{"id":45951,"date":"2013-10-08T13:24:41","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T13:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=45951"},"modified":"2013-10-08T13:24:41","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T13:24:41","slug":"completely-remove-unwanted-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/completely-remove-unwanted-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Completely Remove Unwanted Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/br><\/p>\n<h4>Completely Remove Unwanted Programs<\/h4>\n<p>by Mitz Pantic from Tips4pc.com<\/p>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\">How to completely uninstall and remove very stubborn programs.<br \/>&#8211;PC Pitstop.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a few programs that I installed on my computer a few months back due to which my computer has been getting stuck a lot. Now I want to delete them all, but even though I tried different ways to delete and remove those programs, none worked. What should I do now? 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