On almost every Windows machine I've installed iTunes on, Bonjour has caused an error of some sort. As far as I can remember, I've removed Bonjour by deleting the folder it's in. Most of the time, this has not caused any major problems. However, I have a new installation of iTunes and I'm wondering if once again I should delete Bonjour.
From Apple's knowledge base article about Bonjour on Windows my emphasis :. If you don't use any features, then removing Bonjour won't cause you any trouble except perhaps Apple Software Update might offer to install it again Furthermore, this page has some instructions for more throughly uninstalling Bonjour.
You are able to use "[computer name]. Please support adoption of the Zeroconf protocol and report bugs to Apple, because they give us an opportonity to drop the horrible NetBIOS technology and to connect across different platforms. You don't need it, about the only thing I have ever actually used it for in a Windows machine is to enable printing to a printer attached to my Airport Extreme. In fact because of the unusual port range it uses, I have actually encountered issues with VPNs that have refused to work properly until it is uninstalled, so I actually remove is as a matter of course.
Of course if you do magically require it later down the line, you can always install it as an individual package. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. You can stop the service and No problem. You rock Raymond! I used the TurnOffBonjour. Tried for almost a year to dump that thing. Glad I Googled and found your site.
Thanks again, Bev. I used the Au Revoir Bonjour software that you recommended above. Worked perfectly. Went and manually removed the folder, then ran cc cleaner to get rid of the rest. Then cleaned up my firewall.
This program is also installed along with Adobe products. It is used for updates. Best thing I have found to do is just delete it. Good job on the posting with how to get rid of it. Hey Raymond, I had warnings from Norton about the Bonjour worm attempting to access my system. Hugh 6 years ago. Soumya 7 years ago. Daffyd K Jones 8 years ago. HAL Admin 8 years ago. CherokeePlaza 11 years ago. It may be included within other software such as iTunes and Safari.
The iTunes that might be installed in your uses Bonjour to find shared music, iPhoto to find shared photos, iChat, etc. If you didn't install Bonjour for Windows manually, the most likely reason is that it was installed by an application that relies on Bonjour functionality.
You can definitely uninstall the Bonjour service without doing any harm to the computer. But, uninstalling or disabling the Bonjour service may limit the functionality of programs that use Bonjour. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the uninstallation. Hope this is helpful. If you still have any issue or query with it, I would suggest you to contact the Apple Support from the link:. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Apple bundles its Bonjour software with the macOS operating system found on Mac computers.
Bonjour is intertwined with macOS, making it difficult to remove from a Mac. Instead, apps and other programs use it as a "go-between" to communicate over your local data network. It works silently in the background, automating various low-level network tasks.
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