How to uninstall programs

my macbook says that my start up disc is full and that i need to uninstall programs. i have no idea how to do that. for some reason i thought once i put the program from applications to the trash bin that that would deleted them (after i delete the trash bin) but they still seem to be on here because my husband says after i deleted some of his programs he was still able to use them and i still get the "start-up disc full" message.
please help
thank you

Hi romini;
Generally speaking programs are relatively small. It is usually the data files that take up more space. Of these data files, the worst offenders are usually music and photo that can eat a disk alive.
I would suggest you download an application called WhatSize. This will tell you exactly what is eating up the most disk space on your system. Then you can go through and either move them elsewhere or delete them.
Allan

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