Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs Intended For Windows Vista Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows 2000 Windows Me Windows 98 Windows 95 In Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel, a list of installed applications is displayed for the purpose of easy removal. Unfortunately, but there is no obvious method for removing these entries (either to prevent accidental removal, or if the application was removed some other way) without uninstalling the programs. To remove an entry, do the following: Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE). Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Uninstall, and remove any unwanted keys under "Uninstall." Note: This setting can also be changed with TweakUI. Written by: Annoyances.org Last updated: Wednesday, February 7, 2007 Care to discuss this article with other Windows users? Select your operating system here, and click Continue to post your question. - Choose your OS -Windows 7Windows VistaWindows Server 2003Windows XPWindows 2000Windows MeWindows 98Windows 95 Previous discussions about this article: (open a message to see applicable responses, if any) [Windows 2000] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (CP: Tuesday, January 8, 2002) [Windows ME] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (Cheri: Friday, January 25, 2002) [Windows XP] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (M A Edwards: Thursday, April 11, 2002) [Windows 98] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (sandie: Tuesday, May 7, 2002) [Windows Me] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (Michael gibbons: Friday, September 6, 2002) [Windows XP] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (Michael: Sunday, May 11, 2003) [Windows XP] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (Mike: Thursday, May 22, 2003) [Windows XP] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (Vici: Wednesday, June 25, 2003) [Windows 2000] Question about Add/Remove programs, there are no programs there (lisa: Wednesday, June 25, 2003) [Windows 98] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (granprix: Sunday, August 10, 2003) [Windows Me] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (Kristy Carberry: Thursday, August 28, 2003) [Windows XP] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (David: Friday, October 17, 2003) [Windows 95] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (David Fuller: Friday, December 19, 2003) [Windows XP] Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs -- Step 2 (James Gerow: Thursday, January 1, 2004) [Windows 98] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (amy : Saturday, January 3, 2004) [Windows XP] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (jeremy oldham: Wednesday, January 7, 2004) [Windows XP] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (jeremy oldham: Wednesday, January 7, 2004) [Windows XP] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (Craig Davison: Tuesday, February 10, 2004) [Windows 98] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (Arnold: Thursday, February 19, 2004) [Windows 2000] 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' may require additional actions (Richard: Sunday, October 24, 2004) [Windows XP] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (Alex: Monday, August 29, 2005) [Windows XP] Eliminate old entries after the program is gone (Ron Gyne: Monday, January 2, 2006) [Windows XP] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (Lynn Buell: Thursday, January 5, 2006) [Windows XP] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (ernst: Tuesday, February 21, 2006) [Windows XP] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (Robert Guzdziol: Friday, September 15, 2006) [Windows 2000] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (robert gibbons: Tuesday, January 16, 2007) [Windows XP] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (dra: Sunday, March 11, 2007) [Windows 98] Question about 'Clear Unwanted Entries from Add/Remove Programs' (P Jhawar: Wednesday, April 18, 2007) Return to "Reducing Clutter"