# Unable to get rid of "active" fonts

**URL:** <https://forum.high-logic.com/t/unable-to-get-rid-of-active-fonts/3589>\
**Category:** MainType - Support\
**Created:** [December 19, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/unable-to-get-rid-of-active-fonts/3589 "2012-12-19T11:58:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![ErwinDenissen](https://forum.high-logic.com/user_avatar/forum.high-logic.com/erwindenissen/32/9430_2.png) [@ErwinDenissen](https://forum.high-logic.com/u/ErwinDenissen)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.high-logic.com/t/unable-to-get-rid-of-active-fonts/3589/4 "2013-01-11T08:57:59Z")

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Robin, I’m glad you told us you did solve the issue by rebooting.

A little background information might help other uses as well:

The fonts you tried to remove were fonts unknown by MainType (e.g. fonts with red “unknown fonts” dots). You will see such fonts when other software load fonts without providing information about the exact location of the fonts. Then there is no way of retrieving additional information about the fonts, and it is not possible to uninstall/unload/deactivate such fonts.

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