text: how do i delete windows messenger? it keeps on coming up and i don't want that to happen anymore, so what can i do? i have windows xp home edition sp2. they do make it very hard to get it off your computer. you can disable it but its still there and every now and then it just manages to get it self active again. pain in the butt.  i use tuneup utilities.  http://www.tune-up.com/products/tuneup-utilities/   it was the only way i found to get rid of it. it will completely remove it from your system, (it also does all this nice fine tuning, speeds things up, registry cleaners etc.) great program that you can download and try for free. then, if you like it pay for it, if you don't, remove it.