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Revo Uninstaller is an
uninstaller An uninstaller, also called a deinstaller, is a variety of utility software designed to remove other software or parts of it from a computer. It is the opposite of an installer. Uninstallers are useful primarily when software components are insta ...
for
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. It uninstalls programs and additionally removes any files and
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entries left behind by the program's uninstaller or by the Windows uninstall function.


Features

Revo Uninstaller first runs the selected program's built-in uninstaller, then searches and removes associated files and registry entries that the uninstaller may not have removed from the user's drive. Revo Uninstaller also cleans out: * Files in the
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* Entries in the Windows start-up applications folder * Browser history and
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of
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,
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,
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and
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* The recently opened file list in
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applications Revo Uninstaller can also irrecoverably delete files. A
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version is available that can be run without installing onto or modifying the system, in particular from external
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such as USB and
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drives. The freeware version 2 of Revo Uninstaller can support both 32-bit and 64-bit applications.


See also

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Uninstaller An uninstaller, also called a deinstaller, is a variety of utility software designed to remove other software or parts of it from a computer. It is the opposite of an installer. Uninstallers are useful primarily when software components are insta ...


References


External links

* Freemium Portable software Uninstallers for Windows Windows-only software {{Windows-software-stub