Revo Uninstaller Safe?

[paulyron]

I heard people say this program is good to remove programs.  But also it removes everything completely is that true?

 

 

So my new laptop has mcafee installed.  Does it mean if i remove it from the add/remove programs, it is still there and not all is removed?  But revo uninstaller would remove it?

 

 

Would you recommend it or against it?  I always remove programs with add/remove programs but someone said it doesn't fully uninstall everything?

[Zando_]

If it's from an OEM and you don't have all your stuff moved over, I recommend a fresh install with a USB (Microsoft has an official Media Creation Tool to make a nice clean windows installer USB with), OEMs pack in a ton more bloat than McAfee, you can nuke it all and redownload only the utilities the laptop needs to function. 

 

If that isn't an option, McAfee actually has instructions on how to properly uninstall their own crapware: https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS101331&page=shell&shell=article-view. 

 

For other stuff just use the add/remove programs in windows, no need for a dedicated uninstaller app, they can often cause more issues than they solve depending on how they go about nuking files. 

[paulyron]

1 minute ago, Zando_ said:

If it's from an OEM and you don't have all your stuff moved over, I recommend a fresh install with a USB (Microsoft has an official Media Creation Tool to make a nice clean windows installer USB with), OEMs pack in a ton more bloat than McAfee, you can nuke it all and redownload only the utilities the laptop needs to function. 

 

If that isn't an option, McAfee actually has instructions on how to properly uninstall their own crapware: https://www.mcafee.com/support/?articleId=TS101331&page=shell&shell=article-view. 

 

For other stuff just use the add/remove programs in windows, no need for a dedicated uninstaller app, they can often cause more issues than they solve depending on how they go about nuking files. 

I just got the new xps laptop with windows 11 pro.  I don't have anything important on it.

 

But i also don't want to do a clean reinstall for windows 11 pro.  

 

So you are telling me just add/remove mcafee from control panel doesn't work fully for it?  The first method it shows in the video seems to be your normal add/remove programs?  Also im using windows 11 pro and not windows 10.  So just remove it the regular way then?  Again i never used revo uninstaller before.

 

Is revo ... revo uninstaller on ninite by the way?

[Zando_]

3 minutes ago, paulyron said:

So you are telling me just add/remove mcafee from control panel doesn't work fully for it?

Yes but maybe no. McAfee says to try that first, if it doesn't work then use the tool they made to do the job. Not sure why they're unsure as to how their own software uninstalls but that's McAfee for you. 

4 minutes ago, paulyron said:

But i also don't want to do a clean reinstall for windows 11 pro.

Takes a few minutes. Like 5 for the install itself (just did it on a ZenBook 14 yesterday), but yeah waiting for all the driver downloads n stuff afterwards can be annoying. I usually do it anyways because almost every issue I've had with a laptop was fixed by either an SSD install (if they didn't come with one) or a fresh install of Windows. Whatever they do to their ISOs at the factory makes em funky in my experience, though that is mostly HP laptops and the occasional ASUS, not specifically Dells. 

6 minutes ago, paulyron said:

Is revo ... revo uninstaller on ninite by the way?

Don't use Ninite uh... looks like yes, they just call it "Revo" but hovering over it says the uninstaller bit.