Can't seem to completely uninstall software

Hi everybody,
I'm a a fairly recent convert to the world of Macs and haven't looked back since. Apologies if my question is a little dim or has been covered in other areas of the forum.
I'm having a little problem at the moment, which somebody can hopefully help with.
I installed a piece of software called TechTools onto my MBP but decided to uninstall to keep my machine running fast and save space. My understanding was that I simply selected the program from my Applications folder and as there is no uninstaller, just drag it and any other related icons to the trash bin before emptying. I have done so so cannot access the installed program any more.
However I don't think it has completely uninstalled as I keep getting a techtools alert about the limited free space on my HDD. This alert is annoying and was one of the reasons that I decided to ditch the software.
As I thought that I had uninstalled correctly, could somebody tell me how to make this go away please!

Hi,
There are probably several ways to uninstall Applications (if there is not an option to do so within the Application itself) but you may find this link of use...
http://www.reggieashworth.com/appdelete
I would however well recommend keeping Techtool Pro on your machine as it is a very handy piece of software which can determine various issues with your Mac. I have eDrives partitioned on my Macs which enable me to ***** my hard drives & detect problems at an early stage as well as keeping them defragged etc. It does take up a fair bit of hard drive space but can save a lot of problems in the long run.
Ben

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