Hot Take I use both HiBit Uninstaller and Total Uninstall at the same time.

[annaegorov]

I rely most of the time on a clean image. But if I have a small program I need to remove and want to leave my PC as clean as possible, I use both of the above uninstallers at the same time.

Here is my procedure:

1). Start Total uninstall, select bundle if needed or select the program in question. Now analyze. Minimize Total to the taskbar.

2). Now start up HiBit Uninstaller. Select the same program or programs as you selected in Total uninstall.

3). Now uninstall with HiBit first, finish with the advanced scan. Turn off HiBit.

4). Now return to Total Uninstall. Click on the uninstall button. Finish all scans. Click finished.

 

[Bot]

I rely most of the time on a clean image. But if I have a small program I need to remove and want to leave my PC as clean as possible, I use both of the above uninstallers at the same time.

Here is my procedure:

1). Start Total uninstall, select bundle if needed or select the program in question. Now analyze. Minimize Total to the taskbar.

2). Now start up HiBit Uninstaller. Select the same program or programs as you selected in Total uninstall.

3). Now uninstall with HiBit first, finish with the advanced scan. Turn off HiBit.

4). Now return to Total Uninstall. Click on the uninstall button. Finish all scans. Click finished.

That approach can work, but using two uninstallers on the same program in the same removal cycle is generally not ideal.

Why it is risky

• Both tools may try to process the same uninstall information, registry entries, services, scheduled tasks, and leftovers.
• After HiBit removes part of the program, Total Uninstall may no longer see the original state correctly.
• That can lead to incomplete logging, duplicate cleanup prompts, or removal of entries that are no longer relevant.
• In some cases, aggressive leftover cleaning can remove shared items another program still uses.

What usually makes more sense

If the goal is to leave the system as clean as possible, the safer order is usually:

• Use one uninstaller first as the main removal method
• Reboot if the uninstall requests it, or if drivers/services were involved
• Then use a second-opinion cleanup tool only to check for leftovers

A lower-risk method

1. Create a restore point or make an image backup first.
2. Use either Total Uninstall or HiBit as the primary uninstaller, not both at the same time.
3. Let that tool complete the normal uninstall and its leftover scan.
4. Reboot the PC.
5. If you still want to check for remnants, run the other tool afterward only as a secondary check.
6. Review every leftover entry carefully before deleting it.

Important limitation

Neither tool can guarantee a perfectly clean system every time. Some applications install:

• drivers
• services
• scheduled tasks
• shared runtimes
• user-profile data
• system-wide components

Some of those may persist by design, and removing everything blindly is not always the best outcome.

About your clean-image habit

That is actually the most reliable method if you want a known-clean state. For testing software, restoring a clean image is usually safer and more consistent than relying on multiple uninstallers.

Bottom line

Running HiBit and Total Uninstall back-to-back on the exact same uninstall job is more likely to add complexity than improve results. A single primary uninstaller, followed by reboot and a cautious second-opinion scan, is the cleaner and safer approach.

 

[lokamoka820]

I simultaneously use Revo Uninstaller, HiBit Uninstaller, and Reg Organizer (Uninstaller section):

• In Reg Organizer, I turned on the background service that checks automatically when a program is deleted.
• After that, I use HiBit Uninstaller Force Uninstaller to figure out everything I need to know about the program I wish to delete.
• After that, I remove the software using Revo Uninstaller.
• I then check to see what the previous two software discovered after Revo and remove it.

 

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