Revo Uninstaller Free

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Most programs come with their own uninstallers, but sometimes, these don’t do a very thorough job, leaving behind temporary files, unused registry entries and other detritus. These remnants take up space on your PC, and can cause conflicts if you want to install a newer version of the same software at a later date.

Revo Uninstaller is one of a number of similar apps that scans your PC for installed programs and lets you remove every trace of them, including the bits that would normally be left behind.

The free version we’ve tested has several limitations when held against the premium edition (there’s no way to uninstall multiple programs at once, for example, and it can’t monitor system changes in real time) but that’s to be expected — the free versions of competitors IObit Uninstaller and Wise Program Uninstaller don’t offer those tools either.Revo Uninstaller Free has a simple interface — just select a program from the list and click ‘Uninstall’ to remove it. The software will create a System Restore Point before it begins, which is reassuring. The program’s uninstaller will run as normal, after which, you’ll be offered three scanning options to look for mucky footprints left by the departed software — safe, moderate and advanced.

Revo Uninstaller Free also includes links to Windows’ own system maintenance tools (including defrag and task scheduler), tools for removing temporary browser and Microsoft Office files, and the conspiratorially named ‘Evidence Remover’ (a file shredder).

If you just need to remove one particularly stubborn program, you might like to try installing the free trial of the Pro version and using the powerful Force Uninstall option.

Revo Uninstaller Free is a perfectly good software uninstaller, though the Pro edition is vastly superior, and its extra tools are a strange bunch.