Total Uninstall is a complete uninstaller which include two working modes. Installed Programs module analyze existing installations and create a log with installation changes. It is able to uninstall programs even without the help of supplied Add Remove program. Monitored Programs module helps to monitor any changes made to your system during the installation of a new program. It allows you to perform a complete uninstall without having to rely on the supplied Add Remove programs which can leave files or changes behind.
Rated 20/50 by marty at Oct 6, 2008
I can only give this a 2. It is shareware and costs 30 bucks. You "probably" can get much the same functionality for the free Revo Uninstall. None of these are perfect - the Cleansweep from Quaterdeck (who bought them??) wasn't perfect and only worked on Windows 3.1. Revo missed the AppData director for Thunderbird - but since most of know Mozilla puts stuff there no big deal. What amazes me about all the "free" programs like Mozilla a truly enormous numbaer of junk registry entries are added to already bloated registry.
Rated 50/50 by Lawrence01 at Oct 7, 2008
I tried, then bought this program. I also have the RevoUninstaller, but once in awhile it felt lacking in one department, and that is the ability to monitor a new install of a program, and to see the results of the registry changes taken place after the new program has been installed. This allows for a more through uninstall. I really like this program.
Rated 30/50 by jspratjr at Oct 23, 2008
Ditto here - love the program but I'm not paying $30 for minimal changes. Really needs to lower the upgrade price ($10 for the family license would be fine with me - I wouldn't pay any more than that)
Rated 30/50 by ron_marz at Oct 23, 2008
And yet another major upgrade is released with no sign of previously promised features.
Rated 10/50 by ssb at Oct 23, 2008
Unfortunately I have to agree with "Young Boys Bern" opinion; TU's creator found how to earn a few more bucks. No important new features, just eyecandy and upgrade fees. I used to like TU and paid for two previously released versions, but that's enough.
Rated 10/50 by Young Boys Bern at Oct 23, 2008
Another one on the SnagIt road, making customers PAY AGAIN for that crappy Office toolbar. Perhaps little children will find that colorbook-like thing nice with all the screaming colors, but regular users don't. I payed the full price before, but from now on I'll pass, and go with a freeware alternative.
Rated 40/50 by dzjepp at Oct 29, 2008
5.0.1 was pulled from the publisher
Rated 20/50 by Spark99 at Oct 29, 2008
Paid for Version 4.0 - Decent Program Paid for Version 5.0 Upgrade - Crashing constantly on Windows Vista 64-bit ...should have stuck with the older version
Rated 10/50 by Hardenne at Oct 29, 2008
Oh well, even Microsoft's System Restore is 1000x better, and it's free also.
Rated 10/50 by Ramir Gonzales at Oct 29, 2008
It hasn't become better, but actually became worse. The same pattern with all shareware author running out of ideas but still hungry for the $$$..... As SnagIt was mentioned, it's the same old thing, but looking more childish and being slower that its ancestor. I payed just 8 months ago, and that's where it end, especially when people giving as free alternatives who primary objective ain't your money, but making their programs better.
Rated 50/50 by Undesired Username at Oct 29, 2008
Some of these other reviews are ridiculous. I don't like the cosmetic changes either--and trust me, NO ONE on this planet hates skins and needless colors more than I do--but that doesn't make a piece of great software go from a excellent rating to an abysmal rating. This version is most definitely not "slower" than the prior version, so let's put that bit of inanity aside. Comparing Total Uninstall to System Restore is so utterly moronic it deserves no further notice. I don't like the interface changes. None of them help, and actually, all of them hinder usability. For one thing, the icons that mark new/changed/deleted items are harder to distinguish from each other than they were in version 4. For me, they're much harder to distinguish, and that's a real problem. Getting used to the new icons isn't the issue. The improved startup speed is negligible on my system. Overall, I don't find much improved. But I also don't (and never have) used the installation analyzer. (I monitor all installations instead.) If you use the installation analyzer, as you would if you begin using Total Uninstall without having monitored some or all of the applications you already have installed, you might find that feature improved in this new version. None of this means that Total Uninstall 5.0 is terrible. Your ratings are supposed to reflect how good software is; not how much it has improved since the last version. Even though the GUI changes suck, it's ludicrous to wipe off 4 rating points for them. I don't think there are any true freeware alternatives that do all that Total Uninstall can. (And don't point me to Revo Uninstaller. That is not a full alternative to Total Uninstall.)
Rated 50/50 by wlan at Nov 2, 2008
I use it on windows XP sp3. It uninstalls programs that cannot be uninstalled from add/remove programs. If you want to uninstall a nasty application, then this is the tool! I give it a 5
Rated 50/50 by oRoFLash at Nov 6, 2008
Best program in the Uninstallers Group. It cans monitor news installation to delete completely from computer hard disk and windows registry and also it cans uninstall very well and clean previously installed programs. Ashampoo UnInstaller is good but Total Uninstall is simply the best! Try it! Es el mejor desintalador, incluyendo todos los de su categoría. Elimina completamente de tu equipo todo los registros de los programas con su sistema de monitoreo, tambien para los previamente instalados. Ashampoo UnInstaller es bueno, pero Total Uninstall es simplemente el mejor!. Pruebalo y lo veras!
Rated 50/50 by Undesired Username at Nov 26, 2008
Why not freeware? Because if it was, it would suck, like all its freeware competitors. Do you understand that income is a motivator? I guess not. I have an idea: Why don't the people who think everything should be free start coding some free software for the rest of us? If disk space is at all a consideration, I highly suggest that you apply NTFS compression to your entire "C:\Documents and Settings\...\Martau" directory, since the TUN (logs) and SNS (snapshots) files are not a space-efficient format at all. You will obtain a very high compression ratio on them. Version 5 was indeed put out merely to obtain upgrade revenue. But it still deserves 5 points for still being the best of its kind. Maybe you senseless whiners should start a web site that rates author's software release policies, rather than their actual software.
Rated 10/50 by hotchick79 at Nov 27, 2008
version 5 was only "invented" to get more money from your bank account, it's even worse than version 4.
Rated 50/50 by pjb at Dec 13, 2008
Works really well. Nice and easy to use. Does the job it is designed for.
Rated 10/50 by ssb at Jan 6, 2009
The same old story! Whenever author needs some extra bucks, he modifies program gui a bit and asks for update fees.
Rated 10/50 by Young Strider at Jan 30, 2009
Exactly as ssb says ! Even microsoft System Restore is better at uninstalling than this piece of burglarware !
Rated 50/50 by emanresU deriseD at Jan 31, 2009
If you're using version 4 and really don't think version 5 is worth the upgrade, then, uhhh... DON'T UPGRADE! I'm fairly sure the author doesn't go house-to-house putting a gun to users' heads. And if you're a new user, then the upgrade fee doesn't even figure in. It really is that simple. Whining about the upgrade fee is ridiculous. Total Uninstall is simply the best there is.
Rated 50/50 by CGA1 at Feb 1, 2009
As from version 5.1 i noticed significantly faster analyzing. The best has gotten even better.