{"id":813,"date":"2013-10-28T02:34:39","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T02:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=813"},"modified":"2023-04-18T02:01:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T02:01:45","slug":"how-to-uninstall-a-program-in-windows-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-uninstall-a-program-in-windows-8\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Uninstall A Program on Windows 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We often install a lot of programs in our computers so as to make our computers work more safely and efficiently. However, sometimes, we carelessly download the programs with other unnecessary bundled softwares, so we have the intention to uninstall them. Therefore, the article will describe how to <a title=\"How to Uninstall A Program in Windows 8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-uninstall-a-program-in-windows-8\/\">uninstall a program on Windows 8<\/a> by the following 2 methods.<\/p>\n<h2>Way 1: Uninstall a program in Control Panel.<\/h2>\n<p>Uninstall a program on Control Panel according to the following steps.<\/p>\n<p>Step 1:Click <strong>Desktop<\/strong> icon on the Start menu to enter the traditional desktop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/click-desktop-icon-on-start-menu.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"406\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/click-desktop-icon-on-start-menu.png\" alt=\"click desktop icon on start menu\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/click-desktop-icon-on-start-menu.png 650w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/click-desktop-icon-on-start-menu-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Step 2: Double click the <strong>folder icon<\/strong> on the left corner of the screen, as it is shown in the print screen below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10857 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/click-the-folder-icon.png\" alt=\"click the folder icon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/click-the-folder-icon.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/click-the-folder-icon-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step 3: Select <strong>Desktop<\/strong>, and open<strong> Control Panel<\/strong> in the desktop menu.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/choose-desktop-and-open-control-panel-768x576.webp\" alt=\"choose desktop and open control panel\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step 4: Click <strong>Uninstall a program<\/strong> in the left side of the control panel. Please refer to the red box in the following screen shot.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10860\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/click-uninstall-a-program-768x576.webp\" alt=\"click uninstall a program\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Step 5: Select the program which you want to unload and click <strong>Uninstall<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/choose-a-program-and-hit-uninstall-768x576.webp\" alt=\"choose a program and hit uninstall\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Way 2: Uninstall a program in the Windows 8 Apps list.<\/h2>\n<p>This method can be done according to the steps below.<\/p>\n<p>Step 1: Open Apps list.<\/p>\n<p>On the Start menu, right click an icon or any blank space and select <strong>All apps<\/strong> on the lower right corner. Please look at the following screen shot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/select-all-apps-on-bottom-right.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/select-all-apps-on-bottom-right.png\" alt=\"select all apps on bottom right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/select-all-apps-on-bottom-right.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/select-all-apps-on-bottom-right-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Step 2: In the Apps interface, right click the program you would like to uninstall and choose <strong>Uninstall<\/strong> on the bottom left.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/right-click-a-program-and-tap-uninstall.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"395\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/right-click-a-program-and-tap-uninstall.png\" alt=\"right click a program and tap uninstall\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/right-click-a-program-and-tap-uninstall.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/right-click-a-program-and-tap-uninstall-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Step 3: In the dialogue box which offers you a prompt that these apps and their related info will be removed from this PC, click <strong>Uninstall<\/strong> button on the right to delete them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/click-uninstall-button.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"430\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/click-uninstall-button.png\" alt=\"click uninstall button\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/click-uninstall-button.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/click-uninstall-button-300x215.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In short, with the above 2 ways, <strong>uninstalling a program in Windows 8<\/strong> can be completed easily and triumphantly. 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