Uninstall A Program From Your Computer

When I first built my computer I said that I would barely keep any programs on it because I wanted to keep it clean and I wanted to keep it fast. I don’t have to worry so much about the latter because I built it to be fast but keeping it clean and free of unnecessary programs was a major concern for me.

However, as time went on I ended up installing programs that I didn’t necessarily need to have but something that I thought would be cool to at least try out. So I would install them, try them out and never use them again if I didn’t like them. Though they would still sit on my computer, taking up space and creating even more of a mess. Eventually I took the time to go through all the programs and uninstall the ones that I wasn’t actually using.

Uninstalling A Program In Windows XP

  1. Click Start, then click on Control Panel
  2. Click on Add or Remove Programs
  3. Scroll down in the list and find the program which you want to remove
  4. Click the Remove button in the lower right hand corner
  5. Follow the steps that are provided

Thats it!

Uninstalling A Program In Windows Vista

  1. Click on the Windows button in the lower left hand corner of your screen
  2. Click on Control Panel
  3. Double click the Programs and Features icon
  4. Scroll through the list and find the program that you want to remove
  5. Click uninstall located in the gray bar above the list of programs
  6. Follow the steps that are provided to uninstall the program

Quite easy yes?

Removing programs that you don’t use anymore on your computer can free up hard drive space as well as keeping it more organized. It can also speed up your anti-virus software when you do a scan as it has less files to check.