The ways to remove an app from Windows 10

Windows 10

As time goes by, as we use our Windows 10 computer, it is common for us to end up installing many applications on it. This means that it takes up a lot of space and from time to time we have to delete some. Especially since there are applications that we never really use on the computer. So we can free up space.

The way to delete applications in Windows 10 is varied. Since the truth is that we have different methods available to be able to do it. Therefore, we show you below several methods that will help you in this process. This way you will be able to choose the one that is most comfortable for you in your case.

From the control panel

Control panel uninstall

Despite the fact that the control panel has lost weight in Windows 10, it is still the classic method of removing apps on our computer. Therefore, it is always a method that we can use in our case. In the search bar on the computer we must enter control panel, to be able to access it on the computer. This panel will then open.

Once inside the panel we have to enter the programs section and then we enter uninstall programs. It will show us then the complete list of applications that we have installed in Windows 10. It is only a matter of looking then which one we want to remove from the computer. We select it and click on the uninstall option, so that the process can begin on the computer.

Windows 10 settings

Uninstall apps

In the latest version of the operating system the configuration has been gaining presence, with more and more functions. We can also use it to eliminate those applications that we no longer want to have on our computer. As you know, within the configuration we find an applications section. From this same section we have the possibility of eliminating applications from the computer.

We open the Windows 10 configuration, using the Win + I key combination. Once inside we enter the applications section and there we find the list of all those that we have installed on our computer. You will only have to click on the application in question and You will get the option to uninstall next to it. Therefore, you just have to click on that option and the process of uninstalling the application from the computer will begin. Repeat the process in all those that you want to eliminate in our case.

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Program installation folder

We can also resort to this method, which is somewhat more complex, but it also works very well in Windows 10. We can look in the installation folder of said program, where there is always a tool that helps us uninstall it from the computer at all times. Therefore, in this way, this process is executed in the same way.

Then, we have to find the folder of this application in question. Typically, it is found within program files. There, inside this folder, we have to look for the uninstall executable for it, in many applications this file usually exists. So when we run it, the process of uninstalling this Windows 10 application will begin.

Third-party applications

This is an option that does not seem to make much sense, but in some cases it can be helpful, if for any reason We cannot remove an application from our Windows 10 computer. The idea is that we download a program that is dedicated to removing applications from the computer. Thus, through this tool we can choose all the applications that we want to eliminate in our case and thus get rid of them.

There are quite a few such programs available today. Revo Uninstaller is possibly one of the best known options currently, in addition to one of the most reliable. So you will be able to make use of it in this sense when removing these applications from your Windows 10 computer. They are easy-to-use programs.

Windows 10 start menu

Delete start menu

Finally, another option that can also be very helpful in this case, is to resort to the start menu in Windows 10. When we open the start menu on our computer, we will be able to see that we get a list of all the applications and tools that we have installed on our computer. Therefore, we can make one of them go to uninstall from it. Too easy.

In this start menu we have to locate the application that we want to eliminate, in said list. When we have found it, we right click on it with the mouse. We will then get a small contextual menu with several options, one of which is to uninstall said application. We click on it and it is only to wait for the process to be completed in this case. We can repeat it with all the applications we want.


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