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How do I hide the Programmes and Features page in the Control Panel?

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Today, we will guide you through a quick guide that will help you hide programmes from the Control Panel in Windows 10.

How to hide programmes from the Control Panel in Windows 10

There were multiple ways to do it. Here is the step-by-step instruction to follow.

  • Open Registry
    • You can use Windows Search to find the Registry Editor.
  • For 32-bit Windows users
    • Click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
    • After that, click on Software and then Microsoft.
    • Under that, click on Windows and then the Current Version.
    • Last, scroll down to select Uninstall.
  • FOR 64-BIT Windows Users
    •  Click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
    • Then, click on Software and then WOW6432NODE.
    • Select Microsoft and then Windows.
    • Now, the current version.
    • Last, scroll down to select Uninstall.
  • Now, simply locate the folder of that particular application that you want to hide.
  • Then, right-click on the right side and select “DWOR.”
  • Name it System Component and set the value to 1.
  • Now, restart your computer.

This will hide your selected application. After that, if you want to enable the Control panel to show the application in Control Panel, then delete that file or change the value to 0.