Clean Your PC's Hard Drive of Unwanted Programs

Posted: January 02, 2014

Programs that are installed and forgotten may be clogging your computers hard drive, causing performance issues. If you're unsure what programs need to be kept and what programs can be eliminated, there's help. This program can help clean up space on your computers hard drive.

Programs that are installed and forgotten may be clogging your computers hard drive, causing performance issues. If you're unsure what programs need to be kept and what programs can be eliminated, there's help. This program can help clean up space on your computers hard drive.

Ian Paul, independent writer, shares Should I Remove It and how it can benefit you.

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

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).

Read the entire article 'Should I Remove It?' Helps You Choose Which Programs to Purge on PC World.