How to uninstall uTools on Windows

uTools keeps its own settings, installed plugins and login state in one profile folder on this PC, separate from the program files. It also adds itself to sign-in startup by default. This guide covers uTools installed per-user from the Yuanli.uTools winget package.

Quit uTools first

Quit uTools from its tray icon or window; it stays running in the background by default while signed in or with plugins active. Check Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) for any uTools.exe still listed before you uninstall.

Remove the app with its own uninstaller

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

winget uninstall --id Yuanli.uTools

If uTools still starts at sign-in

uTools adds a sign-in entry, org.yuanli.utools, under Settings › Apps › Startup. Its own uninstaller does not always remove this on its own; if it is still there afterward, turn it off yourself in Settings › Apps › Startup.

Where the data lives

Check the result

Run these read-only commands after the uninstall finishes:

Get-Process uTools -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
winget list --id Yuanli.uTools
Test-Path "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Programs\utools"
Test-Path "$env:APPDATA\uTools"

• 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\uTools" returning True means your login state, settings and plugin data are still there, which is expected unless you removed them yourself.

If you installed it with winget

winget uninstall runs the same NSIS uninstaller Settings › Apps uses and removes the same program files; it does not touch %APPDATA%\uTools on its own.

Account and subscription

Uninstalling does not cancel a paid uTools plan or sign you out of your account on other devices. Check your subscription in uTools' own account settings separately.

What Mole lists

For uTools installed per-user from winget:

• The program folder and the Start Menu shortcut are selected by default.
• %LOCALAPPDATA%\uTools-updater, which holds only downloaded installers, is selected by default.
• %APPDATA%\uTools is listed but not selected, since it holds your login state and plugin data. The caches inside it (Cache, Code Cache) are listed on their own and selected by default.
• If a utools:// link registration still points at the removed program, Mole lists it too, selected by default, after backing it up to a .reg file.
• A sign-in startup entry that still points at the removed program is listed and selected by default, backed up to a .reg file first.

What this test covered

Tested with uTools 7.8.0 installed through winget, per-user scope, opened to its main window with the search bar and plugin page, without signing in. Not verified: a signed-in account and paid plugins.