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<blockquote data-quote="jv16" data-source="post: 1123112" data-attributes="member: 98343">Quite a few people have also missed that, so I plan on changing this part of the UI and display checkboxes instead. I think I might be able to do that for the next version already.If I can be frank, that&#039;s because they barely do anything. Most of the other uninstallers simply read the same Windows Installed Apps listing, then when you uninstall something, all they do is they run the app&#039;s own uninstaller and after that perform a basic scan for leftovers. That is trivially easy to do and offers a poor performance, which is probably why almost all other uninstallers perform almost exactly the same way if you compare them. (For reference, see this: <a href="https://uninstalr.com/blog/uninstaller-benchmark-what-is-the-best-uninstaller-for-windows/" target="_blank">Uninstaller benchmark: What is the best uninstaller for Windows? - Uninstalr Blog</a>)But this is not how Uninstalr works. First of all, it scans the entire system for installed apps, as well as portable apps and leftovers. This will take a bit of time, that&#039;s why the initial scan is slower. And if you choose to uninstall something, Uninstalr uses its own custom uninstallation engine to remove everything, and it also does run the app&#039;s own uninstaller and attempts to automate it so the uninstallation process works silently and without the user having to do anything.This is a much more complicated way to uninstall software, but it offers benefits (such as the ability to do unattended batch uninstallation of many apps, something which no other uninstaller can do at the same level as Uninstalr can), and better uninstallation performance.Would you happen to remember what you were trying to uninstall? If I can reproduce this issue, I can fix it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jv16, post: 1123112, member: 98343"] Quite a few people have also missed that, so I plan on changing this part of the UI and display checkboxes instead. I think I might be able to do that for the next version already. If I can be frank, that's because they barely do anything. Most of the other uninstallers simply read the same Windows Installed Apps listing, then when you uninstall something, all they do is they run the app's own uninstaller and after that perform a basic scan for leftovers. That is trivially easy to do and offers a poor performance, which is probably why almost all other uninstallers perform almost exactly the same way if you compare them. (For reference, see this: [URL="https://uninstalr.com/blog/uninstaller-benchmark-what-is-the-best-uninstaller-for-windows/"]Uninstaller benchmark: What is the best uninstaller for Windows? - Uninstalr Blog[/URL]) But this is not how Uninstalr works. First of all, it scans the entire system for installed apps, as well as portable apps and leftovers. This will take a bit of time, that's why the initial scan is slower. And if you choose to uninstall something, Uninstalr uses its own custom uninstallation engine to remove everything, and it also does run the app's own uninstaller and attempts to automate it so the uninstallation process works silently and without the user having to do anything. This is a much more complicated way to uninstall software, but it offers benefits (such as the ability to do unattended batch uninstallation of many apps, something which no other uninstaller can do at the same level as Uninstalr can), and better uninstallation performance. Would you happen to remember what you were trying to uninstall? If I can reproduce this issue, I can fix it. [/QUOTE]

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