The New Ashampoo® UnInstaller 12 is HERE!

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Ashampoo UnInstaller 12: Ashampoo's most powerful uninstaller yet!

Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG has released the new version Ashampoo® UnInstaller version 12 last October 2022 and true to its promise this uninstaller application is the best there is, yet! 

Ashampoo® UnInstaller 12 uninstalls/deletes programs without leftovers and allowing the user to install, test and remove software without worries. Not only that! Ashampoo® UnInstaller 12 comes with more improved tools to help the user maintain his system efficiently! It is a suite of system utilities / tools that can suffice for any PC user's needs!

Ashampoo® UnInstaller 12 utilizes four deletion methods to ensure a more thorough removal than is possible with Windows' default means. Even nested setups are fully logged and removable. The installation monitoring technology built into UnInstaller logs all file and system modifications and completely reverses them during software removal. The program auto-detects "most" installations from beginning to end so users don't have to take manual action. Installations that weren't logged by UnInstaller are still fully removable thanks to the built-in database with hundreds of software profiles. 

 

UnInstaller 12: Video-Tutorial - Remove software down to the last byte

Ashampoo® UnInstaller 12 is Ashampoo's  most powerful uninstaller yet, with 50% faster cleaners and superior junk detection–all while consuming less system resources and making full use of multi-core machines! Track down junk files, web browsing traces, and corrupt Registry entries in a flash. Smart filters and cleaning procedures are customizable catering to the user's preference. 

UnInstaller 12's "meticulous scanning" the program its unique properties. In-depth cleaning (Deep Cleaning technology) is now more thorough than ever before, with the utilized "new" cleaners. The start page (Overview) has been fine-tuned and offers new animations, more concise status messages, and better contrast. Smooth animations also give the cleaner modules a new look and feel. Plus, the new uninstall algorithm exercises particular caution with system-critical areas so the user doesn't have to worry! Don't you worry! Everythin's gonna be alright!
 

Ashampoo® UnInstaller 12 comes with "Impact", a module which was started in version 10. It visualizes the impact installed software has on system performance. "Impact" lists the programs that have the biggest impact on the performance of your PC. Several factors, (like CPU and memory load), are factored in to determine the order. This aids the user in determining how to optimize his system or just simply tells him what are the apps that poses a hindrance to an optimized performance. For system-locked files, Ashampoo® UnInstaller has "Unlocker" so the user can easily delete any locked file at his disposal. The program driver itself has been overhauled for greater stability and in-depth cleaning and uninstalling algorithms have been optimized for thoroughness. 


FEATURES AT A GLANCE:
 

• Innovative hibernation mode: Put programs to sleep and free up resources without uninstalling
  
• 50% faster and more efficient cleaners
  
• Drive cleaner with smart scanning and reduced memory footprint
  
• Registry cleaner with multi-core support
  
• Lightning-fast internet cleaner with up-to-date browser profiles
  
• Nifty cookie manager to whitelist safe cookies
  
• Clear and concise start page with status notifications
  
• Buttons, icons, and dialogs optimized for Windows 11 design
  
• More efficient in-depth cleaning
  
• Well-designed cleaners with animated user interfaces
  

 

The navigation panel shows 9 categories namely: 
 

• 1. Overview
  2. Applications
  3. Install
  4. Hibernation
  5. Windows Apps
  6. Impact
  7. Browser Plug-ins
  8. Snapshots
  9. Tools 
  

1. Overview
The overview (first page) shows the general overview of your system as assessed by Ashampoo® UnInstaller 12. All the more important here is the "Quick features", where you will see the current status of installed programs, plugins etc., and the "History" where the "most recently installed programs" are listed including uninstall buttons for the user to access it immediately. Installation of new apps can be monitored by Ashampoo® UnInstaller 12 via "Installation Guard" (toggle to "ON" to activate monitoring). 




2. Applications
The "Applications" provides the list of all applications currently installed on the user’s PC. Use the subtopics to alter the last, (by size). User just needs to "click" (to select) an entry to uninstall the selected program or to uninstall several applications, use the check boxes to select them towards uninstall process. User just needs to click "Uninstall" for the uninstall process to proceed. User can also uninstall recently installed applications using the corresponding buttons for the list of most recent installations on the overview page. See list of options below. 
 

• All
  
• Recently installed
  
• Logged
  
• Huge
  
• Negatively rated
  
• Uninstalled
  
• Categories
  

 

To aid in searching items the user can use the drop-down "Filter" menu (located at the top portion of the interface) to aid the user making it easier to search specific items. The "Filter" menu provides to hide common frameworks, redistributables and the like. UnInstaller 12 comes with a handy "Categories" view that lists all of installed software by category. The program recognizes all installed software applications automatically and sorts them into their respective categories. 

 

Ashampoo® UnInstaller can perform additional in-depth cleaning to remove leftovers created by an application during use. This feature is enabled by default. UnInstaller detects when the uninstallation process is complete. In cases of uninstallation non-detection, user may manually notify the program using the corresponding button. 

To check the list of uninstalled application, user can go to (left navigation bar) "Applications > Uninstalled". The uninstalled applications list's all recently uninstalled applications and allows the user to either delete the uninstall log or perform additional in-depth cleaning (in case the user has disabled this feature during the uninstallation).

Users can also "drag & drop" desktop application icons to let Ashampoo® UnInstaller 12 "uninstall" selected application. 
 

3. Install
Application installation is "usually" monitored by Ashampoo® UnInstaller but in case auto-detection fails, the install "trigger “springs into action when an ".exe" (installation file) is dragged into the install area. Or, (if user wants) he may click "Browse" to select the install file manually. 

The latest UnInstaller 12's "Installation guard" detects different installer types and uses per-type optimization to track even the most minute modifications to your system. In most cases, logging will also start and stop automatically so the user can just sit back and watch! In addition, the program can tell fresh installations from updates to avoid erroneous logging! This significantly improves UnInstaller's logging capabilities and gives the user a clearer picture of what happens during program installations!

If monitoring is enabled ("ON"), user can also right-click the corresponding icon in the Windows notification area to access the context menu and use "" to manually trigger new installations. Alternatively, the user can also left-click the icon.  During installations, a "notification" at the top of your screen can be seen signifying that the installation is being monitored/logged. User can manually stop the logging process by clicking "Installation completed". 

 

4. Hibernation
"Hibernation" places applications to sleep while also disabling all of their related "Autostart entries" and "background services" until the user needs the program again!  This a quick alternative offered by UnInstaller 12 to application removal that releases system resources while keeping applications available in case of need. Save resources and free system memory without uninstalls!
 

5. Windows-Apps
This module list all installed "Windows apps" including system apps and allows the user to remove them using Ashampoo® UnInstaller. Note that Windows-default apps can only be restored by reinstalling Windows. Categories are below. 
 

• All
  
• Recently updated
  
• Huge
  
• Negatively rated
  

 

6. Impact
UnInstaller 12's "Impact" now factors in scheduled tasks for more realistic results. The "Impact" module visualizes the impact of installed software has on system performance. "Impact" lists the programs that have the biggest impact on the performance of your PC. Several factors, (like CPU and memory load), are factored in to determine the order. This aids the user in determining how to optimize his system or just simply tells him what are the apps that poses a hindrance to an optimized performance.
 

7. Browser plug-ins
This module lists all "browser plugins" for your installed browsers. Use the left categories to filter results by browser manufacturer. User can either click an entry to uninstall a selected plugin or use the check boxes to uninstall several applications in a row. User needs to click "Uninstall" to start the removal process. Note: Portable browsers are not included. . Categories are below. 
 

• Internet Explorer
  
• Google Chrome
  
• Mozilla Firefox
  
• Microsoft Edge
  
• Microsoft Edge Chromium
  
• Opera
  
• Negatively rated
  

8. Snapshots
"Snapshots" module documents the current state of the user's PC system at the time of creation. By comparing two snapshots, a user may effectively trace any modifications for a selected time period. This will aid the user to discern and diagnose software and hardware issues. 
 

9. Tools
These are collection of tools that help the user clean system, remove no longer needed and leftover files and defragment the hard drive(s). Note that some modules that delete files and folders will always move them to the recycle bin first with the exception of "File Wiper". This allows the user to restore files/folders in the event of malfunctions. Note that this is only applicable if the user has NOT set the recycle bin to always delete files. Registry Optimizer always creates backup. If the user experiences any issues once cleaning is finished, he can always "revert" any changes through "Backups". Categories are below. 

 

 

• Drive Cleaner
  
  Drive Cleaner scans the user's system for no longer needed files and displays results grouped by categories. Ashampoo® UnInstaller displays the number of results for each category. User needs to "check" the check boxes to select/deselect individual results or use the top buttons to select all/no results from a category. A "Create report" can be availed to save your results as a text file. User can also make "exceptions" and specify file formats to be scanned. This can be seen in (Settings > Drive Cleaner > Exceptions and Settings > Drive Cleaner > Search drives)
  
  
  
• Registry Optimizer
  
  Registry Optimizer scans the user's Windows Registry database for no longer needed entries and displays results grouped by categories. User needs to "check" the check boxes to select/deselect individual results or use the top buttons to select all/no results from a category. A "Write a report" is there to save results as a text file. Exceptions are also allowed and user can specify an entry as an exception to exclude it from future searches. He can remove exceptions in the settings for this module. (Settings > Registry Optimizer > Exceptions)
  
  
  
  
• Internet Cleaner
  
  User can specify a scanned entry as an exception to exclude it from future searches. User can also remove exceptions in the settings for this module. This allows the user to keep settings such as login data for your webmail account from being deleted every time he uses Internet Cleaner thus eliminating the need to set it again. User can modify the list of secure cookies in the settings for this module. All browser elements to be "found" (Find Elements) can be set in (Settings > Internet Cleaner) as well as the user can also set cookies that are exempted from cleaner (Settings > Internet Cleaner > Secure Cookies)
  
  
  
  
• Boot Center
  
  This module lists a summary for recorded boot times, autorun entries and tasks. 
  
  
  
  
• Service Manager
  
  Services are background programs required by Windows and other applications to work properly. This module lists all installed services and provides a rating on their usefulness. It also allows the user to modify start types individually. 
  
  
  
  
• Undeleter
  
  Ashampoo® UnInstaller's "Undeleter" attempts to recover accidentally deleted files. User simply needs to select a drive and click "Search". Selected files after the scan can be recovered. The search text can be used to filter or narrow down the list of results. User needs to click "Restore" to recover the selected files. The "Undeleter" settings can be customized in Options > Undeleter. 
  
  
  
  
• File Associator
  
  File Associator allows the user to associate a file / file types with viewer/editor programs. File types that are currently unassociated are marked red. User needs to click an entry to select it or hold down Shift to select multiple entries starting with the first selected entry or use "Ctrl +" to select multiple entries individually. 
  
  
  
  
• File Wiper
  
  When Windows deletes a file, the deleted file's disk space is marked as reusable. As long as it isn't used for new data, the original data is still there and can be recovered easily. FileWiper overwrites these areas with data such as zeros so the data can no longer be recovered. 
  
  
  
  
• Unlocker
  
  This module allows the user to unlock files that are currently locked/used by Windows, e.g., to delete them. Note: Deleting system-critical  files may lead to crashes and instabilities.
  
  
  
  
• Backups
  
  Ashampoo® UnInstaller allows the user to "undo" changes made by the Registry Optimizer or WinOptimizer, (through Registry Optimizer) if the changes have led to undesired system behavior. 
  

 

Ashampoo UnInstaller 12 v12.00.11 (2022/10/04)

 

PERTINENT LINKS

 

Ashampoo UnInstaller 12 Product Site

Download Ashampoo UnInstaller 12  HERE

Ashampoo Support

UnInstaller 12: How to completely remove unwanted programs toolbars and plug-ins without leftovers!

 

How to activate your Ashampoo software through a new Ashampoo account

 

How to activate Ashampoo software without logging into your Ashampoo customer account

 

How to activate your Ashampoo software through a new Ashampoo account

NOTES: 

Ashampoo UnInstaller 12's performance as an uninstaller is "outstanding" and true to its promise, remains one of the best utilities for a Windows user. Like previous UnInstaller version builds, UnInstaller 12 effectively uninstalls/removes programs completely alongside having logs that the user can see/check from time to time. This version is a "bit" faster than UnInstaller 10 too! Well, only a "few" seconds was slashed from total time of uninstall (including leftover cleaning) but still an improvement. Among the exceptional features are the (1) Real-time monitoring, (2) Installation guard, (3) Deep Cleaning technology, and (4) Undeleter (very useful when recovering previously deleted files). 


Ashampoo UnInstaller 12 and Ashampoo WinOptimizer 25 has some overlapping features and tools (again) but since user preference is always king.... "Retain both" or, "retain just one"? If user has Ashampoo WinOptimizer 25 he may not have  any use for Ashampoo UnInstaller 12 except for (1) Real-time monitoring, and (2) Installation guard. 


Ashampoo UnInstaller 12's interface is great and is among the best user interface in relation to other uninstaller apps in the market. The user interface is also pleasing to the eye. Each tool or feature is kept tidy. IObit Uninstaller 12 PRO also sports this easy-to-the-eye user interface as well. CCleaner Pro retaining its "old-simple" user interface and Revo Uninstaller Pro also keeps to stand with their old user interface. 

The only issue with Ashampoo UnInstaller 12 is its price tag. UnInstaller 12 (formerly priced at $40) is now $25 but in comparison with other popular uninstaller/utilities it is still expensive. Revo Uninstaller Pro is at $7.49 (70% discount See HERE), CCleaner Pro -at $14.97 (See HERE), IObit Uninstaller 12 PRO at $16.77 (See HERE) to name a few. 

All mentioned applications  are fully equipped to rival Ashampoo UnInstaller 12 anytime. It should also be noted that all four (4) uninstaller apps mentioned have their own FREE versions and they get the job done. They only vary with the additional tools included in all their paid versions.