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Windows 10, like Windows 8, comes with a specific set of universal or modern (UWP) applications. Weather, OneNote, People, Money, Windows Store, Your Phone, Groove Music, Camera, Get Office, Skype, Calendar and Mail, Calculator, Alarm Clock, Movies and TV, Voice Recorder. This is a partial list of applications installed on Windows 10.

When you sign in for the first time, Windows 10 installs these apps for your user account.

Some of the pre-installed applications such as Calculator, Weather, Mail are necessary for most users, while others are of no value. Applications like People, Sports, Photos and 3D-Builder are absolutely useless for most PC users as there are affordable and better alternatives. For example, classic Photo Viewer(Viewing Windows Photos) better than the new app " Photos".

You may have noticed that there are apps that cannot be uninstalled using Control Panel or Settings in Windows 10. To uninstall these apps, you need to use PowerShell or third-party utilities. If you don't need UWP apps or you're using your own set of programs, here's how to remove them.

How to remove apps on Windows 10.

To remove default apps on Windows 10, you need to open PowerShell as Administrator.

Open the menu " Start"(press the Win key on your keyboard) and enter Powershell. In the search results, right-click on Powershell and select "Run as administrator". Or you can press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to open it as an administrator. Opening PowerShell as administrator is important, otherwise the command will fail.

First, let's see a list of all installed universal applications for the current user account.

Type or copy paste the following command:

Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, PackageFullName

You will receive a List of installed application packages

Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, PackageFullName >"$env:userprofile\Desktop\Apps_List.txt"

The list of applications will be saved in a file - Apps_List.txt, along the following path

C:\Users\Username\Desktop

You can now use this list to remove individual applications using the following command:

Remove-AppxPackage "PackageFullName"

For example, I will delete Minecraft using the command:

Remove-AppxPackage Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.0.700.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe

You can use a combination of cmdlets Get-AppxPackage And Remove-AppxPackage in one command to remove an application without specifying its full package name. Instead, you can use templates. The following command does the same as the command above:

Get-AppxPackage *Minecraft* | Remove-AppxPackage

A short list of commands you can use to uninstall specific apps on Windows 10.

Uninstall 3D Builder app

Get-AppxPackage *3dbuilder* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Alarms & Clocks app

Get-AppxPackage *WindowsAlarms* | Remove-AppxPackage

Remove App Connector app

Get-AppxPackage *Appconnector* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Asphalt 8: Airborne

Get-AppxPackage *Asphalt8Airborne* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Calculator app

Get-AppxPackage *WindowsCalculator* | Remove-AppxPackage

Delete the Mail and Calendar app

Get-AppxPackage *windowscommunicationsapps* | Remove-AppxPackag

Remove camera app

Get-AppxPackage *WindowsCamera* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Candy Crush Soda Saga app

Get-AppxPackage *CandyCrushSodaSaga* | Remove-AppxPackage

Delete Facebook app

Get-AppxPackage *Facebook* | Remove-AppxPackage

Delete the application Ask for help

Get-AppxPackage *WindowsFeedbackHub* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall an app Improve your Office,

Get-AppxPackage *officehub* | Remove-AppxPackage

Delete app Get Skype

Get-AppxPackage *Microsoft.SkypeApp* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall app Tips

Get-AppxPackage *Getstarted* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Groove Music app

Get-AppxPackage *ZuneMusic* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Maps app

Get-AppxPackage *WindowsMaps* | Remove-AppxPackage

Delete Messages+ Skype app

Get-AppxPackage *Messaging* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Microsoft Solitaire Collection app

Get-AppxPackage *MicrosoftSolitaireCollection* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Microsoft Wallet app

Get-AppxPackage *Wallet* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Paid Wi-Fi and Cellular Data app

Get-AppxPackage *OneConnect* | Remove-AppxPackage

Delete the Movies and TV app

Get-AppxPackage *ZuneVideo* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Netflix app

Get-AppxPackage *Netflix* | Remove-AppxPackage

Delete News app

Get-AppxPackage *BingNews* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall OneNote app

Get-AppxPackage *OneNote* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Paint 3D application

Get-AppxPackage *MSPaint* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Pandora app

Get-AppxPackage *PandoraMediaInc* | Remove-AppxPackage

Delete People app

Get-AppxPackage *People* | Remove-AppxPackage

Delete Phone app

Get-AppxPackage *CommsPhone* | Remove-AppxPackage

Delete Photos app

Get-AppxPackage *Photos* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Skype Preview app

Get-AppxPackage *SkypeApp* | Remove-AppxPackage

Delete Sports app

Get-AppxPackage *bingsports* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Sticky Notes app

Get-AppxPackage *MicrosoftStickyNotes* | Remove-AppxPackage

Delete Store from current account -(NOT RECOMMENDED)

Get-AppxPackage *WindowsStore* | Remove-AppxPackage

Delete Sway app

Get-AppxPackage *Office.Sway* | Remove-AppxPackage

Delete Twitter app

Get-AppxPackage *Twitter* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall 3D Viewer app

Get-AppxPackage *Microsoft3DViewer* | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage *soundrecorder* | Remove-AppxPackage

Delete the Weather app

Get-AppxPackage *bingweather* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Xbox app

Get-AppxPackage *XboxApp* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall the Xbox One SmartGlass app

Get-AppxPackage *XboxOneSmartGlass* | Remove-AppxPackage

How to remove an application for all user accounts

To remove an application from all user accounts, modify the desired command as follows:

Get-AppxPackage -allusers *PackageName* | Remove-AppxPackage

How to remove the app for new user accounts

Every time you create a new user, the default applications will be re-installed for that user. To remove apps for new accounts that will be created in the future, run the following command in Powershell.

Get-AppxProvisionedPackage –online | where-object ($_.packagename –like "*PackageName*") | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage –online

Replace section PackageName to the desired application name.

Uninstall the application using Settings and the Start menu.

Some Universal Applications can be uninstalled using the Application " Options". Additionally, you can use this method to uninstall classic programs.

  1. Open "Options" by pressing the key combination Win + I
  1. Go to the section " Applications" → "Applications and features".
  1. Find the application you want to remove in the list and select it.
  1. Button " Delete" will appear under the application name. Click on it to remove the application.

And finally, Windows 10 allows you to remove some applications directly from the menu "Start".


Find the application you want in the list of applications on the left, or if the application has a tile, right-click on the tile or on the application in the list. And delete it using the context menu command " Delete". This works for both UWP(apps from the Store) and classic desktop applications.


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Hello! I continue to disassemble Windows 10 piece by piece, thereby discovering more and more new information. And of course I’m sharing with you, I’m sure there will be people who will be interested. Today I will talk about applications in Windows 10, show how you can delete them and where to do it from. I will also tell you which applications you can safely remove without fear or looking back. By the way, I already talked about that, read it if you are interested.

What applications can be removed on Windows 10

To view all the applications that are installed on your computer, in the lower left corner of the screen, click on the button - Start, in the window that opens, click on the tab - Settings.

In the options menu, click on the tab - System.

You can find out the size of the application, which is indicated next to the application name. And if you click on the application, two buttons will appear - Move and Delete. To remove the application, click on the button - Delete.

Essential apps in Windows 10:

– Sway, a simple application for creating presentations, if you are not interested in this topic, then you can safely delete this application. But even for a pro, this is a very weak application.

– Twitter The application is so-so, I don’t think there will be many people who will access twitter from this application. The graphics are much worse than on the real site and can be safely removed.

– Xbox, an application for fans of the xbox game console, in general, you can connect your console to this application, play free games, chat with the same players, etc. But even if you don’t have an xbox console, you can still use this application, just one game joystick is enough, connect it to your computer and you’re in the game. Don't have a console or joystick? Don't like to play? Feel free to delete the Xbox app.

– Alarms and clocks, It's a cool application, but if you don't need an alarm clock on your computer or laptop, then you can safely delete this application.

– Phone manager, you can synchronize your phone with your computer, mail, music, skype, auto photo transfer, etc. In general, it’s up to you whether to delete or not.

–Download skype, application for downloading skype to your computer, if you already have skype, then simply delete this application.

– Calculator, a regular calculator, nothing extra.

– Camera, an application for starting shooting from your PC’s camera, recording video, and you can also take photos. Do not delete.

– Cards, application for viewing maps of cities and countries. Something like Google and Yandex maps.

– Cinema and TV, the application for adding your videos to it, you can safely delete it. Perhaps the application is still under development.

– People, application for finding contacts, you can connect your accounts. You can safely delete it, you won’t find many people there.

– Shop, I do not recommend deleting the main application in Windows 10, since you can restore applications from the Store, as well as install new applications and games.

– Groove Music, I don’t know why this application is needed, it stupidly displays your music from your computer for listening. You can safely delete it.

– Beginning of work, useful application, launch it to get to know Windows 10 better.

– News, There is already enough news, you can delete it.

– Weather, cool app, you can find out the weather anywhere in the world, and you can also find out what the weather was like in past years!

– Mail and calendar, I don’t know, I personally don’t need this application. You can connect your email accounts and monitor them from this application, read mail, send messages, etc. There is also a Calendar here, you can mark events, make notes, reminders.

– Application Connector, as you probably understand from the name, the application is designed to connect and synchronize applications, such as Mail and Calendar, Movies and TV, Alarm Clock and Clock, etc. The application allows applications to communicate with each other. The Application Connector application is the default and CANNOT be deleted!

– Messages and skype, You can safely delete it if you already have Skype on your computer.

– Sport, A very interesting application for sports fans, it shows all the most interesting sports and world news. You can read articles directly in the application.

– Telephone, an application for making calls from a computer, the application is also connected to the Skype application. It might be useful to someone, but definitely not for me.

– Improve your Office, the application gives access to an improved version of the Office program, or rather, you can subscribe to a free, monthly trial version of the program.

– Finance, the application displays financial news and more, exchange rates, world markets and exchanges. And yes, there is a Mortgage calculator! , they give it! you can calculate the cost of a mortgage loan. No comments.

– Photos, With this application you can view photos on your computer. The application has a built-in mini photo editor. For me it’s okay, it’s a normal application, you can leave it.

Yes, and also, if you have the CCleaner program for cleaning your PC, which can be downloaded for free on the Internet from the official website, then you can remove Windows 10 applications using this program. Open the program, on the left go to the tab - Tools, right-click on the application that you want to remove, in the window that opens, click on the tab - Uninstallation, after which the application will be removed from your PC.

To summarize, of course, any application can be safely removed and nothing terrible will happen to your computer. But I don’t advise you to rush, take a closer look, open the application, study it, maybe you will like it. And that’s all for me, I’m waiting for your comments, see you next time!

Hello everyone, we continue our study of the Windows 10 operating system, today’s topic of discussion will be the question of how remove built-in apps in windows 10 Redstone, let's look at what these applications are. I would like to note that there are a number of reasons that may prompt you to follow these instructions, and most often it is the not entirely correct operation of these utilities that interfere with your main programs.

Built-in Windows 10 Redstone applications

And so let's look at what these dozens of built-in applications are, essentially these are those applications that come with the standard installation of the operating system, in the top ten these are:

  • Alarm
  • Shop
  • Cards
  • Paid Wi-Fi and Cellular Data
  • etc.

Earlier, I told you that at the time of creating my Windows build, at the moment when the operating system needed to be depersonalized, I caught the error Sysprep 3.14 an unrecoverable error occurred, and it was caused in part by built-in applications in Windows.

Removing built-in Windows 10 applications

Let's now go through the procedure for removing built-in Windows 10 applications. In the top ten, not all of these applications can be removed by right-clicking on the program icon,

but there is a way to do this through powershell. Open powershell As administrator, to do this, select the magnifying glass icon (Windows search) and enter power. As a result, you will find the utility you need, then right-click on it and select Run as administrator.

A blue command line window will open, in which we can remove built-in applications in Windows 10 Redstone. To view the entire list of built-in applications installed on your operating system, enter the following command:

We tell her, give us all the AppxPackage applications. As a result, you will get a list like this. Here they are all yours ((meaning only applications for the new interface, and not standard Windows programs that you can remove through the control panel).

For a more convenient filter, it is better to enter:

Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, PackageFullName

Agree, a more convenient presentation of the list of built-in applications in Windows 10 Redstone

To remove a specific application, use the command:

Get-AppxPackage PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage

As you understand, in place of PackageFullName you must insert a value from the list,

It is very convenient to copy from powershell; for this, just select the desired line with the left mouse button and press Enter, you can paste using the right click

You can also perform such a feint, instead of the full name of the application, you can use the “asterisk” symbol, which replaces any other characters. I will give an example:

Let's say we need to delete the People application, we write the following.

Get-AppxPackage *people* | Remove-AppxPackage

(in all cases, you can also use the short name from the left side of the table, surrounded by asterisks). All People apps are no longer available in Windows 10 Redstone.

What we have done is relevant for the current user; if you have the task of uninstalling the built-in Windows 10 utilities for all users, then there is a parameter for this allusers.

Get-AppxPackage -allusers *people* | Remove-AppxPackage

As you can see, everything is simple.

List of Windows 10 Redstone app names

The most common utilities that you will want to remove in most cases.

  • people - People application
  • communicationsapps - Calendar and Mail
  • zunevideo - Cinema and TV
  • 3dbuilder - 3D Builder
  • skypeapp - download Skype
  • solitaire - Microsoft Solitaire Collection
  • officehub - download or improve Office
  • xbox - XBOX application
  • photos - Photos
  • maps - Maps
  • calculator - Calculator
  • camera - Camera
  • alarms - Alarms and clocks
  • onenote - OneNote
  • bing - Applications News, sports, weather, finance (all at once)
  • soundrecorder - Voice recording
  • windowsphone - Phone Manager

Remove all standard Windows 10 Redstone applications

Now, in order to avoid doing the necessary routine work, we will delete everything at once. There is this command for this:

Get-AppxPackage - allusers | Remove-AppxPackage

As a result, you will see a deletion like this.

Some utilities cannot be removed by this command, Cortana and AccountsControl.

Before deleting, I recommend that you still make a Windows 10 recovery image, since the list of standard applications also includes the Windows 10 store and some system applications that ensure the correct operation of all others. During uninstallation, you may receive error messages, but the applications will still be uninstalled (except for the Edge browser and some system applications)

After removing all applications, they can be re-installed, and if you create a new account, they will be installed the first time you use them. To avoid installing them, use the following command:

Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online

If you removed one of the pre-installed applications using the Remove-AppxPackage cmdlet, use the following command to remove it from the package store:

By the way, the Ccleaner utility in the latest version also allows you to remove built-in Windows 10 Redstone applications. Launch it, tab Tools > Uninstall Programs and, as you can see, the built-in utilities are also present in this list, and click uninstall.

Since we have learned to break, let's learn to create. As you highlighted above, deleting built-in applications in Windows 10 Redstone is simple, restoring is no more difficult.

Enter this command in powershell:

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach (Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”)

it will take some time, so you will have to wait.

Where are shortcuts to programs from the All programs list stored?

There is also a very common question about where program shortcuts from the All programs list are stored in Windows 10 Redstone. It's simple, press the WIN+R keys and in the window that opens, enter:

The latest version of the operating system from Microsoft is literally packed with various components and services. And if some of them can be considered conditionally useful, then it would be advisable to turn off some of them and not think about them again. And many who want to download and try it in action, note this very desire. Because every action within the operating system, every word entered subsequently turns into advertising. In this way, Microsoft is trying to get the maximum benefit from owners of the shareware Windows 10.

It’s quite easy to remove everything unnecessary that can track your actions and analyze them. Moreover, this can be done absolutely at any time. Don't worry if you didn't immediately turn off unnecessary components.

During system installation

To use this method, during the installation of Windows 10, you should abandon the default settings and click on the barely visible “Customize Settings” sign. It is located at the very bottom of the existing text.

In this section, you will see all the components that may interfere with your future work in Windows 10. To prevent this, you need to disable them all by moving the slider to the appropriate position on the left. In total, you will have to disable two pages of functions.

It is also undesirable to enter your username and password registered on the Microsoft website during the installation process. You can simply skip this step; it does not affect anything. To do this, there is a small inscription at the bottom “Skip this step”.

If these minimum requirements are met, then the new operating system will practically not indicate any information about the user. It simply will not have special functions for this. Because all the necessary components for this are simply disabled. Therefore, you can use it easily and fearlessly.

If the operating system is already installed

On an existing operating system, disabling all unnecessary components that may interfere with a quiet and anonymous life is not very difficult. You just have to disable only some Windows 10 functions that are especially annoying. Namely:

  • Windows Defender.
  • Contextual search.
  • Advertising ID.
  • Cloud services.

Each of them has its own way of turning off.

Windows Defender

To get rid of this tool, you need to go to Settings, and then go to the “Update and Security” section. There is a tab called “Windows Defender” in which we need to work. You should disable the functions responsible for sending data and protecting the cloud, as in the screenshot.

By the way, if you don’t want to mess with the settings, just install any other antivirus. This will turn off Defender automatically.

Contextual Search and Cortana

These two tools are disabled together. Of course, in Russian Windows 10 the latter does not work by default, since Russification was not invented for it. However, it's better to be safe than sorry.

You should click on search in the bottom line of the desktop, and then click on the bottom-most icon in the left column, which displays Settings. And there you need to disable both Cortana and Internet Search.

Advertising ID

To disable this functionality, you need to go to the Settings we already know, and from there go to the Privacy section. In the general settings, located at the very top of the left column, you will have to remove the “on” status. for the first three components.

The next tab we need is “Speech, Handwriting and Text Input”. Here you need to prevent Windows 10 from forwarding your speech in order to study the functionality of Cortana. We've already turned it off anyway.

After completing these steps, do not close Confidentiality - it will come in handy later.

Telemetry

To get rid of passing these parameters, you will have to do a little programming. A built-in tool called PowerShell is used for this. To use it, you need to put your PC into console mode using the Windows + X key combination.

A command line will appear in which you need to enter the combinations written in the screenshot.

In short, these commands delete already collected telemetry data, disable the service, and completely disable the ability to record any new data.

After that, open Confidentiality again, and from there go to “Reviews and Diagnostics”. You need to completely disable the generation of reviews (select the appropriate item in the drop-down menu), and then in the “Diagnostics and Usage Data” select the “Basic Information” item.

Clouds

To prevent cloud storage from working, it is enough not to use your account when working with Windows 10. To do this, you need to find the section in Settings that allows you to manage accounts, and then from there go to the “Your Account” section.

You can opt out of using an entry on the Microsoft website if you log in with a local account. To do this, just click on the corresponding inscription and enter the data. This way, you can keep only those components of the 10th generation system that are required.

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Over time, a huge number of installed but unused programs accumulate on the system. Unnecessary applications take up a significant portion of the memory on your hard drive and significantly slow down your computer. This problem is especially relevant when each of these applications strives to get into startup and launch along with the OS. Often the user is not even aware of this. Today we’ll talk about how to remove a program in Windows 10 and make the “life” of your own PC easier.

Uninstalling unnecessary components is as important a procedure as removing trash from an apartment. In this manual, we will look in detail at all removal methods, including those tools that were already pre-installed on the system. There are many ways to uninstall programs in Windows 10:

  • using section ;
  • using the uninstallation service generated during application installation;
  • applying Windows 10 settings;
  • using the delete option via the menu;
  • using PowerShell;
  • downloading special tools.

Let's move on to consider each method and draw some conclusions about their convenience and effectiveness.

Manual removal (including removal of pre-installed programs) is the first group of options that does not require the installation of additional software. Let's look at several types of actions.

Through

One of the simplest and most familiar methods from previous versions of Windows. The uninstallation sequence (except for standard utilities) in this case can be represented as follows:

  1. Go to the control panel. To do this, click on the search icon next to the menu and enter the corresponding query, after which we go to the first result:

  1. Among the numerous blocks we find and go to it:

  1. The system will compile a list containing all applications, among which you need to find the one you want, click on it and press the button. The application will be completely uninstalled from the computer:

As you can see, removal in this way occurs as quickly as possible and does not require any additional actions. Let's move on to another method.

Through the uninstallation service of the program itself

To use this option, you need to find the folder with the installed program on your hard drive. By default, any component on Windows 10 is installed in the folder « ProgramFiles" to the system disk. If the user did not change the installation path, the application will be installed in this folder.

Knowing the location of the desired folder, you need to carry out the following sequence of actions:

  1. Open the folder and find a file called « exe":

  1. Let's run this file. The uninstallation wizard will open:

  1. We follow all the instructions of the master.

This method will be useful when for some reason the desired application is not displayed in the automatically generated list.

Let's move on to an alternative course of action.

Through system parameters

Any application can also be deleted through the system settings. This option was added to Windows 10 and could not be used on previous versions of the OS. To implement it you need to follow the following instructions:

  1. Open the menu and click on the gear symbol to go to the OS parameters:

  1. Opening the block:

  1. In the proposed list, find the desired option, click on it and click on . If the list is too large, you can find the application you need using the built-in search bar:

You can also open this menu by pressing the Win + X key combination on your keyboard and going to the item:

You can also get to this menu by request in the search bar located directly next to “Start”:

In essence, this method is similar to uninstallation through the control panel. Let's go to consider another option.

Via the menu

In this case, everything is simple - so much so that there is no need to even write separate instructions.

  1. To remove it through the Start menu, simply find it among all the items, right-click and select:

  1. A window will open, instructions for uninstalling through which are located two points above:

Let's look at another, more non-standard way to remove programs on Windows 10.

Via Windows PowerShell

Windows 10 comes to the user with a huge number of built-in components and applications (for example, the Photos application or the Calculator utility), which do not have an uninstaller and cannot be removed through the general ones (they simply do not appear in such lists). Let's figure out how to remove built-in applications in Windows 10.

You can remove standard programs using the PowerShell technology provided by the developers. To take advantage of this opportunity, you must carry out the following set of actions:

  1. Click on the search icon next to Start and enter the appropriate query, then select the first result, right-click and select the item:

  1. We register Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, PackageFullName to get a list of all installed programs. Press Enter. The most important line for us will be PackageFullName, because it contains full names:

  1. Find the full name of the required component from this list and enter the command to remove it Get-AppxPackage APPLICATION_NAME |Remove-AppxPackage –package(the application name must be taken from the listPackageFullName). This method will remove even those programs that cannot be removed using standard means. Press Enter and the removal from the PC will be carried out without any accompanying notifications. There is no need to worry - the uninstallation is not complete, because you can restore deleted programs of this kind by simply downloading them from the official store.

PowerShell is extremely interesting because it can be used to, for example, remove an application from the Microsoft store. In fact, this is the only way to remove such programs. It is recommended for more experienced users to use it, since a person takes responsibility for such changes in the OS.

Let's move on to the next group of methods.

Removal using additional tools

There are a large number of programs designed to uninstall components in Windows 10 and clean the OS as a whole. Let's look at the most popular and user-tested options. All of them can be used on systems of any bit size – both x32 Bit and x64 Bit. It is only important to remind you that you should not use unlicensed programs, because removing software is an operation that has a direct impact on the OS.

– an extremely convenient program for removing any Windows components. In order to take advantage of its capabilities, you must follow the following instructions:

  1. Open the application. The bottom part of the window displays the number of installed programs and the amount of memory they occupy:

  1. Right-click on the component that needs to be removed and click on « :

  1. Select the removal mode. By default, normal is activated. It is recommended to use this:

  1. The process of creating a system restore point will start, after which the standard uninstall wizard window will open, with the help of which you will need to carry out the uninstallation procedure.

Let's move on to the next utility for removing installed programs.

– the most simple utility that does not require any additional knowledge from the user.

  1. At the first launch, a list of installed applications is generated, among which you need to select the one you want, click on it and press the button in the top menu:

  1. The removal process is no different from the standard one. The point of using such utilities is only that many of them remove all connections left by the program being removed and compile the most complete lists of available applications.

Let's move on to the last utility.

is undoubtedly the most popular utility for cleaning the system, excluding startup from startup, and removing components, among other things. In order to use it, you do not need to read separate instructions - you just need to open this tool, go to the section "Service", stay in the tab "Remove programs" and select the one you need there. Having selected, click on the button "Uninstallation" in the right menu. The removal process is similar to the previous ones:

At its core, the process of using CCleaner is similar to using the control panel built into the system.

Removing uninstallable programs

A situation may arise when the application is simply not uninstalled. The only way to remove an uninstallable program is to remove data about it from the registry:

  1. Open the system registry. To do this, press the combination Win + R on the keyboard. A window will open where we enter the command « , then click on "OK" or Enter :

  1. Be sure to make a backup copy of the registry before making any changes. To do this, go to the tab "File" from the main menu, click on , select the location to save the copy and create it:

  1. Let's go along the path:
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

  1. We find the name of the required component in this list or select it from among the numerous codes. If the name is not specified in the folder, it will be displayed in the key « DisplayName":

  1. Double click on the key « and copy its value:

  1. Press Win + R again and paste the copied data, then press "OK" or Enter. The program will be removed from the PC:

It is necessary to clarify that changes to the registry must be made with extreme caution. It contains a large number of keys, and therefore the user must know exactly which ones can be deleted and which ones are best left untouched, because forcibly deleting important components can lead to OS instability. However, the registry option can help remove spyware from the OS.

Results and comments

We have fully covered how to uninstall unnecessary and remove standard applications from a PC. All of the above options are effective and can be used in a specific situation. Choosing one of them is a decision for each individual user, since all methods are convenient in their own way.

Video instruction

For clarity, we recorded a separate video with an overview of how to remove any program installed on a computer or laptop.