How do you uninstall software via Powershell on Windows? Here’s the
lowdown. Unfortunately, there is a scatter-brain chaos here when it
comes to Windows software install management. There are two ways to
do this. The more “modern” way involves the Win32_package class in
wmic.
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_product
wmic product where "name='<SOFTWARE-NAME>'" uninstall
20191018/DuckDuckGo powershell remove software
20191018/https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/use-powershell-to-find-and-uninstall-software/
20191018/DuckDuckGo wmic product where name remove
20191018/http://www.joseftschiggerl.name/2012/02/uninstall-programs-with-wmic/
20191018/DuckDuckGo powershell list installed software
20191018/https://www.maketecheasier.com/get-installed-software-list-windows/
20191018/windows 10 powershell list installed software
20191018/https://www.howtogeek.com/165293/how-to-get-a-list-of-software-installed-on-your-pc-with-a-single-command/
Alas, older software installers use a different outdated technique where you must go through registry keys. Even worse, there is not always guaranteed to be a silent uninstaller available, so GUI dialogs might pop up that will have to be automated away by generating artificial input. As we’ve picked up a hint from our previous sources on that technique, let’s search around more on the tech details. And here we are, we have an answer article on .
20191018/DuckDuckGo powershell uninstall get-itemproperty
20191018/https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53062464/uninstall-application-using-powershell
And here we go.
Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, InstallDate | Format-Table –AutoSize
$RegPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall", "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall"
$app = Get-ChildItem -Path $RegPath | Get-ItemProperty | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -match "firefox" }