In fact, as someone previously said I don't understand why some of these are even included on a desktop PC such as Maps. But if there's more that are safe to delete, I would love to know! Ebay When I click uninstall it takes me to Control Panel; where this program is not. The verified publisher is Apple, yet this is not a Apple computer.
WildTanget Games Has an error when I do try to uninstall. I check the 2 games I would like to also remove I don't play them. One thing I did notice after removing the safe-to-remove apps through PowerShell was that the folder icons on my Start Menu are kind of wonky since then. They're either a odd shape or gone. When I click on the folder they're fine.
I know it's not anything serious, but is this fixable? If not that's okay, I use Cortana more than my Start Menu, haha. I would also like to know if there are any extra folders and files that I don't need that can be deleted as well Microsoft Office, for example?
Windows Media Player is a Window feature so the switch to Control Panel is correct, Programs and features, you need to then select the Add or remove features function. Bonjour is indeed an Apple utility and is used to communicate to Apple devices, it normally gets added by installing iTunes.
Ebay as far as I know is just a web link. This opens the Start Menu folder with the actual Shortcuts, again right click and check the properties. This tells you if it starts a program and where it is or in the case of Ebay or Amazon if it just opens a Web page. If the latter just delete the shortcut. Character map has been a part of Windows from the very 1st versions and may be called by other programs to manage non keyboard characters.
I agree in principle with your point, why is there no uninstall for films and TV or What is the Mixed Reality Portal sounds like somewhere to buy drugs but what is it you are trying to achieve?
If a program does not appear in the Startup list within Task manager the only effect it has is to take up a few MB of disk space. Modern versions of Chrome and Firefox don't support it, which means that Java is less of a security problem than it once was.
Unless you're an Android developer or use some specialized software that relies on Java, you should uninstall it. You'll probably never notice a difference. Silverlight is a web framework, similar to Adobe Flash, that once enabled rich media content in your browser. Years ago, these plugins were necessary on a lot of websites. But now they're deprecated and no longer useful. Looking at W3Techs again, we see that fewer than 0.
Modern browsers don't even work with Silverlight; Chrome and Firefox haven't supported it for years, and it was never compatible with Edge.
Silverlight is only officially supported in Internet Explorer, which is only part of Windows 10 for compatibility reasons anyway. You won't lose anything by uninstalling Silverlight. When you're wondering what to uninstall from Windows 10, one of the obvious candidates is junk in your browser. While toolbars were once a far more prevalent problem, modern versions of Chrome and other browsers have thankfully fought back and mostly eradicated them. However, spammy extensions are still in the wild.
Toolbar, or the Babylon Toolbar. If you find any of them, uninstall them. After that, review the installed add-ons or extensions in your browsers. Make sure you recognize and review everything there, as even trustworthy extensions can be sold to shady companies. The purpose of Coupon Printer for Windows is to provide access to deals from Coupons. However, since this software is typically found bundled in with other programs, chances are you that you didn't want to install it in the first place.
If you're a diehard Coupons. Everyone else should uninstall this program and use another coupon site that doesn't require installing anything. Unless you're running a premium device like the Surface Pro, or installed Windows from scratch on a new desktop, chances are your computer came with lots of preinstalled junk from the manufacturer.
Consider these unnecessary programs you should get rid of, as none of them are required for Windows to function. Some of the preinstalled branded programs, like photo apps, gaming tools, or anything that duplicates Windows utilities, are completely unnecessary. Of course, we can't comment specifically on every piece of manufacturer software.
To find out about what you should delete from your system, it's a good idea to check out Should I Remove It? When in doubt, anything from the manufacturer is probably not necessary. But it's always good to double-check. Having to remove manufacturer bloatware is annoying enough, but Microsoft includes a fair bit of its own in Windows This comes in the form of Store apps. Thankfully, you can uninstall most of these unnecessary programs without much hassle. Read our guide to cleaning mentioned above for a proper cleanup method.
If your computer feels slow, try some ways to make Windows faster. However, it's had a host of issues over the years that make it untrustworthy now. Aside from having ads crammed into the interface, uTorrent also includes offers for other software tools, which is annoying. Its worst offense came in , when the app was found to bundle in cryptocurrency mining software without letting users know.
This wasted your system resources in the background to make money for the company, which allegedly gave some to charity. There's no reason to bother with uTorrent now. We think qBittorrent is the best torrent client , as it's free of all this nonsense. Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported as of January Though it's blocked in all modern browsers now, you should still uninstall local copies of Flash. This will keep you safe from any future security issues, since Adobe isn't updating it anymore.
A similar runtime plugin, Adobe Shockwave Player, was discontinued in The company no longer offers it for download, and you're extremely unlikely to find a website that needs it. You should thus remove both Shockwave Player and Flash Player.
They're both relics of an era gone by and unnecessary today. Java is another media runtime, and includes two components: Java on the desktop, and the Java plugin for browsers which is notorious for having security problems. Though it was once fairly common, very few websites use it nowadays. At the time of writing, W3Techs shows that under 0.
Modern versions of Chrome and Firefox don't support it, which means that Java is less of a security problem than it once was. Unless you're an Android developer or use some specialized software that relies on Java, you should uninstall it. You'll probably never notice a difference. Silverlight is a web framework, similar to Adobe Flash, that once enabled rich media content in your browser.
Years ago, these plugins were necessary on a lot of websites. But now they're deprecated and no longer useful. Looking at W3Techs again, we see that fewer than 0. Modern browsers don't even work with Silverlight; Chrome and Firefox haven't supported it for years, and it was never compatible with Edge.
Silverlight is only officially supported in Internet Explorer, which is only part of Windows 10 for compatibility reasons anyway. You won't lose anything by uninstalling Silverlight.
When you're wondering what to uninstall from Windows 10, one of the obvious candidates is junk in your browser. While toolbars were once a far more prevalent problem, modern versions of Chrome and other browsers have thankfully fought back and mostly eradicated them. However, spammy extensions are still in the wild. Toolbar, or the Babylon Toolbar.
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