Is there a free program to completely remove programs & destroy all traces?

[Jussiney]

Is there any good programs that do this that remove programs completely?

 

[stumpyjoe]

The only program I have used for destroying things utterly (though manual) is called FileAssassin. It deletes anything no questions asked beyond "are you sure?" and does not care about access permissions either.

Note: this is very powerful in the sense it will ignore warnings about sensitive Windows files so you have to be certain you are not deleting something integral to your system.

Depending on what you're removing it may be a good idea to search for uninstallers made specifically for removing said program. As an example I had issues with iTunes not removing from my system entirely and used a utility called ByeTunes which existed for the sole purpose of removing iTunes program traces.

 

[Jussiney]

Is there any other solutions besides FileAssassins that is more ui and user-friendly?

 

[jsmithepa]

Is there any other solutions besides FileAssassins that is more ui and user-friendly?

Powerful tools will have powerful interfaces.

I do something simpler. Having run Windows for a long time I know what my permanent Apps are, so after installing OS and those Apps and everything seems to run perfect, I do an OS Image Backup. Hence anything I install afterwards and don't like, I simply restore this backup and I know I go back EXACTLY as it was before and whatever crap I installed afterwards never happened, including a few trial-wares. This is also a quick and effective way to de-malware.

 

[stumpyjoe]

Is there any other solutions besides FileAssassins that is more ui and user-friendly?

FileAssassin is very user friendly, it even adds the option to delete files on the right click menu. If you're familiar with using the delete function by right click then you can use FileAssassin no problem.

What are you trying remove exactly?