still be removed?
DeepFreeze will be disabled in your next restart.
Hello there:
I have installed: (deep_freeze_standard_6 00 020 1523) after I installed it, I can’t open the program. every time I open the program, it’s simply NOT RESPONDING, I can’t thaw it. Is there any solution? Please help. Thank you
Have you done the steps above?
put one litre water in ur computer and start
put one litre water in ur computer and start deep freeze will be uninstall
i’ve done two of the step but i cant do the last one, theres no more icon on the task bar but when i search the file its still in my system c:\program file\faronics, when i open the folder and click on the icon theres no action, i mean the installation or uninstall operation… so i delete the folder directly but after i restart my pc the folder is there again it seems like it has frooze my c: and d: even i’ve disable it,, this is very confusing and please help me to remove it..ps its df5serv v 6.. Thank you..
I see that you are using an older version of DeepFreeze… This application should help you:
http://usuarios.arnet.com.ar/fliamarconato/pages/edeepunfreezer.html
the website you give us cant solve the problemm..
Hi there! What exactly is the issue?
the problem i have is deep freeze icon is missing so i can’t do the shift double click, can you please tell me how to show the icon again on the taskbars,thanks for you help, i appreciated
Thanks a lot. I am able to uninstall deep freeze…
I’ve installed deep freeze(version 6.30.060.1818)on my first PC(OS windows XP)for quite some time, so I can say that I’m bit familiar using it. I tried to install the same version on my new PC (OS: windows7 64bit). However, no deep freeze icon appear on the right lower corner of the screen. my problem now is I cannot perform the first step( I cant find the icon) thus I cant disable the deep freeze. I tried doing the 2nd step, skipping the first step but it won’t work. Please help.
Hello, I have a situation here. recently installed deepfreeze 6 standard on my computer. I accidentally deleted my faronics folder when my comp was unfrozen and was on safe boot. When i booted it in normal mode at the same time freezing it my whole system just got stuck. I don’t see the DF logo on my system tray. I tried to uninstall it but i can’t cause I deleted the DF folder which holds the DF uninstaller. I tried the date changing method that people recommended but to no avail. Can anyone help me? I’ve been searching for ways to “free” my computer of this problem for 4 days now. I’m losing all hope. I don’t want to resort to reformatting my system since I have allot of work related files and stuff that I don’t want to use. Hope you guys can help me out.
Best regards,
Darriel
thanks men, hope it works, u r an angel
so many thank you
thank u so much!!!!
What about when the machine is FROZEN and you cannot unthaw it because the tray icon is missing and not recoverable? The CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+F6 trick didn’t bring it back either. I tried disabling and stopping the service, which worked, but comes back again when restarting. In addition, I do not find DF5Serv in my Add/Remove programs. In the Start->All Programs, it’s not there either. Note: I first installed Deep Freeze Enterprise, then thought I needed to install a client version too. So I think I’m doubly screwed, although I’m not seeing that the client is installed.
I would LOVE to install Windows XP again, will that work? I might try it, but would love your feedback anyway.
None of the above steps work for me because I cannot unthaw first. Can I just reinstall Windows XP? (I already have my files backed up anyway as this is a fresh installation of Win XP.)
That would be the quickest solution to your issue..
i uninstall Deep Freeze 6 Enterprise but still Faronics folder present in my c:/program files/Faronics
How i remove or Uninstall this folder also?
Rplyyyy……..
Just delete the folder.
i uninstall Deep Freeze 6 Enterprise but still Faronics folder present in my c:/program files/Faronics
How i remove or Uninstall this folder also?
Rplyyyy……..
Please take My Freeze of my computer. I do not like it and did not ask for it.
i uninstalled deep freeze wen it was on thawed for next 3 restarts,and it is gone.i have also disabled dfserv in my services.but after the 3 restarts ,my pc is still frozen.wat shd i do .i have important files on the pc.please reply fast on how i can take dep freeze 6.0 of my system forever
Thanks i done it…
I successful to uninstall Deep freeze……..
Hi to all,
I have a question here… How do I uninstall Deep freeze if i forgot my password for it? going to the system folder didn’t work, using the task manager didn’t work as well. Is there anyway of uninstalling deep freeze without your password? I have some steps here on how to temporarily disable deep freeze but it won’t uninstall it, which is a different thing. please help with the uninstalling process with the password thanks!
Katsugi23 of Phil.
thank’s for that! i will now free!
I got a headache man… what to do? the deep freeze icon didn’t show in icon tray, either I try method no. 2 but it doesn’t work… by the way I using windows vista as my os. Is there any absolute solution in this issue except formatting my computer?
I got a headache man… what to do? the deep freeze icon didn’t show in icon tray, either I try method no. 2 but it doesn’t work… by the way I using windows vista as my os. Is there any absolute solution in this issue except formatting my computer? anyone…
before i disabled the Deep freeze i boot frozen it then disabled it on the service… then delete the folder.. and i found out that DFS is still working.. hmm and i cant uninstall it… the version i used 7.. but dont know what of the 7 series version of DFS..:D
My installation of Deep Freeze got deleted with a System Repair. I was acting irresponsible with a few Linux distributions that came on some bootloader I heard about and all of my x64 programs are deleted. I am serious.
Deep Freeze was one of these programs, though disabled, it seemingly re-enabled itself as soon as I repaired Windows because of what I did with Linux kernels that made the boot manager become missing.
With the executable gone, I cannot disable deep freeze. I cannot reinstall because DFServ is still running. Even after I disabled it it seems it is running. I’ll keep working at it, but a suggestion (aside from format my computer) is most appreciated.
If anyone with an Acer Aspire 5810TZ and Vista Home Premiumis willing to make a restore image of a stock system so I can apply that via my copy of Windows Vista Home Premium installer (without the OS, just the repair/recovery functions), that would be most wonderful. Since eRecovery doesn’t seem to exist on my machine anymore, I am screwed when it comes to restoring with factory defaults. Please help! I need either the running remnants of Deep Freeze removed or the aforementioned backup image I asked for.
And oh, it’s Deep Freeze 6. I followed the instructions to no avail.
Hello,finally i can give a help after i’ve tested all the solutions from the web,and no one was capable of finding a corect solution for thouse like me with the following problem:
I’ve instaled Deep Freez 6 .30.020.1818 and after a few days my icon has disappeared and i was unable to THAWED with double click + shift on the icon or to press shift + ctrl + alt,the program was frozen my hdd and i was unable to unintsal it,i’ve tried to stop manualy the services,to delete it normaly or from safe mode,etc…nothing from the web worked,i tried 4 days to solve the problem…i didn’t WANTED TO REINSTALL THE WINDOWS….i’ve sended an email to faronics,but thouse stupid shits didn’t answered…so 20 minutes ago after 4 days i tryed something and WORKEDDDDDDD:)…..so,close manualy the process df5serv from services or from windows task manager logg of “don’t restart” run the setup of deep freez click on uninstal and quickly until it finish and restart open it again and repeat with uninstal,i’ve used the original setup 6 .30.020.1818 and in the same time the setup of 6 .30.021.1926 …so run unistall twice,it will give u an eror and restart…after booting pres fast F8 and chouse SAFE MODE,use your administartor account and run the setup again,on my case now said taht is uninstaled,if it appears again uninstall do it again and reboot.This is what i’ve doned and now my hdd is free,i can’t bealive,finally….meaby the program has a bugg and that’s why it worked with that double setup uninstall….I hope thouse who have the same problem will be able to solve it like i did.my email is v2la4d@yahoo.com if u want to ask something…see ya and good luck
I installed Deep Freeze 6.3 successfully and was able to use my PC right afterwards. After a few hours, I turned off the PC. When I restarted it again, the PC won’t boot to the OS as it can’t find the boot disk (disk drive c:). Even when I entered Setup (BIOS), nothing was shown as the primary master drive but it shows my secondary drive (primary slave). Whatever happened there? Please help!
no icon in my systen tray, hoe can i get it
hi,how about forgot the password? Mine is df enterprise 6 (V6.41.220.1973),tq.
hi, there.how about deep freeze for win 7 if i forgot the password?how to remove that thing?
I just inherited a computer and during start-up it tells me it in maintenance mode and mouse and keyboard is disabled.
Words are in box entitled Deep Freeze Enterprise.
How do I bypass and start.
How to unistall Deep Freeze From the server….Here is my situation…. My deep freeze server app failed and i removed the server application ( Deep Freeze) from the server. And the tried to install it again ..but it failed … My clients are still running the deep freeze client and they are frozen and work Ok But my deep freeze server is without the server software …. What is the procedure to uninstall the server app manuallf.. The SQL server 2005 stilll has the reminants of the Faronics database.. Is that causing the installation to error out on the server. Please gv me steps to manually uninstall Deep Freeze from the Server.
Cheers
Hi all,
I am using Deep Freeze v 7.0 on windows XP, But after installing Deep Freeze, i am unable to see my date or time. When i click on the time (which is shown on the right side of the window) it show me ” i do not have privilege to change the time”. Please help me asp.
Thanks
Ankit Srivastava
i forget pass word of deep freeze . wat should i do???
Thanks!
for the great help. Now i am able to remove it successfully.
U guys are da bomb.i have solved my problem.
i am happy that the deep freeze is gone.
I followed Step 2 but when I restarted the icon is still there and my deep freeze was back at “started” and “automatic”.
It is a school computer I got during freshmen. I am now a senior. The computers were given to us as a gift to keep for good but I can’t get thawspace/deep freeze off my computer. I asked the school for the password but they are saying they can’t help me.
hey, i have follwed the steps but whenever i restart my PC, the icon is in the tray again. and when i stop it, an error will occur which says they can’t stop the DF5… another is, i can’t open the file eventhough i have disabled it.
Thanks..that was pretty good information…
Thanks mate,
U are a life savor.
I could stop the program but i couldn’t locate the installation file and uninstall it. Can you give me some hints where i can locate the file??
Gd day..
My issue with deep freeze is this. I do not have the deepfeeze icon in my System tray. I do not have the program in SERVICES.MSC, but deep freeze is still there. How do I know its because I have done several checks. Changed the desktop background. Goes back to the background picture I had when I had deep freeze installed. Played Mass effect/dragon age origins (all save games are saved to the system drive) though I save in the games. When I restart it deletes the savegames. Please help, before I have only one other choice and that is to wipe the hard drive.
I’d suggest you to use a program called “Your uninstaller”. I used it a lot of times to remove stubborn programs that refused to uninstall. It is free and fully functional for 30 days, so you can use it for your purpose. Practically, it identifies all the programs installed in your computer and if you ask it to uninstall one of these, it identifies all the files and registry keys belonging to that program and removes them. It really is a great tool. Success and please don’t forget to reply to me if it was useful for your problem; I’m really curious.
Question: why do u use tools like Deep Freeze? Those are designated for internet-cafes, where lots of users can bring lots of bad codes into computer. In my opinion, it is useless for personal use, especially if you have good antivirus / antimalware programs.
Good luck!
thanks man ! this post really helped me a lot ,i was able to successfully uninstall deep froze .
Thanks again
how can i get that icon before when i click ctrl+al+shift+F6 in my deskopt
appear bot now i can do it
:A :A HELP ME Pleass!!!??
how can i get that icon before when i click ctrl+al+shift+F6 in my deskopt
appear bot now i can’t do it
:A :A HELP ME Pleass!!!?? soryy for my bad english
can i edit the setting of deep freez i just want to exclude some drives but i cant find exclude it..where i can find it? would you help me?
Hello,
How can i disable the deepfreeze? i have tried the steps above but i can’t seem to see the icon. i am a newbie and all. Can you help me out? I pressed ctrl-alt-shift-f6 and still it doesn’t show up, there is no icon in the lower right corner of my computer/desktop. Please do help me
Hello,, my deep freeze version 6.20.20.1692. whether they could use the instructions above
if i am operating from clint computer than how can i disable the deep freez? i have done and save alot of work on that computer and suddenly electric failur take place. How can i save my date from lost of deep freez?
I WILL BE THE HAPPIEST PERSON ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH,IF YOU HELP ME REGARDING MY DEEP FREEZE.
I have installed the program Deep freeze version 6.30.020.1818 copyright 1999-2007 . now , i would like to uninstall it , however, I forgot my pass word, and can’t at all remember it.
Can do me a favor by answering my question ????
thanks
Thank you for this tips… I’m glad I solved my concerns regarding deep freeze.
Thanks It is Very Useful…………
Please help, ex boyfriend loaded Deep Freeze and Igloo on my computer and now I can’t get it off. Don’t have any idea of password and don’t even want to ask. Took me hours to figure out it was there. How do I thaw Deep Freeze without a password? Want to uninstall both programs and get on with life.
i cant remove deepfreeze 6.52. i use winxp sp3..i dont have any deepfreeze icon at = taskbar or icon tray , start , program files .. how?
i hv disable the DFserv but when restart the deepfreeze still enabled and i cant uninstall the program
try windows task manager.. ctrl + alt+ del
see service tab… and find deepfreez system (disable)
I’ve found a way I don’t know why I haven’t seen it on other websites before but here goes
1-press shift and double click the deep freeze icon in the task bar
2-write down otp token
3-open deep freeze console from the start menu faronics’ folder
4-press tools ——- then one time passwords
5- in the token area write the otp token which you have written before , then click generate
6- now copy the generated password and open the deep freeze task bar icon again and paste the password then the dialog will appear where it says it can reboot thawed for 1,2,3……etc times so you choose and make the changes you want including uninstalling deep freeze , just wanted to share sorry if it doesn’t work or anything
really this is my first time.i install the deep freeze software. but OUT OF WARRANTY after install i wanna uninstall that software. i cannot remove. i was so sad that time.then i search idea from the net by Google . i get it from your web side. i follow your advice then i remove the software.really i am now very happy thank you so much for helping
(if any bad English for give me…!)
the problem i have is deep freeze icon is missing so i can’t do the shift double click, can you please tell me how to show the icon again on the taskbars,thanks for you help, i appreciated
ok… but i have problem here.. 1 enable deep freez after windows update.. so after restart pc want configur windows update (deep freez enable status)… and windows auto restart…. so pc configur windows update again (deepfreez enable) and auto restart… 1 think may be like this after i gonna die zzzzzzzz.. now i use 2 OS in my pc..
so…
how 2 remove this software for another OS… (os w7/lynux)
thank.. please email me here for solution.. thank for all..
kaptennemo@rocketmail.com
hey plz help…I have deepfreeze 6 and my OS is WINvista..I cant even pass through ctrl+alt+shift+f6 thing..how could I make the options to thaw available for me?…reply asap plzz
and by the way I dont have the deepfreeze icon on my systray..but damn the freeze is working..
Are you logged in as administrator? Check services.msc and see if you have the deepfreeze service installed.
I’ve uninstall Deep Freezer 6.30.21.1926 from my computer but still its working while booting it ,when i try to install the same version again it shows Deep standard must be disabled before any install/Uninstall can proceed,please help me how to deal with this situation…………