There are many 3rd party software like Revo uninstaller, etc are available on Internet which claim to completely uninstall a software program in Windows but sometimes these software also fail to completely uninstall a software from your system. We here at AskVG always try to do the things ourselves so today in this tutorial, we are going to share some easy to use steps which will help you in completely uninstall a software program in Windows. Remove Software Keys from Windows Registry.Delete Remaining Files and Folders of the Program.We have divided this tutorial in 4 steps: We have taken Mozilla Firefox as an example in this tutorial: So without wasting time lets start the tutorial. If you find any folder with the name of the software program which you uninstalled using 1st step, delete it. NOTE: You just need to type the above mentioned text in RUN or Start Menu search box and press Enter. NOTE 2: 64-bit system users will also need to check “ C:\Program Files (x86)” folder. Here we assume your Windows is installed in C: drive. STEP 3: Remove Software Keys from Windows Registry If you installed Windows in any other drive, replace C: with that drive letter. You’ll have to be very careful while following this step. Follow this step only if you are comfortable with Windows Registry and if you have used Registry Editor in past. When you uninstall a software program, many times its entry in Windows Registry is not deleted by the uninstaller. To completely uninstall the software, you’ll also need to delete its key from Windows Registry.ġ. Type regedit in RUN or Start Menu search box and press Enter. How to Take Ownership (Permission) of a Registry Key in Windows? If you get an error while deleting a Registry key such as “ Cannot delete key: Error while deleting key“, you’ll need to take ownership of the key as mentioned in following tutorial: Once you go to the above mentioned keys, look for a key with the name of your uninstalled software. Sometimes the key name might be based on the company name or developer name so if you suspect a key, expand it and check whether its related to the uninstalled software program. PS: Make sure to take a backup before deleting anything from Windows Registry so that you can restore it later if something goes wrong. To take backup, right-click on the key which you are going to delete and select “ Export“. REG file containing the backup of that key. PS2: Expert users can also find all occurrence of the key with the name of uninstalled software using “ Ctrl F” and delete them. Delete the key only if you are absolutely sure that the key was created by the uninstalled software.
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