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title: "How to uninstall program in windows OS"  
description: "In this article I am explaining to uninstall program in windows OS"  
author: "Manoj Pandey"  
published: 2015-03-31  
updated: 2019-09-07  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1709/how-to-uninstall-program-in-windows-os  
category: "desktop/laptop"  
tags: ["desktop troubleshooting"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How to uninstall program in windows OS

In [windows](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12793/insightful-review-of-stellar-phoenix-windows-data-recovery-home-edition) OS you can [install](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12876/the-top-5-reasons-to-buy-and-install-a-tonneau-cover) and uninstall [application](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12824/calculator-application-in-android) according to your purpose. If any [programs](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/157528/how-exceptions-can-be-handled-in-sql-server-programs) you are not using in longer and if you want to free [up space](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50514/how-to-free-up-space-on-your-iphone-x-internal-storage) on a drive, you can uninstall programs you're not using. To uninstall [program](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12337/scaling-up-your-mentorship-program) in windows is very simply but you must be sure that you want to install your apps.

##### Follow below steps to install your program

1. Open [Control](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/83439/bipartisan-gun-control-bill-passed-in-us-after-decades) Panel

· In windows 7

Press start [button](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/63/how-to-add-button-in-datagridview-in-csharp-dot-net) and open Control panel

![How to uninstall program in windows OS](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/ac30a45b-3c36-4364-ac9c-fb44782d0683/images/c4ad2dde-d25a-4802-a949-3db396b3258a.png)\

· In Windows 8

Press start button and type to search Control Panel

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![How to uninstall program in windows OS](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/ac30a45b-3c36-4364-ac9c-fb44782d0683/images/9ff796e2-2317-40aa-bd71-58022fee5e89.png)

**\**2. Go to the program and click in Uninstall a program

**![How to uninstall program in windows OS](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/ac30a45b-3c36-4364-ac9c-fb44782d0683/images/ed431934-d110-435d-b07e-826c513ca4e6.png)**

3. Now double click in your install program which you want to install from your system

4. It will be sure to install this program from your system permanently

![How to uninstall program in windows OS](https://www.mindstick.com/mindstickarticle/ac30a45b-3c36-4364-ac9c-fb44782d0683/images/c8829fb1-39f6-44e9-9296-0781dddd556f.png)

5. Now [choose](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87863/why-you-should-not-choose-wordpress-for-making-a-website) ok then it will be uninstall this program permanently from your [system](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87103/allahabad-high-court-bulldozed-the-islamic-madrasa-system-in-up).

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