'Should I Remove It?' helps you choose which programs to purge

December 31, 2013

Being a technology writer (and an unapologetic enthusiast of shiny new things), I'm constantly trying out new software. I love it! …But I don't love the after effects. An app experimentalist's PC clogs up with junk pretty fast. Every few months I have to go through my app catalog and get rid of all the detritus plugging up my hard drive. Here's the problem though: Windows' built-in add and remove programs feature isn't particularly helpful. It doesn't tell you what a program does, or how many other people ended up uninstalling it, for example. So instead of going the Control Panel route, I've been trying out a relatively new program called Should I Remove It? (which I'll refer to as "SIRT" from here on out to avoid question mark overload). This PC utility offers more useful information than the Control Panel, but doesn't overwhelm you the way other PC utilities can. When you run it, SIRT shows you a simple list of every program installed on your PC. Beside each program name is a five-star rating based on input from other users, as well as the percentage of SIRT users that uninstalled that particular program. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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