Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 8 Search Community member. I didn't download it and in fact have been ignoring those optional things that come with my automatic updates. My question is, can I delete it safely without causing issues?
This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Read our guide to cleaning mentioned above for a proper cleanup method. If your computer feels slow, try some ways to make Windows faster. However, it's had a host of issues over the years that make it untrustworthy now. Aside from having ads crammed into the interface, uTorrent also includes offers for other software tools, which is annoying.
Its worst offense came in , when the app was found to bundle in cryptocurrency mining software without letting users know.
This wasted your system resources in the background to make money for the company, which allegedly gave some to charity. There's no reason to bother with uTorrent now. We think qBittorrent is the best torrent client , as it's free of all this nonsense. Adobe Flash Player is no longer supported as of January Though it's blocked in all modern browsers now, you should still uninstall local copies of Flash. This will keep you safe from any future security issues, since Adobe isn't updating it anymore.
A similar runtime plugin, Adobe Shockwave Player, was discontinued in The company no longer offers it for download, and you're extremely unlikely to find a website that needs it. You should thus remove both Shockwave Player and Flash Player. They're both relics of an era gone by and unnecessary today. Java is another media runtime, and includes two components: Java on the desktop, and the Java plugin for browsers which is notorious for having security problems.
Though it was once fairly common, very few websites use it nowadays. At the time of writing, W3Techs shows that under 0. Modern versions of Chrome and Firefox don't support it, which means that Java is less of a security problem than it once was.
Unless you're an Android developer or use some specialized software that relies on Java, you should uninstall it. You'll probably never notice a difference. Silverlight is a web framework, similar to Adobe Flash, that once enabled rich media content in your browser. Years ago, these plugins were necessary on a lot of websites. But now they're deprecated and no longer useful. Looking at W3Techs again, we see that fewer than 0. Modern browsers don't even work with Silverlight; Chrome and Firefox haven't supported it for years, and it was never compatible with Edge.
Silverlight is only officially supported in Internet Explorer, which is only part of Windows 10 for compatibility reasons anyway. You won't lose anything by uninstalling Silverlight.
When you're wondering what to uninstall from Windows 10, one of the obvious candidates is junk in your browser. While toolbars were once a far more prevalent problem, modern versions of Chrome and other browsers have thankfully fought back and mostly eradicated them.
However, spammy extensions are still in the wild. Toolbar, or the Babylon Toolbar. Clearly, the writing was on the wall for Adobe Flash. Does Flash still have any uses? In any case, most desktop users have migrated to new GUI formats since modern browsers no longer support this legacy program.
No way! Unlike other programs which quietly update in the background, with Java, users are manually prompted to act on the irregular updates. This is something malware authors love. Although Java may look harmless on your Windows 10 system, getting rid of it is the safest option for most users.
If they ever fix Java issues in the future, you can download it again from the official site. The user experience can become painfully slow due to the auto-syncing feature. Currently, running an Apple software update on Windows 10 feels like it was just born in a cabbage patch. QuickTime is not one of them. Many users may be stuck with QuickTime 7, which is no longer supported by Apple. This makes it necessary to go for a fresh installation, which is available. However, a patchy installation should be the least of your worries.
The program is not officially available for Windows 10 alone, as Apple had stopped support for Windows way back in January Once an unrivaled choice for media playback in Windows and other systems, CyberLink PowerDVD has started behaving as a heavy-duty bloatware.
The whole experience can feel like an adware slideshow on steroids. Even after you uninstall PowerDVD, there will be residual software and registry entries all over the place. So you need to learn how to remove all this bloat from your system.
The PowerDVD program is usually bundled on the Windows 10 system as part of a laptop sales promotion strategy or other activities. Even Lenovo and Acer can have crapware out of the box which need to be removed at once. But the Dell bloat really weighs you down and is just not what you want to have on your system.
Unlike many other programs on this list, CCleaner has its fine points. It can be used to clean your Windows registry and remove unwanted programs. Most computer-savvy technicians often use this program and recommend it for daily use. But is it really as good as it sounds? We must remember that CCleaner was useful at a time when Windows devices had many gaps in security and features. By using a third-party program to handle your registry errors, you may be doing more harm than good.
The current Windows updates allow the various CCleaner issues to be resolved through manual intervention alone. But if you must use one, go for a program which does not bloat too much and works silently in the background without causing interruptions.
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