User's Manual

Showing and Uninstalling Programs

In the following chapters, you will find out how you can use TuneUp Uninstall Manager to display the programs

installed on your computer, why you might want to uninstall them and how to do so:

Showing and Uninstalling Programs - Introduction

Over time, you accumulate a large number of programs on your computer, many of which you probably do not

even use. So that your Windows system runs smoothly and correctly, you should regularly remove unused or

superfluous programs.

Each time you install a program on your computer, it is deeply anchored in your Windows system where it

remains until you uninstall it completely. If you no longer require a program, it is not enough just to delete the

program folder or the desktop icon that you use to open it.

Most programs distribute their files across several locations on your hard disk and also make entries in the

Registry, the central database of Windows.

TuneUp Uninstall Manager lets you rapidly determine what programs you rarely use or which take up an

especially large amount of space. You can show all installed programs sorted according to different aspects and,

based on useful additional information when you installed the program and how often you use it, decide

whether you still need it or should uninstall it.

How to Uninstall Programs

Step 1 shows you how to display all of the programs installed on your PC.

1. To launch the TuneUp Uninstall Manager tool, in the Start Center under Increase performance, select All

functions followed by Show and uninstall programs.