Bulk Crap Uninstaller is a free (as in speech) program uninstaller. It excels at removing large amounts of applications with minimal user input. It can clean up leftovers, detect orphaned applications, run uninstallers according to premade lists, and much more. Even though BCU was made with IT pros in mind, by default it is so straight-forward that anyone can use it effortlessly!
Bulk Crap Uninstaller features:
- Detect and uninstall Windows Store apps
- Uninstall multiple items at once to speed up the process (with collision prevention)
- Uninstall any number of applications in a single batch
- Minimal user input is required during uninstallation
- Can find and remove leftovers after uninstallation
- Can uninstall some apps even if they don"t have any uninstallers
- Detects applications with damaged or missing uninstallers
- Adds quiet uninstall options to some uninstallers, even if they do not support them by default
- Uninstall lists for automation
- Startup manager
- Verification of uninstaller certificates
- Fully portable, settings are saved to a single file
Bulk Crap Uninstaller 4.7 release notes:
This release is focused on fixing and improving existing features. Most of the reported bugs should now be fixed.
Bulk Crap Uninstaller 4.7 changelog:
- Added reading hidden uninstall strings (mostly Nvidia stuff)
- Made it clearer when uninstallation task finishes (sound and flashing)
- Improved app name detection for unregisted apps and startups
- Improved layout of uninstall task progress window
- Improved Uninstaller Automatizer button selection logic, can handle non-English button text now
Fixes
- Fixed Automatizer deamon trying to automatize other Automatizers
- Fixed Automatizer failing with invalid path error on some uninstall commands
- Fixed BCU-console not using its manifest file
- Fixed protected Windows updates having no uninstall strings generated instead of setting the Protected flag
- Fixed some uninstallers being wrongly marked as unregistered
- Fixed crash when changing filters as list is being closed
- Fixed crash when opening context menu as application list is updated
- Fixed crash when scanning for leftovers if there are invalid SteamApp entries
- Fixed crash when scanning startups in case of malformed registry security settings
- Fixed crash when updating certificate info on list
- Fixed potential crash in Oculus factory
- Fixed potential crash when saving settings
- Prevent newlines in helper outputs, fixes rare crashes during app scanning
Translations
- Merged Dutch translation translation update by Jaap Kramer
- Merged Slovenian translation update by Jadran Rudec
- Updated Polish translation
Code
- Consolidated helper log writers and log formats
- Improved debug throw methods
- Move registry key names to registry factory
- Refactoring portable settings provider, added more debug info
- Reorganized automatizer project structure
- Resource and code cleanup
Repository
- Added NOTICE file
- Added new official website bcuninstaller.com
- Donate badge color change
- Updated README.md
- Updated screenshots
- Updated homepage link
Download: Bulk Crap Uninstaller 4.7 | 3.3 MB (Open Source)
Download: Bulk Crap Uninstaller 4.7 Portable | 3.6 MB
View: Bulk Crap Uninstaller Home Page | Project Page @SF.net