Is it safe to uninstall MS SQL server from my PC?

My OS is Windows 7. When cleaning unnecessary sofrware from my computer I noticed that I have lots of SQL related programs installed. I don't know with what program thet came, I don't do anything SQL related on this computer.

I have MS Office and Visual Studio installed. Other programs I have are basic things like web browsers. I also have many games installed.

SQL programs installed on my computer:

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Can I uninstall MS SQL server safely or could some program I have depent on it without my knowledge?


"SQL Server Compact" is a library similar to SQLite. Programs might use it internally. Though I'm sure they would ship their own copies instead of relying on the system-installed version.

"SQL Server 2008" is the full database server, like MySQL or Postgres. The answer here is simpler: Is it running? (That is, does Task Manager show processes belonging to it?) And if you stop the service, does anything break? If it's not running, then it's clearly not being used, and is safe to remove.

If you write C++, both of those might have been installed as part of the Visual Studio bundle.