Learn how to delete residual files, folders, registry keys & traces after uninstalling software on a Windows 11/10 computer.

One example of this is how you uninstall traditional desktop programs in the new OS. In Windows 8.1, you uninstall desktop programs the traditional way—by heading to the Control Panel.

Windows makes it easy for you to open up these files by setting up default programs for each file type -- images files, for example, will open by default in the Windows 10 Photos app.

Do you have Windows 10 apps that you could live without? Here's how to uninstall a program, or multiple programs in Windows 10, the fast and easy way.

Need to use third-party programs to open files on your PC? Here's how to change file associations in Windows 10 and choose which apps open which file types.

There's a specific way you should uninstall programs on Windows 10, and it involves going into your Apps and features menu. Here's how to do it.

Deleting files in Windows 10 does not really delete the file. Security best practice requires deleted files to be completely overwritten more than once.

But in Windows 10, uninstalling a program (either a desktop program or a Windows 10 app) is much simpler. Here are three different ways to uninstall an app or a program from your Windows 10 PC: ...