How do i uninstall applications on my computer

How do I uninstall programs on my computer?

There are 3rd party softwares such as app delete or appzapper that can uninstall the program more cleanly (that's what I use).
or
like sig said, mostly likely you just can just drag the app (from application folder) into the trash.
microsoft programs have uninstaller as an example.

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    Some applications may install components in the /Home/Library/Applications Support/ folder.  You can also check there to see if the application has created a folder.  You can also delete the folder that's in the Applications Support folder.  Again, they don't do anything but take up disk space once the application is trashed.
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    Most OS X applications are completely self-contained "packages" that can be uninstalled by simply dragging the application to the Trash.  Applications may create preference files that are stored in the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder.  Although they do nothing once you delete the associated application, they do take up some disk space.  If you want you can look for them in the above location and delete them, too.
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