Silverlight is a development platform that creates media applications and business applications for the Web, desktop and mobile devices. It is a free plug-in powered by the .NET framework that is compatible with multiple browsers, devices and operating systems. It can integrate multimedia, graphics, animations and interactivity to be available in a single runtime. However, some computer users may opt to uninstall Silverlight due to some reasons. It may be because they just want to free some space in their drive or maybe it has been infected by some virus or malware. Thus, causing them some trouble in using it and pushes them to uninstall Silverlight.
There are two options on how to uninstall Silverlight, and in this article those two options will be discussed in details. The first option is the common one which uses windows default uninstaller which is the “Add/Remove Programs” on the Control Panel.
First option:
- Go to Start menu.
- Go to Control Panel
- Open Add or Remove programs.
- Choose Microsoft Silverlight in Add Remove Programs Dialog box.
- Click on Remove
- Confirm your action.
- Click YES to Uninstall the Silverlight
However, sometimes the way discussed above does not work successfully. No matter how many times you try to uninstall Silverlight, it still remains. On the other hand, you might succeed in uninstalling it but you never know that there are still some leftovers of Silverlight. At the bottom-line, you haven’t successfully and totally uninstalled Silverlight at all.
Do not get frustrated with that fact because there is still a second option to uninstall Siverlight. You should consider using an uninstall software. You might already have heard about the utility program, Perfect Uninstaller. It excellently removes unwanted program such as uninstalling Silverlight without leaving any traces. Here are some benefits of the Perfect Uninstaller.
- It works faster than the default uninstaller of windows.
- It automatically cleans the empty/corrupted registry entries that a certain application left behind.
- It improves the overall performance of your PC since it protects your registry from empty/corrupted errors.
- It also has a feature called, Force Uninstall, which forcibly removes hidden and pesky application installed in your system.
If you try to use Perfect Uninstaller, you can be certain that you can uninstall Silverlight without any hassles but surely with ease.
