uninstall games in Windows 8

[kalos]

hello!
I installed some games under the tablet mode in win8
I now want to uninstall them, but I can't find them in Add/Remove Programs!!!
any hint??

[MilesAhead]

You could try Revo Uninstaller Free
http://www.revounins...r_free_download.html

It has a search mode where you drag the program's window onto it or something like that.  I used Revo a  couple of times and it seemed to work well.

Before doing anything that cleans the Registry you may want to go to tweaking.com and get the Regbackup tool.  It is free and works very well.  It may take a minute or so to save the Registry Hives.  But it makes a system snapshot to get them all.. not just the ones not is use.

http://www.tweaking....registry_backup.html

[tomos]

I installed some games under the tablet mode in win8
I now want to uninstall them, but I can't find them in Add/Remove Programs!!!

-kalos (July 31, 2015, 05:44 AM)

IIRC you can right-click on a tile in Metro-mode and uninstall then
(I'm on Windows 7 atm)

[skwire]

There seems to be several tutorials on uninstalling games in Windows 8.  Have you tried any of them?

[MilesAhead]

I installed some games under the tablet mode in win8
I now want to uninstall them, but I can't find them in Add/Remove Programs!!!

-kalos (July 31, 2015, 05:44 AM)

IIRC you can right-click on a tile in Metro-mode and uninstall then
(I'm on Windows 7 atm)

-tomos (July 31, 2015, 08:54 AM)

I always forget about that App/Tile stuff.    The only one I use is Weather. 

[kalos]

I installed some games under the tablet mode in win8
I now want to uninstall them, but I can't find them in Add/Remove Programs!!!

-kalos (July 31, 2015, 05:44 AM)

IIRC you can right-click on a tile in Metro-mode and uninstall then
(I'm on Windows 7 atm)

-tomos (July 31, 2015, 08:54 AM)

I went in metro-mode and didn't find the games! although I am sure they are installed!

omg do I need a whole tutorial to just uninstall stuff? 

[kalos]

I used revo uninstaller and didn't pick up the games!

I managed to find a list of the installed apps,
but, there is no uninstall button in store!!!!

http://i.imgur.com/1sf7BKr.png

[MilesAhead]

I used revo uninstaller and didn't pick up the games!

-kalos (July 31, 2015, 11:56 AM)

Google of "Windows App Uninstaller" gets this

http://lifehacker.co...nstaller-for-windows

[tomos]

You didnt answer this question:

There seems to be several tutorials on uninstalling games in Windows 8.  Have you tried any of them?

-skwire (July 31, 2015, 08:57 AM)

[kalos]

I did try the first of these without luck:

https://www.google.c...l+games+on+windows+8

the problem is that there are no shortcuts of the games in the metro-UI

[skwire]

At this point, I think you have the following options left:

• Why did you only try the first one?     Try the other tutorials listed in the Google search.
• If that doesn't work, navigate to the game's install folder and look for an "uninstall.exe" (or similar).
• If that doesn't work, do a Google search for: "uninstalling <game name here>"
• If nothing else works, just delete the game's folder and forget about it.

[MilesAhead]

If that doesn't work, navigate to the game's install folder and look for an "uninstall.exe" (or similar).[/li]
[li]If that doesn't work, do a Google search for: "uninstalling <game name here>"

-skwire (July 31, 2015, 04:41 PM)

Also search <game name> (removal tool | cleanup tool)

in case it is something that tries to avoid being uninstalled.