Uninstalling & Reverting

Since optimizerDuck is a portable application, uninstalling it is straightforward. Before you delete the app, revert any system changes you made.

Step 1: Revert Optimizations

If you want to restore your computer to its original state before using optimizerDuck:

1. Open optimizerDuck.
2. Navigate to the Optimize tab.
3. Select the optimizations you want to undo and click the toggle switch to turn it off.
4. Wait for the application to restore the original Registry keys, services, and settings.
5. Restart your PC to ensure all restored settings take effect.

Warning

If you delete the app and its data folder before reverting, you will lose the JSON backups of your original settings. You can still revert manually, but the one-click restore won't work.

Step 2: Delete App Data (Optional)

optimizerDuck stores a few configuration files and revert backups locally. If you want to completely wipe its footprint:

1. Press Win + R to open the Run dialog.
2. Type %localappdata% and press Enter.
3. Locate the optimizerDuck folder and delete it.

Step 3: Delete the App

Because there is no traditional installer or uninstaller, you just need to delete the optimizerDuck.exe file that you originally downloaded.

And that's it! optimizerDuck has been completely removed from your system.