If paying for uninstall software then Total Uninstall is by far the best imo. The pro version is fantastic. The 30 day trial has a couple of extra features over the standard version. Well worth trying. The developer does seem to spend a lot of time fighting piracy of it though so expect it to phone home often.
Which program is the most thorough software uninstaller on Windows? Martin Brinkmann's test posted today @ ghacks.... http://www.ghacks.net/2015/04/18/which-program-is-the-most-thorough-software-uninstaller-on-windows/
Years ago when I used Windows computers, I used the Free version of Total Uninstall - with very impressive results. I believe you can still find it on the Internet somewhere. Since I have not used Windows since 2006, I'll refrain from any comment on which is best these days. Just today, I found this new article: Which program is the most thorough software uninstaller on Windows?. . -- Tom
A test of three uninstallers What about the other dozen or whatever amount there are. A bit of a strange thing to do. I remember trying that old free TU v2.35 Very different to what we have today. Is still around at aplusfreeware.
As I mentioned in post #246, TU came to the rescue via Microsoft Support. And if one needs to read carefully--> I'm not suggesting that Microsoft Support" is the end all that gets all of guru's (er, uh, yeh... whatever.) At the time, I was staring at a dismal big BSOD until MS Support did a nifty quicky with TU... and I gotta tell'ya... when an uninstaller program pretty much saved the day by finding a lot of (as in all) the comodo firewall/AV shtuff that the windows uninstaller failed to even display as an option to delete... that and a few tweaks after. And ever since then, TU has never failed to miss a beat. Period. If you really need a freebie, obviously look elsewhere. Full disclosure: I've used the freebie revo uninstaller (only) and was never that enamored with the product compared to TU paid. And then I per chance to speculated who the hell is really going to download 10 + uninstaller programs to test downloading and uninstalling 20 to 30 + other programs. Hmmm.... mehtinks I'll stick with the other distractions that either wear a bottle or a dress in the interim. TU works and it works really, really, really well. @Fingol Couldn't resist the +1. Now, back to my other fave distractions... Roxy & Elsewhere, Burnt Weenie Sandwich, Live in NY, etc.. P.S> tried a nice softpedia review screenie to no avail.
I have a purchased copy of TU v5.0 , that I have had for a few years. I have just received an email [from the developer] on Friday with an offer to upgrade to the latest professional version at half price. I think I may take up the offer. I have 3 days to take up the offer, which expires on Monday the 20th.
He really neeed to uninstall a lot more software to make it a meaningful test, as depending on the program being uninstalled, the uninstaller finding the most lestovers can vary. But the test does show Revo performing very well, which is what I've found from using it to uninstall many programs, not just a few.
I used to use the paid version of Your Uninstaller Pro but removed it when during an update it installed some Potentially Unwanted Programs. I know it's common these days for some free software developers to go down this route, but for something I've paid for I regard as unforgivable. I've also used the paid version of Advanced Uninstaller, then that went free and added some new features which probably aren't really needed in an uninstaller. I found that using the snapshot feature would occasionally slow right down while uninstalling logged programs, sometimes taking hours to finish. Support used to answer any problems but since going free I've never had a reply to any emails sent. At the moment I'm using Revo Uninstaller free.
I'm starting to think that this must be the case, reason enough for me to uninstall. Perhaps I will contact the developer, I really hate this kinda stuff.
'Soft Organizer' where is the setting to 'trace' all programs? thank you seems to only do new ones installed. and I like this bad boy gets everything!
I believe it will only do a "full uninstall" of programs its monitored during installation...Otherwise it simply uses the softwares own un-install routine...The others do that along with a search for leftovers.
You can participate in the survey of the future look of IObit Uninstaller v5 here. Btw, I have voted for none of them but have suggested a mixture of the both. It means make it dark as seen on the right proposal with a placement of menu (options horizontally instead of vertically on the left side) as seen in the left proposal. Also you can see that there is a new folder Tools. I'm curious what this Tools is going to be. Really excited!
FYI. IObit Uninstaller Portable 4.3.0.118 (uninstaller and cleaner) Released, courtesy of PortableApps.com.
There is a serious limitation which affects both Revo and IObit Uninstallers, as well as similar uninstallers. That is lack of ability to scan for leftovers an uninstaller forces a reboot. When software requires a reboot after uninstallation, I always select not to reboot when asked, and then let IObit (or Revo) scan for and delete any found leftovers. While, I have found that this works fine and doesn't cause any problems, some uninstallers reboot at the end of the uninstall without prompting first. This can be a big issue. For example, I was just batch uninstalling 61 programs with IObit Uninstaller. The whole process was nearly done, when after over 50 uninstalls, and uninstaller forced Windows to reboot. Because in batch uninstall mode, the scan for leftovers does not happen until all selected software has been uninstalled, it means that I just uninstalled over 50 programs without scanning for leftovers. If only IObit Uninstaller was able to resume its progress after a reboot, it would have been able to continue uninstalling the remaining few programs, and then scan for leftovers from the 61 programs that has just been uninstalled.
You are right, but you can skip reboot and let the uninstaller do the job, that is why you use it, because default uninstaller leave leftovers even with reboot.
@TairikuOkami Some uninstallers reboot without prompting first, meaning that you can't skip the reboot. That's what happened to me today after over 40 programs had been uninstalled, which meant that I was unable to scan for leftovers from any of those programs.
IObit has told me that the forthcoming version 5 of IObit Uninstaller, will be able to scan for leftovers after a reboot.
