Total Uninstall
Total Uninstall is an uninstaller program that replaces standard Windows Add Remove Programs. Analyze installed programs or monitor new installations to uninstall progra...
What is Total Uninstall?
Total Uninstall is an uninstaller program that replaces standard Windows Add Remove Programs. Analyze installed programs or monitor new installations to uninstall programs completely. The uninstaller is compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.
Features Accurate analyze existing installations and create a log with installation changes. Monitor changes from registry and file system for new installations. Uninstall completely and thoroughly analyzed or monitored programs. Create a backup for a program and restore the program from backup. Organize in groups installed or monitored programs. Find the program to uninstall by keyword quickly and easily. Summary and detailed information for each installed or monitored program. User configurable views of the detected changes. It shows a detailed uninstall log. Powerful search in detected changes. Standalone program agent for notification of running installation programs. Export registry changes for install or uninstall. Export installed or monitored programs list to file. Export to file or print detected changes.
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- English
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- System Cleaner
- Registry Cleaner
- traces
- Registry Compare
- registry-scan
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BaronVonButthole Upvoted a comment on Total UninstallI'm revising my assessment of Total Uninstall. I cannot recommend this software in its current state, because it has a serious bug. Sometimes -- it happens perhaps 20% of the time for me -- when I compare snapshots, the TU process rapidly devours all available memory. Your page file will skyrocket in size, and if you don't kill tu.exe quickly enough, your system will crash. I have reported this bug several times, starting several years ago, but the issue remains. I've updated TU many times and reinstalled and upgraded Windows since then as well, so I don't want to hear any BS about this somehow being "my fault". This is a bug, and a very serious one. The TU author no longer responds to me. --- I've been using Total Uninstall for 18 years as I write this (from early 2005 to late 2022). So you could say I have experience with it. I'm not aware of any genuine alternatives to Total Uninstall: That is, utilities that actually create and compare before/after snapshots. Snapshotting is the only way to truly track and undo changes. The ONLY way. Maintaining a database of changes an application makes -- even if crowdsourced -- is not an alternative. Scanning the system is not an alternative. Period. This is not up for debate. It's outstanding at what it does. It's indispensable to me, simply because -- for some maddening reason -- installation and uninstallation standards have remained lax on Windows over the decades. Software very often leaves behind not just space-wasting garbage in static directories, but problem-causing drivers and services that can become very serious issues later on. Microsoft very obviously cares more about raping user privacy and refining the clown suit than it does fixing these (completely fixable) issues that actually matter. The problem is that it's extremely difficult for a utility like Total Uninstall to be safe for novice users. You can mess up your system badly using Total Uninstall, and that's not really Total Uninstall's fault. It's because Windows is incredibly complex and is always busily creating and changing files and registry entries all over the place. It is entirely possible, for example, that during the time between the creation of your Total Uninstall pre-installation and post-installation snapshots, Windows decides to update Microsoft Store applications, Windows Defender, or some random Windows updates. If you later blindly undo every change that occurred during "install", you are very highly likely to cause issues, because you will also be removing and/or breaking items intrinsic to Windows. You can mitigate this in part by adding exclusions to Total Uninstall, but this is far from easy to do, because -- again -- Windows is incredibly complex. Total Uninstall is great, but be sure to use System Restore, be sure to create image backups, and be (more or less) sure you know what you're doing.
Across Many, MANY Years, I have Thoroughly Tested About Eight Uninstallers. As a result of this HUGE NUMBER OF HOURS of Grueling Testing, I have actually discovered that it is quite a SIMPLE matter to make this SUMMARY Statement about Windows Uninstallers!! –––
The Vast Majority of Uninstallers are "OKAY" — Most of them (with regard to removing EVERY File & Registry Value from the installation) do just slightly better than the Windows’ Native Uninstaller; Examples of "Just OK" Uninstallers include:: • CCleaner; • Wise; & • Puran. I STRONGLY Recommend against using these Mediocre Uninstallers because, over time, your computer (especially its Registry) becomes Cluttered with Erroneous Junk that DOES Bog Down your computer!
Next UP is the Group of Uninstallers that are Actually "Good" about Locating & Removing Most of the Detritus that Lesser Uninstallers Leave Behind. Examples of "Good" Uninstallers include::
• "Advanced Uninstaller Pro" {& Surprisingly, this Competent Uninstaller is FREE!};
• "Uninstall Tool" (by CrystalIdea); And
• "IObit Uninstaller PRO" {The Free Version ranks only “OKAY”}!
And Finally {& I Tested These TWO with Painstaking Thoroughness—spending a HUGE Amount of Time } –– These are the TWO Uninstallers that are Truly "OUTSTANDING" {Although, in my Opinion, One of them is Slightly BETTER– & I will tell you WHY—Below}. The Main Reason that BOTH •Revo & •Total Uninstall are Superior is because they are UNequaled at Hunting down & Removing the tiniest bit of leftovers from the install; Both of them include Excellent Help Files to answer all your questions; And Both of them allow the user to Select among varying degrees of Rigor in the Search for Remnants {TIP: Do NOT choose “Advanced Search”!! —Which Actually IS more Risky!} And Here’s a Key Difference Between •Revo & •Total Uninstall:: • If you Prefer “EASY”, you Will want to Choose Revo! Top-to-Bottom it is Designed to make a Thorough Uninstall a Piece of Cake for the User.
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NOW TO CONCLUDE:: Here are the ReasonS that I Consider Total Uninstall (“T-O”) to be the World’s BEST Uninstaller:: A) Even when it UNinstalls an UNMonitored Install, T-O’s Search is SO Thorough, it is AS Complete as its Competitors’ MONITORED Installs! Simply Amazing!;
B) And this Final UNIQUE T-O Feature makes it simply Awesome:: T-O includes a Module that WATCHES the type of detritus your computer generates in regular day-to-day (NON-Install) operation; THEN, When it IS Monitoring an INSTALL, it will Totally EXCLUDE the day-to-day detritus from consideration during the INSTALLs—So that the Monitoring is Exceedingly Accurate––Simply Amazing!! { However!! This Point #B also comes with a Negative:: You simply DO Need to Read the T-O MANUAL — But the Manual is NOT Lengthy. }
Most useful unique feature is the ability to transfer programs to another PC. Here's a link to their guide.
I'm revising my assessment of Total Uninstall. I cannot recommend this software in its current state, because it has a serious bug. Sometimes -- it happens perhaps 20% of the time for me -- when I compare snapshots, the TU process rapidly devours all available memory. Your page file will skyrocket in size, and if you don't kill tu.exe quickly enough, your system will crash. I have reported this bug several times, starting several years ago, but the issue remains. I've updated TU many times and reinstalled and upgraded Windows since then as well, so I don't want to hear any BS about this somehow being "my fault". This is a bug, and a very serious one. The TU author no longer responds to me.
I've been using Total Uninstall for 18 years as I write this (from early 2005 to late 2022). So you could say I have experience with it.
I'm not aware of any genuine alternatives to Total Uninstall: That is, utilities that actually create and compare before/after snapshots. Snapshotting is the only way to truly track and undo changes. The ONLY way. Maintaining a database of changes an application makes -- even if crowdsourced -- is not an alternative. Scanning the system is not an alternative. Period. This is not up for debate.
It's outstanding at what it does. It's indispensable to me, simply because -- for some maddening reason -- installation and uninstallation standards have remained lax on Windows over the decades. Software very often leaves behind not just space-wasting garbage in static directories, but problem-causing drivers and services that can become very serious issues later on. Microsoft very obviously cares more about raping user privacy and refining the clown suit than it does fixing these (completely fixable) issues that actually matter.
The problem is that it's extremely difficult for a utility like Total Uninstall to be safe for novice users. You can mess up your system badly using Total Uninstall, and that's not really Total Uninstall's fault. It's because Windows is incredibly complex and is always busily creating and changing files and registry entries all over the place.
It is entirely possible, for example, that during the time between the creation of your Total Uninstall pre-installation and post-installation snapshots, Windows decides to update Microsoft Store applications, Windows Defender, or some random Windows updates. If you later blindly undo every change that occurred during "install", you are very highly likely to cause issues, because you will also be removing and/or breaking items intrinsic to Windows.
You can mitigate this in part by adding exclusions to Total Uninstall, but this is far from easy to do, because -- again -- Windows is incredibly complex.
Total Uninstall is great, but be sure to use System Restore, be sure to create image backups, and be (more or less) sure you know what you're doing.
It's much better then Revo in finding registry leftovers. The best uninstaller in the market if you can afford it. Also finds leftovers of uninstalled software and Revo don't.
Total Uninstall is very good functionally, but it's hindered by it's UI and some problems with the monitoring module. I tried using it for a while, but I returned to Revo Uninstaller.
It analyses installed apps and creates a transferable backup of application which can be uninstalled using the analysed logs.
Hi,
Let me start by saying i'm a fan of the good old Quarterdeck cleansweep before Norton bought it and destroyed a perfect product. Ever since i been searching for a good replacement. I tried so many apps that i almost gave up. Most uninstallers are just a fancy shell on top of what you already get in Windwows, they just give you the illusion that they are doing it better when in reality its exactly the same if not worse.
What i call a uninstaller is something that takes an image of your registry and hard-drive before the installation and compares to the registry and hard-drive once the installation is done. This is the only way to be certain everything is registered. This process alone can be tricky and time consuming and many apps i tried have not done such a good job on both fronts.
Total Uninstall on the other hand always amazes me on how fast and reliable it can be. Its super easy to use and it provides a good interface. you do need to be careful the first times you use it and making sure your folder and registry for your other apps dont get included. For me i had to exclude my Firefox and total commander folder and registry keys as these two apps are always running for me. But once you done that total uninstall does a fantastic job recording your installation and removing them later. I also like the backup. You can always restore what you remove in case of problem.
So as a summary i think this is the best uninstaller out there. One last good thing is that the support is fantastic, they answer and fix your problem within a day. i have had on 3 occasion problem with my registration and key being used on to many installation and emailed them about it. They fixed it the day after. I just hate companies where you are not worth the time once you buy their product.