Why Can't I Remove This Notification of Uninstalled App?

win9598xp7 · Aug 7, 2024

I recently installed Disk Drill to try and recover a lost file, but ended up uninstalling it (went with EaseUS Pro and had better results).

After I used Revo Uninstaller to remove Disk Drill, I notice it's still present in my Windows 11 notifications menu (with the button toggled to "On" to received notifications from the app).

Using Revo (and advanced scanning to remove all left over files/folders/registry entires), it seems like this should have been removed. I've always had good success with this. Why did it miss it? Or why is Windows showing a notice for a program that no longer exists?

Most importantly, how can I remove it?

Rollback_Jockey · Aug 7, 2024

win9598xp7 said:
I recently installed Disk Drill to try and recover a lost file, but ended up uninstalling it (went with EaseUS Pro and had better results).

After I used Revo Uninstaller to remove Disk Drill, I notice it's still present in my Windows 11 notifications menu (with the button toggled to "On" to received notifications from the app).

Using Revo (and advanced scanning to remove all left over files/folders/registry entires), it seems like this should have been removed. I've always had good success with this. Why did it miss it? Or why is Windows showing a notice for a program that no longer exists?

Most importantly, how can I remove it?

Have you restarted since the uninstal?

win9598xp7 · Aug 7, 2024

Rollback_Jockey said:
Have you restarted since the uninstal?

No, just the one uninstall.

idgat · Aug 7, 2024

win9598xp7 said:
No, just the one uninstall.

Always a good practice to get into, reboot, whether prompted to or not

If it's uninstalled, on or off switch shouldn't make any difference. Or just switch to off and ignore

I suspect this is a Windows bug rather than a Drill and/or Revo fault. In Notifications, it's sufficiently buried deep in a rarely accessed part of Settings. Outta sight, outta mind

I used to have sleepless nights worrying about such imperfections. Now ... meh!!

win9598xp7 · Aug 7, 2024

I tried another re-install and a second pass using Revo. But it's still there.

Thanks for the help, but is this gonna be with my forever now? Honestly...I can't abide that. There must be a way...

idgat · Aug 8, 2024

You could do a registry search for "Disk Drill" and delete any entries

win9598xp7 · Aug 9, 2024

Yup, was actually pointed to a post from this exact site (from another forum) that gave me the key reg option to clear all, or the individual key in the registry. Deleted it, now it's gone. Thanks!