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Windows Uninstaller Comparison<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Disclaimer: This test was performed by Jouni Flemming, the lead developer of jv16 PowerTools. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uninstallation of software seems like a straightforward task. Unfortunately, it\u2019s far from trivial. Simply put, Windows is an open system, meaning that if you wish to develop apps for it, you can do so freely. While Microsoft provides recommendations and best practices how software should act when installed to Windows, it\u2019s entirely up to the installed software to decide what it does during installation. Basically, an installed software can add files and data anywhere to your system and there are no permanent records or logs.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To uninstall software, each program comes with an uninstaller app which is supposed to remove everything the app added to your system. That\u2019s the uninstall.exe or unwise.exe sitting in the folder of the app. Again, there are recommendations how these uninstallers should<\/em> work but the way they actually<\/em> work is up to the author of each specific app.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you go to the Windows Control Panel and choose to uninstall an app, all that happens when you click that Uninstall button is that Windows executes the uninstaller executable of that specific app. That\u2019s all. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short: When you install or uninstall an app, what actually happens, is entirely up to the publisher of that specific app<\/strong>. If you uninstalled an app because it was bad quality, how great can you expect its uninstaller to work? My point exactly.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you use your computer to download and install software and games, more and more left-overs will accumulate on your system. This is the inherent reason why your computer felt smooth and fast when it was brand new or your Windows was just installed, but after some time it starts to feel sluggish. Microsoft has attempted to address this issue, and there have been improvements in Windows, but the fundamental problem is still the same.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To address this problem, there are many products available for Windows to uninstall software.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, as you will soon see, most of these products do not actually do anything more compared to the normal Windows Control Panel uninstallation method.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We tested the following products:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n