Uninstall Windows Store Apps Uninstall Windows Store apps on Windows 8/8.1/10. Fast and smart Instant startup. Type to search to locate an app immediately. More regularly, you'll head to the Control Panel and remove software from the Programs and Features section, which (usually) fires up the uninstaller for your software. This does everything from. Apps are fairly easy to uninstall on Windows 10. You can remove an app from the Settings app or from the Control Panel. Some apps i.e., those that you install from the Microsoft Store can only be removed from the Settings app or from their tile on the Start menu. You do need to have admin access to remove an app.
This how-to will enable you to obtain the uninstall string of any application from the registry. Aveyond 2 eans quest download. This can be very handy if you wish to create a batch file or similar.
3 Steps total
Step 1: Open the registry
Click on 'Start' | 'Run' and type regedit.
Hit the 'Enter' button on your keyboard to open the registry.
Step 2: Find the key
Browse to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstall
You will need to find the required application in the list.
Step 3: Copy the ValueData
In the right hand pane select either 'uninstallstring' or 'quietuninstallstring' and copy the contents of the 'Value Data' feild.
I have used this several times and has really helped me out.
Hope that this can help somebody else.
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9 Comments
Uninstall Email App
- SerranoNoah1886 Apr 5, 2010 at 03:53pm
Nice. Thanks.
- Thai PepperDPSkinner Apr 5, 2010 at 04:56pm
Awsome, glad I could help fella.
- TabascoITMikeNJ Apr 6, 2010 at 10:51am
Good tip! Thanks!
- Thai PepperDavid Auth Jul 8, 2014 at 05:46pm
Also, found one like this here:
HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInstallerUserDataS-1-5-18Products~32 hex char package id~InstallProperties
I can only suppose that this is installed under the Local System SID because it's an AV product.
- SerranoJohn Rehill Aug 13, 2014 at 02:43am
Probably don't need to add this as well as everyone on here is pretty smart but if you have a x64 OS you'll also need to check under
HKLMSOFTWAREWow6432NodeMicrosoftCurrentVersionUninstall
for x32 based software that gets installed.
(edited location as column is not wide enough for full length string)
- PimientoShadad Jul 6, 2016 at 08:39am
@John Rehill
sorry to report this late. but, actually for Windows 64 bit its has to be on:
HKLMSOFTWAREWow6432NodeMicrosoftWINDOWSCurrentVersionUninstalli think you missed the WINDOWS registry sub-key by mistake :) .thank you.
- Pimientoab513 Mar 8, 2018 at 12:54pm
And more: programs installed for only one user are listed at
HKEY_USERSSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallThe Wow6432Node was empty on my pc, I don't know if there could be listed other programs.
- CayenneVdubayas May 18, 2018 at 02:03pm
Helped us out.. Thanks for taking the time to write it up
- PimientosmoothRinkles Jun 10, 2019 at 10:54pm
Hey Guys, another helpful way to do this is using powershell:
Get-WMIObject -class win32_product -filter 'Name Like '%Application%'
give it a try, it's a very fast way to get your string and other info.