Klocman Software Bulk Crap Uninstaller



BCUninstaller (Bulk Crap Uninstaller) is a free portable tool which makes it easier to remove large numbers of programs from your PC.

BCUninstaller or Bulk Crap Uninstaller is a utilities and tools freeware by Klocman Software. The uninstaller freeware allows an automated bulk removal of software and applications while only requires minimal input from users. Batch uninstall utility BCUninstaller (Bulk Crap Uninstaller) is a software uninstall utility, designed to ease the process of uninstalling a large number of program with minimal effort. When you first run the application, it will show you a list of all installed programs and you have the option to select multiple uninstall candidates via. Bulk Crap Uninstaller is a very useful and reliable software solution whose main aim resides in helping you remove programs from your computer as fast as possible, going through all the steps in a fraction of the time it would take to do manually.

The program offers a detailed view of your installed software. As well as the basics - program name, install date, version, size - you'll see its 'About' URL, whether it's 32 or 64-bit, its storage folder, Registry key, uninstaller type, product code, uninstall commands and more.

Colour-coding tells you more, like: is the uninstaller file missing? If present, is it a Windows component? Does it have a valid certificate?

Right-clicking an application displays options to open its web page, view its storage location, launch its 'Configure' dialog and more.

If you'd like to uninstall one or more programs, then just select as many as you like. When you're ready, click 'Uninstall' to remove them as normal, 'Quietly uninstall' to remove them without seeing any further uninstaller prompts, or 'Manually' to allow BCU to uninstall the program itself.

This manual installation process worked well when we tried it. The program scanned for relevant files and Registry keys, and gave us a full list, complete with a 'confidence level' for each one. You can choose what to keep and what to remove, and BCU asks if you'd like to create a Registry backup before it goes to work.

What's new in 4.16 (see changelog for more)?

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- Added HeapLeakDetection junk scanner (#205)
- Added junk scanner for prefetch files (#229)
- Added logging for how long processes spawned by uninstaller factories run (#248)
- Refactored uninstaller factories to be easier to debug and slightly faster; Added logging of factory completion times
- Show ROT13 paths in readable form in junk results (#245)
- Fixed crash in ComScanner with invalid application installation paths
- Improved accuracy of some registry junk scanners that compare to application's installation path
- Fixed index out of range crash in ComScanner
- Fixed the 'junk backup failed' dialog extending beyond the screen making it impossible to progress (#246); Added extra logging for junk backup failed errors
- Updated task scheduler library to the latest version
- Use a new code signing certificate

Verdict:

Bulk Crap Uninstaller is an excellent application manager and uninstaller, packed with advanced features yet also very easy - and relatively safe - to use.

Bulk Crap Uninstaller (in short BCUninstaller or BCU) is a free (as in speech and beer) bulk program uninstaller with advanced automation. It excels at removing large amounts of applications with minimal to no user input, while requiring next to no technical knowledge.

It can detect most applications and games (even portable or not registered), clean up leftovers, force uninstall, automatically uninstall according to premade lists, and much more.

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You can read the manual here.

In its basic form BCU is easy to use by most users, but it also has tools useful for power users, system admins and developers. Some of the most notable features of Bulk Crap Uninstaller:

Very thorough installed application detection

BCUninstaller can detect, manage and uninstall applications from the following sources:

  • Normal registered applications (same as Programs and Features and many other uninstallers)
  • Hidden/protected registered applications
  • Applications with damaged or missing uninstallers
  • Portable applications (looks in common locations and on portible drives, configurable)
  • Chocolatey packages
  • Oculus games/apps
  • Steam games/apps
  • Windows Features
  • Windows Store apps (Universal Windows Platform apps)
  • Windows UpdatesApplications from all of these sources are threated the same - you can filter, export and automatically uninstall them in the same way.

Fast, automatic uninstall

The main feature of BCUninstaller is its ability to fully or nearly fully automate the process of uninstalling multiple applications. BCU always attempts to use the application’s original uninstaller to avoid issues found in uninstall managers that blindly remove files to achieve uninstall automation (e.g. failing to unregister context menu entries or services).

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  • Uninstall any number of applications in a single batch
  • Minimal to no user input is required during uninstallation
  • Uninstall multiple items at once to speed up the process (with collision prevention)
  • Console interface can automatically uninstall applications based on conditions with no user input
  • Quietly uninstall many uninstallers that don’t support silent uninstallation
  • Uninstall applications even if they don’t have any uninstallers
  • Uninstall applications by window, shortcut or directory
  • Can handle crashing and hanging uninstallers

Other features

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While detection and uninstallation are the two main features of BCU that receive the most focus, it also has many useful tools built on top of that framework.

  • Find and remove leftovers after uninstallation
  • Clean Program Files directories from unused or empty folders
  • Manually uninstall any application, bypasing it’s uninstaller (Force uninstall)
  • Startup manager
  • Application ratings
  • Huge amount of data about applications is collected and displayed. User can freely browse, filter and export everything
  • Filtering with common presets or based on fully custom rules with Regex support
  • Verification of uninstaller certificates
  • Large amount of configurability
  • Can run user-specified commands before and after uninstalling
  • Can run on .Net 4.0 or newer, or, if not available, on .Net 3.5 with reduced functionality (will work on Windows 7 or newer with no updates installed)
  • Fully portable, settings are saved to a single file

BCU is translated to Arabic, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Russian, Slovenian and Spanish at the moment of writing this. More to come! If you want to help translate BCU to a new language or update and existing translation please start an issue or contact me through the feedback form.

The system requirements are fairly lax since BCU was designed to work on any PC it is thrown at. If it boots, the chances are BCU will manage to run on it.

  • OS: Windows Vista or newer is recommended. BCU will also work on XP and 2003 with reduced functionality and possibly some bugs. Both 32bit and 64bit versions are supported.
  • .NET: Recommended .NET 4.0 or newer, can run on only .NET 3.5 with reduced functionality.
  • RAM: Around 300MB or more of free RAM.
  • CPU: Doesn’t really matter.
  • Free space: 50MB or more.
  • HDD: Anything will work, but slower drives can make scan times quite a bit longer.

Bulk Crap Uninstaller is licensed under Apache 2.0 open source license, and can be used in both private and commercial settings for free and with no obligations, as long as no conditions of the license are broken.