{"id":20340,"date":"2020-11-15T08:42:49","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T13:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=20340"},"modified":"2020-11-15T08:42:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T13:42:49","slug":"use-settings-apps-features-to-uninstall-programs-and-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/use-settings-apps-features-to-uninstall-programs-and-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Settings, Apps &#038; Features to Uninstall Programs and Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\"><strong>Use Settings, Apps &amp; Features to Uninstall Programs and Apps<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">We usually use Reg Organizer or HiBit Uninstaller when we uninstall programs. But sometimes, when we think the app won\u2019t leave too many traces behind, or we\u2019re just feeling lazy, we uninstall the program the old-fashioned way using Control Panel \/ Programs \/ Uninstall a Program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">But sometimes even old dogs can learn new tricks. We were stuck in the rut of using Control Panel to remove programs because we\u2019ve been doing it that way for so many years. Maybe you\u2019re that way too. Anyway, today we had occasion to use Settings &gt; Apps &gt;Apps &amp; features to uninstall a few programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If you\u2019ve never used it before, it\u2019s simple \u2013 and you can even uninstall some Microsoft Store apps this way as well<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2021\/unapp0.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 10 Tips\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Just click on the app you want to remove and click the Uninstall button when it appears. Simple!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2021\/unapp1.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 10 Tips\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">And don&#8217;t waste your time scrolling down a lengthy list of programs &amp; apps when looking for the program or app you want to remove&#8230; use the search box, we tells ya!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2021\/searchbox.png\" alt=\"Windows tips by Cloudeight\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">You can also uninstall some (but not all) Microsoft Store apps from Settings &gt; Apps &gt; Apps &amp; features as well.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2021\/unapp2.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight Windows 10 Tips\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">So, if you normally use Control Panel to uninstall programs, the next time, try using Settings &gt; Apps &gt; Apps &amp; features. Open Settings (right-click on the start button, click &#8220;Settings&#8221;) then click Apps and choose Apps &amp; features.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">And you can also open settings using the Windows key shortcut, Windows key + I.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Use Settings, Apps &amp; Features to Uninstall Programs and Apps We usually use Reg Organizer or HiBit Uninstaller when we uninstall programs. But sometimes, when we think the app won\u2019t leave too many traces behind, or we\u2019re just feeling lazy, we uninstall the program the old-fashioned way using Control Panel \/ Programs \/ Uninstall a Program.\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/use-settings-apps-features-to-uninstall-programs-and-apps\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3948],"tags":[4105,4106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20341,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20340\/revisions\/20341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}