Battle.net Desktop App

[Hadi Sapre]

During technical troubleshooting, it is sometimes necessary to fully uninstall and reinstall the Battle.net desktop app. Follow the instructions below to completely uninstall the Battle.net desktop app.

Run Battle.net desktop and everything was fine until AFTER the desktop Update and restart happened.
I made sure I updated D4 before I did the restart and update for the desktop app.
First time I logged in it asked me for update on terms and conditions and accepted that.

Its good that you enabled extra security, but that should have not been required in your situation. But now it will help prevent someone from trying to take over the account with the authenticator setup.

My first obvious thought is a reliable internet connection. Meaning any hiccup in the connection could bork the login and make it sit there instead of logging in. So that could mean anything from your network card, to the router, to the ISP.

I have recently had a few issues (not related to the game or the launcher) with my laptop. I run a network here that has both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz WiFi bands. They are also bundled under one network name, like My WiFI. Your device connects, and then uses whatever band it wants.

I ended up forcing my network card in my laptop to only use the 5Ghz band, disabling the 2.4 completely. The reason was because my downloads were being throttled randomly, because sometimes the laptop would grab the lower band and slow down.

The desktop app just spinning is usually caused by a connection problem although interfering programs or damaged files are also factors here. With the randomness this seems to have however, DTMAce may be on to something regarding the connection.

I was playing after the Sanoma Beta update to 14.2 - D4 was running "smooth" on the M1 Pro 14".
After I logged out for the evening from Sanctuary - there was an Battle.net Update waiting.
When I tried to log on this morning.

Same here...
New installation of battle.net doesn't help and the same error at login.
When I start it on my Windows-PC there is a "Accept new BlaBla" before the launch of the Battle-net. This doesn't show up on the Crossover-Version.

The Battle.net desktop app is a launcher application for Battle.net 2.0 games, including World of Warcraft, which replaced the Blizzard Launcher. An initial version was released in August 2013. The application unifies the login procedure for all supported games, essentially removing the need to re-enter account, password, and authenticator information when logging into a game, and is capable of displaying recent news, patch notes, and promotions relevant to each title. The app also has a chat functionality, which was enabled on 3 April 2014.[1][2] There are plans to add support for the original Blizzard games.[3] On 23 March 2017, version 1.8.0 was released that included Blizzard's plan to transition from the Battle.net brand to a new name of this application which is Blizzard Desktop app. On 14 August 2017, Blizzard reversed the removal of the "Battle.net" moniker.[4]

The desktop app has the feature for Voice Chat, Channel (or group) Chat and even Streaming Games to Facebook.[5] The open beta for the application started on October 5, 2017 and release of 1.9.1 on October 19, 2017, introduced new features such as Player Profiles and Avatars,[6] to appear offline,[7] the Social Tab and Groups,[8] gifting,[9] and the shop update.[10]

On November 1, 2019, a new beta was pushed that completely refreshes the look for the desktop app, including going back to the "Battle.net" brand.[11] The refreshed look was released on January 14, 2021.[12]

Are you planning to remove the Blizzard Entertainment platform and its games? Or, you plan to but can't uninstall Battle.net due to unknown reasons? This post from MiniTool introduces how to uninstall Battle.net in 3 ways.

Blizzard Battle.net is an Internet-based online game platform developed by Blizzard Entertainment. It was released on December 31, 1996. This game service supports storefront actions, social interactions, and matchmaking for all the current games provided by Blizzard, including Overwatch, World of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone, Diablo, etc.

How to uninstall the Battle.net desktop app? As a professional uninstaller, MiniTool System Booster is a good choice. This tool is known as an all-in-one tune-up PC software that uninstalls apps, disables startup items, recovers accidentally deleted files, etc.

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How to completely uninstall Battle.net? First, you need to uninstall each game individually through the Battle.net desktop app and close the Battle.net client completely. Then, choose the proper tool like MiniTool System Booster to uninstall the Battle.net desktop app. At last, remove the Battle.net files from your PC.

Battle.net is an Internet-based online game, social networking service, digital distribution, and digital rights management platform developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The service was launched on December 31, 1996, followed a few days later with the release of Blizzard's action-role-playing video game Diablo on January 3, 1997. Battle.net was officially renamed to "Blizzard Battle.net" in August 2017, with the change being reverted in January 2021.[1]

Battle.net was the first online gaming service incorporated directly into the games that make use of it, in contrast to the external interfaces used by the other online services at the time.[citation needed] This feature, along with ease of account creations and the absence of member fees, caused Battle.net to become popular among gamers and became a major selling point for Diablo and subsequent Blizzard games.[citation needed] Since the successful launch of Battle.net, many companies have created online game services mimicking Blizzard's service package and the user interface.[citation needed]

Blizzard Entertainment officially unveiled the revamped Battle.net 2.0 on March 20, 2009.[2] It later revealed further details of the Battle.net revamped features at BlizzCon 2009 which supported World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, and Diablo III. The original Battle.net was then renamed to Battle.net Classic.[3] Battle.net Classic games use a different account system to the games on Battle.net 2.0.

In September 2017, Blizzard Entertainment released the Battle.net application for Android and iOS. The app includes the ability to chat with and add friends in addition to seeing what games they are currently playing.[4]

When the service initially launched on December 31, 1996 (the first game using the service being Diablo releasing a few days later on January 3, 1997), Battle.net offered only a few basic services like chatting and game listings. Players could connect to the service, talk with other gamers and join multiplayer games of Diablo. Besides user account data, no game data was stored on the Battle.net servers. When a player connected to a game, they would be connecting directly to the other players in the game. No data was sent through the Battle.net servers. While this made the service quick and easy to use, it quickly led to widespread cheating since players using cheats could modify their game data locally. However, since there was an option to create private games, many players ended up playing with people they knew.

The release of StarCraft in 1998 increased usage of the Battle.net service significantly. Features such as ladder ranking and game filters were added to the service. Battle.net grew even larger after the release of the expansion pack StarCraft: Brood War, with tens of thousands of players logged on at any given time (even in the present day). StarCraft Battle.net was especially successful in South Korea, where the number of players logged on was often many times that of the United States.

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos was released in 2002 and its expansion pack, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, was released in 2003. The release of these two games brought with them a number of new features to the online service. The most significant feature to be added was probably the concept of Anonymous Matchmaking. This feature allowed a user who wanted to play a game to simply press a button and automatically be matched up with one or more other players who were similar in skill (based on ranking) and also wanted to play a game. This allowed for people to get into games quickly and easily. It also reduced win-trading, where two people would purposely win and lose games to artificially raise their rank on the ladder. The matchmaking concept was also expanded to team games in a feature called "Arranged Teams". In an arranged team game, you could make a team with one or more friends, which was then anonymously matched up with another team of the same size and rank. However, a strategy was introduced on how to cheat the automated 'fair' matchups, called 'Abusing', simply by someone losing the Arranged Team Games intentionally with one ally so that with another ally (who wants to gain wins easily) won't find it difficult because the automatic matchups would put the two players up against relatively unskilled players. Automated tournaments were added in the expansion, where players would compete to be crowned tournament champion in a series of games played throughout the day. In addition to the new game styles, a slew of other features were added including selectable chatroom icons unlocked based on the player's number of wins, a friends list, and clan support.

Battle.net was revamped by Blizzard Entertainment in 2009 and officially unveiled on March 20, 2009, it was further elaborated on during BlizzCon 2009. The new Battle.net contains three unique sections. The first allows players to connect all Battle.net accounts, World of Warcraft characters and friends list together and integrate them into a unified single Battle.net account. Players can also unlock achievements in-game which would in turn unlock avatars and decals which would be shown on the player's profile, the decals can also be seen in-game on the player's units.[5]

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