Hide From Uninstall List

Whether it is because you do not want someone to find out you have a certain app installed on your computer or perhaps, you want to make sure that other users do not uninstall an important program when using your PC, there are several reasons why you would like to hide entries.

Hide From Uninstall List is a tiny utility designed to help you mask applications in the Add/Remove Programs of Windows for various security and privacy reasons.

Since the application is portable, you do not have to bother with installation or configuration, but rather simply decompress the archive in the desired location on your hard drive. The tool comes with an intuitive interface that consists of the list of programs that are currently installed on your computer in a list along with the name of the publisher and its current state.

As you probably hinted, hiding a specific program entails you mark it and hit the “ghost” button from the menu. Alternatively, you can hide the app from the context menu. It is worth mentioning that the app allows you to hide the entire Apps & Feature section, an option that can come in handy when you are sharing your computer with several users.

The program simplifies the method of masking various apps a great deal, especially since the normal procedure entails that you find the correct registry key in the Add/Remove Programs in regedit and delete it manually.

The app displays the full list of programs along with the patches and updates installed. The feature makes this app useful in case you want to check on whether you performed the latest updates as well.

Irrespective of the reasons why you may not want others to know about the apps you have on your computer Hide From Uninstall List is an easy-to-use tool that provides an effortless method to keep this information for yourself.