How to Uninstall an Application in

Windows Rachel Bady

From the "Start Menu" look off to the right and locate and click "Control Panel."

Step One

From the "Control Panel" window you'll want to locate and click "Uninstall a Program." It sits just underneath the "Programs" heading.

Step Two

In this window you'll want to locate the program you want to delete.

Once you've located the program that you want to uninstall, you'll right click on it and choose either "Uninstall" or "Change" from the drop down menu that appears.

Step Three

Pay very close attention to ALL of the instructions to uninstall the program, and be sure to complete the process until the very end.

Step Five

Some programs will require you to restart your system before the uninstall process can be complete. If you're not ready to restart your system you can usually cancel the process until you've saved and closed all of your open applications.

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