Keeping old versions of Java on your system presents a serious security risk. We highly recommend that you uninstall all older versions of Java from your system. 1.1 Why should I uninstall Java versions which are old?īefore we see the steps to uninstall, we will first understand why keeping and using older versions of Java is dangerous. Oracle recommends upgrading to the newer versions and uninstalling the older one. The newer versions contain fixes for issues in the earlier version, newer features, classes, and packages. IntroductionĪ new version of Java comes roughly every 6 months (prior to Java 8, this cycle was about 2-3 years). In this article, we will learn why and how to uninstall older versions of Java from a Windows 10 system. Since then, there have been many versions of Java released. Invented by James Gosling, Java is an extremely popular, object-oriented programming language.

We will look at how to uninstall and remove Java completely from a Windows 10 system through tools.

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