This article provides instructions on how to uninstall QuickTime 4 on a Windows PC. For instructions on how to uninstall QuickTime 4 on a Macintosh, please see the following article:

Article 60341: " QuickTime 4: How To Uninstall QuickTime 4 On a Macintosh ."

Figure 1 , Control Panels folder contents

2. Double click on Add/Remove Programs and the following dialog box appears:

Figure 2 , QuickTime Uninstall dialog box

3. Choosing "Uninstall" removes only the applications that were installed by QuickTime 4. Choosing "Uninstall Everything" removes pieces of QuickTime that might be relied on by other programs as well (for example, certain games rely on QuickTime). If you have applications which have a dependency on QuickTime 3 or later, performing an "Uninstall Everything" requires you to reinstall either QuickTime 3 or QuickTime 4 to allow those applications' dependencies to be resolved. An installation of QuickTime 2.x is not be affected by this QuickTime 4 "Uninstall Everything".

Figure 3 , QuickTime Uninstall window

4. When it is done, you should get the following:

Figure 4 , Uninstall completed dialog box

5. At this point, QuickTime is uninstalled, but QuickTime still shows up in the Add/Remove Programs section. After you have uninstalled it, if you try to uninstall it again, you an error message appears saying that it is already gone.