--- title: "What to do if you accidently deleted the utilities/accessories from the add/remove window of your operating system?" description: "What to do if you accidently deleted the utilities/accessories from the add/remove window of your operating system?" author: "Steilla Mitchel" published: 2022-05-26 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97659/what-to-do-if-you-accidently-deleted-the-utilities-accessories-from-the-add-remove-window-of-your-operating-system category: "troubleshooting" tags: ["troubleshooting", "windows os", "windows"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # What to do if you accidently deleted the utilities/accessories from the add/remove window of your operating system? What to do [if you accidently deleted](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50245/what-to-do-if-you-accidently-deleted-the-utilities-accessories-from-the-add-remove-window-of-your-operating-system) the [utilities](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/188/recycle-bin-in-c-sharp)/accessories from the [add](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/4883/5-signs-you-need-to-add-more-protein-to-your-diet)/[remove](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81420/this-is-no-time-to-remove-obamacare-for-usa-under-covid-19-pandemic) [window](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1672/remove-a-grid-from-window-using-wpf) of your [operating system](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/229069/operating-system-development)? ## Answers ### Answer by Hitesh Vohra If you accidentally [deleted](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160487/how-to-remove-the-deleted-git-code-marker-in-scrollbar-in-visual-studio-2022) a software, you will need to perform a system restore to return it to its original state. Click **on 'Start,'** then 'Help and Support Center,' where you will see a 'System Restore' option. You will now be able to restore the system in order to recover the deleted programme. **System Restore** is a Windows recovery utility that allows you to undo some modifications made to the operating system. Consider it a 'undo' feature for the most crucial components of Windows. https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?gdpr=0&client=ca-pub-4392740333731945&output=html&h=280&adk=3971985602&adf=3416918113&pi=t.aa~a.705011304~i.3~rp.4&w=673&fwrn=4&fwrnh=100&lmt=1653767195&num_ads=1&rafmt=1&armr=3&sem=mc&pwprc=1094794600&psa=1&ad_type=text_image&format=673x280&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanswers.mindstick.com%2Fqa%2F97659%2Fwhat-to-do-if-you-accidently-deleted-the-utilities-accessories-from-the-add-remove-window-of-your-operating-system&fwr=0&pra=3&rh=168&rw=672&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&wgl=1&fa=27&dt=1653766611285&bpp=4&bdt=1114&idt=4&shv=r20220525&mjsv=m202205240101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D662a2a89d90b1e4b%3AT%3D1638203387%3AS%3DALNI_Ma0edec-PTDcYBpYfjXLxzSkFxWjw&gpic=UID%3D0000049bbcd8c2fb%3AT%3D1649361027%3ART%3D1653765537%3AS%3DALNI_MYxpVq19FV9XGwj1XHiGD59KpTonA&prev_fmts=0x0&nras=2&correlator=5137083611162&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=1844689516.1638201988&ga_sid=1653766611&ga_hid=855154445&ga_fc=1&u_tz=330&u_his=1&u_h=864&u_w=1536&u_ah=824&u_aw=1536&u_cd=24&u_sd=1.25&adx=337&ady=815&biw=1519&bih=754&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=44759876%2C44759927%2C44759837%2C44763506%2C42531557%2C31067768&oid=2&pvsid=3557827280529620&pem=297&tmod=1739276282&uas=0&nvt=1&eae=0&fc=1408&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1536%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1536%2C754&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&abl=NS&fu=128&bc=23&ifi=4&uci=a!4&btvi=1&fsb=1&xpc=VfDSUOHWSB&p=http%3A//answers.mindstick.com&dtd=M Only Windows files are affected when you restore your machine to a prior state. That type of data is usually to blame for problems that force you to utilise System Restore. \ \ **Read More: [How can you know that your windows is a 32-bit or it is a 64-bit?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97653/how-can-you-know-that-your-windows-is-a-32-bit-or-it-is-a-64-bit)** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97659/what-to-do-if-you-accidently-deleted-the-utilities-accessories-from-the-add-remove-window-of-your-operating-system Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.