There are a number of causes you would possibly need to uninstall purposes and / or packages out of your Windows 11 PC. You could also be making an attempt to liberate area, otherwise you now not use that software, or this system got here along with your PC and also you don’t actually need it.

There are literally a number of other ways to uninstall an app relying on what you’re making an attempt to take away. If one technique doesn’t work, attempt one other.

Be warned: not each app may be uninstalled utilizing the strategies described right here. Some built-in apps, akin to Microsoft Edge, can solely be uninstalled utilizing the command immediate. Tom’s Hardware has some directions on how to do that, however since there is some debate as as to whether that may create extra issues with the OS than it’s price, it’s possible you’ll need to merely ignore its presence.

For most purposes, although, the method is pretty easy.

Uninstall an app from the Start menu

It’s straightforward to uninstall easy apps, like lots of these put in from the Microsoft Store, from the Start menu. For bigger apps and packages, which can retailer settings within the Windows Registry and different locations round your system, it’s possible you’ll must do a extra formal uninstall. (Because Windows can retailer bits of your software in numerous components of the system, it’s essential to correctly uninstall apps quite than merely delete them.)

Here’s the right way to start:

• Click on the Start button.
• Locate the app (you will have to click on All apps within the upper-right nook).
• Right-click on the app and choose Uninstall.

• If you get a pop-up with the message This app and its associated info will probably be eliminated, then simply hit the Uninstall button and also you’re completed!

• If it’s a extra complicated software, you’ll see a button that claims Uninstall. You’ll be taken to the Uninstall or change a program web page within the Control Panel.

Uninstall an app utilizing the Control Panel

If you need to, you can too get to this web page by deciding on the search icon in your taskbar, typing Control Panel, clicking on the app bar, after which clicking on Uninstall a program beneath the Programs subhead.

• Scroll all the way down to this system you need to take away. (If you possibly can’t discover it, it’s possible you’ll must uninstall by settings — the directions for that are beneath.)
• Once you discover this system’s itemizing, click on on that after which on the Uninstall button on the high of the web page. You can even right-click and choose Uninstall or simply double-click on this system.

• The subsequent steps differ relying on this system. In some instances, the applying will probably be eliminated and also you received’t should do the rest. You might get a pop-up window asking you to substantiate. In that case, click on Uninstall. You might get a window that claims “Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?” Click Yes. If you get an uninstall window, click on Next or Continue and comply with the steps within the window to uninstall the app.

• Click Finish whenever you’re completed.

Uninstall an app utilizing settings

An different (and maybe simpler) technique to uninstall a program is to make use of the “Apps & features” part of your Windows 10 settings.

• Click on the Start button.
• Select the cog to open up Settings.
• Select Apps from the left-hand column.
• Click on App & options.
• Scroll all the way down to the app you need to uninstall, and click on on the three dots on the proper.

• Click on the Uninstall button. (If the button is grayed out, it means you could’t uninstall it through the conventional Windows interface.)
• A small pop-up window will seem. Click on the Uninstall button.