Why can't I uninstall avast Anti-Theft

I have with been Android(galaxy j3 6) for two months now and I installed Avast Anti-Theft. I just recently updated Android and now I cannot remove avast Anti-Theft as a device administrator without it saying "unfortunately settings has stop". i would like to free up space on my phone, and could really use some help.

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