{"id":6543,"date":"2026-10-08T14:13:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/?post_type=support_article&#038;p=6543"},"modified":"2026-10-08T14:13:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:13:21","slug":"elements-software-updater-feature-shows-patches-to-be-available-for-software-which-have-already-been-uninstalled-from-a-device","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/support-articles\/elements-software-updater-feature-shows-patches-to-be-available-for-software-which-have-already-been-uninstalled-from-a-device\/","title":{"rendered":"Elements Software updater feature shows patches to be available for software which have already been uninstalled from a device"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Issue:<\/h3>\n<p>Elements Endpoint Protection Software updater (patch management) feature shows updates to be available for software which have already been uninstalled from a device. Why does Software Updater detect updates for software which no longer are present on a device?\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Resolution:<\/h3>\n<p>If Elements Endpoint Protection Software Updater feature would list updates to be available for software which no longer are installed on a device, we recommend to check that the software has been successfully uninstalled. In some instances, traces of registry entries of the uninstalled software can be still left on the system and that is the reason why Software Updater feature detects it and offers updates for it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also check that there is no entry for the software on the Windows &quot;Installed Apps&quot; list.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elements Endpoint Protection Software updater (patch management) feature shows updates to be available for software which have already been uninstalled from a device. Why does Software Updater detect updates for software which no longer are present on a device?\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[99],"class_list":["post-6543","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000005166","source_version":1,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-10-08 11:13:21","import_hash":"37fb8a82538d6d19373f738cee96ba4f5da5aad3","vanilla_article_id":"","vanilla_url":"","vanilla_kb_id":"","vanilla_category_id":"","machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":"","reactions_helpful_no":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/6543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=6543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}