The Windows uninstaller that shows its work. ZeroTrace removes apps and the mess they leave behind — and backs up every change first, so you can undo all of it.
Two principles separate ZeroTrace from every “registry cleaner” you've been burned by.
Other uninstallers guess by name-matching folders. ZeroTrace snapshots your system before and after an install and diffs them — the exact files and registry keys the app created. A later removal takes out precisely what was added. Ground truth, not guesswork.
“No guessing. It removes what it watched go in.”
ZeroTrace never hard-deletes on the first pass. Everything goes to a quarantine backup, with a System Restore point before any registry change. Runs are all-or-nothing — if one step fails, everything already moved is put back. Be aggressive, because you can always undo.
“Quarantine first. Delete only when you're sure.”
A bigger leftover count isn't better. ZeroTrace scores every item by how sure it is, in plain colors, so you decide with eyes open.
Observed being created during a monitored install. The highest certainty there is.
Lives inside the application's own install directory. Almost certainly part of it.
Matched by name alone — so it's surfaced for review and never auto-removed.
Another program needs it too, so it's shown but protected — never removed.
From a single stubborn app to a workshop full of dev caches — all of it reviewed, all of it reversible.
Restore point → the app's own uninstaller → verify it's gone → scan leftovers → you review → Quarantine. Reversible, all-or-nothing.
For apps with a broken or missing uninstaller — removes them directly, then cleans up. Still reviewed, still reversible.
Drag a crosshair onto any window — or pick a shortcut — to identify and uninstall the app that owns it.
Select several apps and remove them in one pass. One failure never aborts the rest.
When a removal needs a restart to finish, ZeroTrace says so — and resumes the cleanup automatically after you reboot.
See everything ZeroTrace has removed and restore any item exactly where it was — or delete it for good to reclaim space.
List and remove UWP / Microsoft Store apps the normal list never shows. System apps stay protected.
Manage and reversibly remove extensions across Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Re-add from quarantine anytime.
See what launches at logon — Run keys, Startup folders, third-party services and tasks — and disable it reversibly. OS plumbing is never touched.
Clears temp and crash-dump junk to the Recycle Bin — reversible until you empty it.
Finds regenerable npm, Yarn, pnpm, NuGet, pip, Gradle, Maven, Cargo and Go caches. Every row explains what clearing it costs.
Hunts down scattered node_modules and .venv folders across your dev workspace.
Clears browser history, Explorer recent-lists and Office recents — reversibly. Never touches passwords or bookmarks.
Capture an install's exact footprint, then remove it precisely later. Export it as a portable .zttrace to clean a machine that never ran the installer.
A system-wide orphan scan: dangling Add/Remove entries, broken autostart, orphaned data folders and dead Start-menu shortcuts left by other tools.
A background watcher notices when any tool removes an app and pops a corner flyout offering one-click, reversible cleanup — even with ZeroTrace closed.
Flags and reversibly removes known-bad and adware browser extensions using a blocklist that ships with the app and updates with new releases.
Pick an app and confirm. A restore point is created first, and removed items go to Quarantine.
Watch it work: restore point → the app's uninstaller → verify → scan for leftovers.
Review leftovers, each with a confidence chip. High and Exact are pre-checked; Low is left for you; Shared is protected.
Approved items move to Quarantine. Restore anything, anytime.
Click Start monitoring — ZeroTrace captures a baseline snapshot.
Run the installer, then click Done. ZeroTrace snapshots again and diffs.
It saves the exact footprint — every file and key the app added.
Remove exactly later quarantines precisely what was installed. Complete and reversible.
You — or Windows — remove an app without opening ZeroTrace.
A corner flyout slides up: “Uninstall detected.” with the leftovers it found and their confidence.
It notes that removing moves everything to Quarantine first.
Choose Review & remove, Ignore, or Always ignore. One click, fully reversible.
No trash-talk. Just the questions that matter when something is editing your registry.
| Capability | ZeroTrace | Typical uninstaller |
|---|---|---|
| Everything reversible (quarantine + restore point) | Permanent delete | |
| Shows confidence before removing | One scary number | |
| Snapshot-first (observes the install) | Name-matching | |
| Never removes shared components | Not guaranteed | |
| No ads or bundled software | Often bundled |
ZeroTrace runs with the access to change your system. Here's how it earns that.
Quarantine backups and a System Restore point before any registry change. Runs are all-or-nothing — a failure rolls everything back.
Files another program still needs are flagged and never removed — automatically, every time.
What you scan and remove stays on your device — it is never transmitted. ZeroTrace connects to our service only to load its configuration and check for updates. No advertising, no third-party analytics SDKs. Details in the privacy policy.
An Authenticode-signed MSI, so Windows and SmartScreen know exactly who built it.
Download the signed installer for Windows and try a clean removal you can undo.
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