Learn how to delete residual files, folders, registry keys & traces after uninstalling software on a Windows 11/10 computer.

Delete registry entries to remove leftover app data efficiently, but be cautious when making changes to the registry. Manually remove leftover folders in common locations like Program Files and ...

Windows won't let you delete, move, or rename a file if a program is using it. Frustratingly, it also won't tell you which program is using the file so that you can solve the problem.

To completely uninstall WinZip from your Windows 11/10 computer, follow any one of these recommended methods and then take these steps.

Do you have Windows 10 apps that you could live without? Here's how to uninstall a program, or multiple programs in Windows 10, the fast and easy way.

Then you select the file from the program’s list, select Delete from the pull-down menu in the lower-left corner, and click Unlock.

Deleting files in Windows 10 does not really delete the file. Security best practice requires deleted files to be completely overwritten more than once.

Duplicate-file-finding programs expect you to manually check each file for deletion. That's not practical for Edward Derbyshire, who has "121,000 duplicates" to delete.

To reveal hidden-image files within a folder holding an audio file so you can delete them, look at the folder's toolbar and select Tools, then Folder options from the drop list, then select the ...