The selection of uninstall ran the native uninstaller of the program first and then the leftover scan. Listed Tomahawk with a size of 115 Megabyte and today's installation date. The moderate uninstallation mode was selected in Revo Uninstaller as it is the program's default mode that is likely used by the majority of its users. I ran each program once and accepted all suggestions before I closed it and ran the uninstaller. How thorough is the removal process of each program? To find out, I installed the three random programs Tomahawk, Telegram Desktop and SlimBrowser, and ran uninstall operations on each using each of the three removal programs. IOBit did not pick up some programs, Boxcryptor or Apple Software Update for instance, which Geek Uninstaller did list in its interface. The difference in the program count between Geek Uninstaller and IOBit Uninstaller is not as easy to explain.

That's a serious issue right there as it limits program functionality on 64-bit systems. The free version of Revo Uninstaller does not offer full 64-bit compatibility which means that it won't list 64-bit programs in its interface. Revo Uninstaller, available as a portable version.Īll three programs are compatible with all supported versions of the Windows operating system.įirst test: how many installed programs are recognized by the three uninstaller programs. IOBit Uninstaller, needs to be installed. Geek Uninstaller, available as a portable version. Which of the three is best at cleaning programs and leftovers on Windows PCs? Lets find out. When it comes to advanced uninstallers, the following three are mentioned the most: Geek Uninstaller, IOBit Uninstaller and Revo Uninstaller. They may take up a bit of space on the hard drive or clutter the system but they usually do not cause any functionality issues on the system. These leftovers are not a problem usually.

If you have removed software in the past from your computer you may have noticed empty Start Menu folders for instance which were not removed with the program. The native option in Windows gets the job done most of the time but lacks advanced features such as cleaning up leftovers.

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