How to uninstall a program through group policy script

Question

Need to uninstall a program called anydesk from every computer on the network. Was thinking to run a group policy uninstall script at startup but I do not know how to. Any help or direction to a knowledge source would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Hello @IT Department

There is no need to use script to Uninstall package or software.

You can Uninstall using GPO editor -> Edit- > Software Settings -> All Tasks, and then click Remove -> Click Immediately uninstall the software from users and computers, and then click OK.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/group-policy/use-group-policy-to-install-software#remove-a-package

Alternatively you can use below PowerShell script and run it from Server to Uninstall it Remotely.

$computerNames = @("ComputerName1", "rName2", "rName3")  
$appName = "AnyDesk"  
$yourAccount = Get-Credential  
ForEach ($computerName in $computerNames) {  
    Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computerName -Credential $yourAccount -ScriptBlock {  
        Get-WmiObject Win32_product | Where {$_.name -eq $appName} | ForEach {  
            $_.Uninstall()  
        }  
    }  
}  

Hope this answers your question :)

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Answer 2

Hi,

If it's possible to use a script to uninstall this application , you can deploy this script via group policy and launch it at startup.

You have to validate the script for software installation. Once the script is validated you can copy it in sysvol folder and deploy it through GPO:

cc779329(v=ws.10)

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