How to uninstall Listary on Windows

Listary has to be closed before its own uninstaller can finish; its window refuses to proceed while the app is still running, even under a silent switch. This guide covers Listary installed machine-wide from the Bopsoft.Listary winget package.

Quit Listary first

Right-click the Listary tray icon and quit it, then check Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) for Listary.exe, Listary.Service.exe, ListaryHookHost64.exe and ListaryHookHost32.exe before you uninstall. Listary also runs a background service (Listary Service) and starts itself at sign-in; if you plan to stop using it, turn that off in Settings › Apps › Startup too.

Remove the app with its own uninstaller

Go to Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find Listary, and choose Uninstall, or run:

winget uninstall --id Bopsoft.Listary

If a dialog says Listary is still running, quit every process listed above and click OK again; it will not proceed while the app or its service is open.

Where the data lives

Check the result

Run these read-only commands after the uninstall finishes:

Get-Process Listary -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
winget list --id Bopsoft.Listary
Test-Path "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Listary"
Test-Path "$env:APPDATA\Listary"
Get-Service ListaryServiceV2 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

• No output from Get-Process only means this query observed no matching process; a suppressed error leaves the running state unknown.
• A completed winget list query with no match means the package record is gone; a matching row means the uninstall did not finish.
• The first Test-Path returning False means the program folder is gone; True means files remain there.
• Test-Path "$env:APPDATA\Listary" returning True means your settings are still there, which is expected unless you removed them yourself.
• If Get-Service succeeds without suppressed errors, no match means the Listary Service is gone; a service object means it is still registered.

If you installed it with winget

winget uninstall runs the same Inno Setup uninstaller Settings › Apps uses and removes the same program files, the login item and the service; it does not touch %APPDATA%\Listary on its own.

What Mole lists

For Listary installed machine-wide from winget:

• The program folder, the Start Menu folder and the login-item Run value are selected by default.
• %APPDATA%\Listary is listed but not selected, since it holds your settings.

What this test covered

Tested with Listary 6.3 installed through winget, machine-wide scope. The installer's own network source was unreachable in the test environment, so the test ran the same installer package with a silent switch from an elevated session instead of through winget install directly; the uninstall path is unaffected by that. The uninstaller's own window asked to close the running app before it would continue, which this guide's Quit step avoids. Not verified: a paid Listary Pro license.