The progress bar filled instantly. No files left behind. No registry rot. Just a clean, silent farewell.
One night, the user—a video editor named Maya—finally dug into the Control Panel. Her SSD was full. She scrolled past the bloatware, past the drivers, until her cursor hovered over the strange, lonely entry.
The “(Remove Only)” wasn’t a command. It was a prophecy.
A single, honest dialog box appeared. No “Are you sure?” No “We’re sad to see you go!” Just two buttons: | Cancel Beneath them, in pale gray text: “This product has no purpose other than to be removed. Thank you for completing its function.”