How many versions should be on my computer

[mrwagenberg]

mrwagenberg last edited by

I was doing some housecleaning today, and I was startled to find what seems to be 6 complete versions of Opera on my drive. I'd like to get some space back but before I start deleting, can someone tell me what's safe to erase?

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer @mrwagenberg last edited by

@mrwagenberg If you don't plan to revert back to an older version, you could delete all the older ones. If you are using File Manager, delete the folders with old version numbers. If Add/Remove Programs is telling you there are 5 old versions, it is probably wrong anyway- have CCleaner remove the incorrect entries.

[mrwagenberg]

mrwagenberg last edited by

Thanks. Revo showed two versions (82 & 92) but none of the ones in between.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

For future reference, if you don't want to use a program to remove invalid install entries, you can find them in the registry as subkeys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall or HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall depending on the type of Opera install you did. The keys will start with "Opera" in their names. You just delete the keys for the versions that are invalid.