Uninstall iTunes correctly - how it works

If you uninstall iTunes from your computer, various data and programs still remain on your PC. These must all be removed individually. We'll show you how it's done.

Uninstall iTunes and all other Apple programs

To delete the numerous programs that were installed with iTunes, follow these steps:

1. Press "Start" and open the "Control Panel".

2. Under "Programs", click on "Uninstall Programs".

3. Now select each program individually and click on it with the right mouse button. Then choose "Uninstall".

4. Now follow the further steps of the uninstallation program.

5. Uninstall the following programs one after the other:

• iTunes
• QuickTime
• Apple software update
• Apple Mobile Device Support
• Bonjour
• Apple Application Support

Delete remaining files

To remove the last legacies of the applications, open Windows Explorer ("Windows key" + "E"), select the following paths and delete the files and folders contained therein.

32-bit version:

• C: \ Program Files \ Bonjour
• C: \ Program Files \ Common Files \ Apple \
• C: \ Program Files \ iTunes \
• C: \ Program Files \ iPod \
• C: \ Program Files \ QuickTime \
• C: \ Windows \ System32 \ QuickTime
• C: \ Windows \ System32 \ QuickTimeVR

64-bit version:

• C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Bonjour
• C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Common Files \ Apple \
• C: \ Program Files (x86) \ iTunes \
• C: \ Program Files (x86) \ iPod \
• C: \ Program Files (x86) \ QuickTime \
• C: \ Windows \ SysWOW64 \ QuickTime
• C: \ Windows \ SysWOW64 \ QuickTimeVR

In the next article, we'll show you how to bring music to iPhone without iTunes.