Question: I tried Need For Speed World to see if it was a fun game, but it wasn't. So I want to remove it, but there is no built in uninstaller and I can't find it in the list of removable software. 

I'm a novice with Windows as I'm used to Mac and Ubuntu. 

What can I do to completely remove it?

The problem is that I can only find the game inside the `Games` folder, and there is no separate EA games folder as the official uninstall says.

Answer: 
EA provides [instructions for uninstalling Need For Speed World.](http://web.archive.org/web/20130622171418/http://www.needforspeed.com/news/need-speed-world-uninstall-faq)

Since their website has removed the page, the link above now is to the Internet Archive.

They suggest using one of the following options:

* the uninstaller found by navigating to [Start button] -->[Programs] --> [Electronic Arts] --> [NFS World]
* Add/Remove Programs found in the Windows Control Panel. Remove "Need for Speed World"
* [Revo Uninstaller Pro](http://www.revouninstaller.com)
Under Windows 8, Windows shows NFSW in the list of installed programs, and lets you "uninstall" it. This makes the package vanish from that list, but the files stay.

On my system, the files were located at `C:\ProgramData\Electronic Arts\Need for Speed World`. Just delete that folder. That may take a while, because there are tens of thousands of little files there.