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Uninstall-WindowsFeature

Uninstalls specified Windows Server roles, role services, and features from a computer that is running Windows Server. By adding the Remove parameter, also deletes feature files or payload, from a computer.

Syntax

Uninstall-WindowsFeature
         [-Name] <Feature[]>
         [-Restart]
         [-IncludeManagementTools]
         [-Remove]
         [-ComputerName <String>]
         [-Credential <PSCredential>]
         [-LogPath <String>]
         [-WhatIf]
         [-Confirm]
         [<CommonParameters>]
Uninstall-WindowsFeature
         [-Name] <Feature[]>
         [-Vhd <String>]
         [-IncludeManagementTools]
         [-Remove]
         [-ComputerName <String>]
         [-Credential <PSCredential>]
         [-LogPath <String>]
         [-WhatIf]
         [-Confirm]
         [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Uninstall-WindowsFeature cmdlet uninstalls and optionally removes specified roles, role services, and features from a computer that is running Windows Server or from an offline virtual hard disk (VHD) on which Windows Server is installed. This cmdlet works similarly to the uninstallation of roles and features in Server Manager with an important exception: by default, management tools are not uninstalled when you run the Uninstall-WindowsFeature cmdlet; you must add the IncludeManagementTools parameter to uninstall associated management tools.

This cmdlet requires elevation; you must be running a Windows PowerShell session as an administrator to use this cmdlet.

Examples

Example 1

Get-WindowsFeature | Where-Object -FilterScript { $_.Installed -Eq $TRUE } | Uninstall-WindowsFeature

This example uninstalls any roles or features that are currently installed on the target server.

Example 2

Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name Web-Server -ComputerName Server1 -Credential contoso\user1

This example removes Web Server (IIS) from Server1, including all role services. The user account specified to perform the operation is contoso\user1.

Example 3

Get-WindowsFeature | Where-Object -FilterScript { $_.Installed -Eq $FALSE } | Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Remove

This example deletes the feature files for any roles or features that currently are not installed on the local server.

Parameters

-ComputerName

Uninstalls and optionally removes one or more roles or features from a specified remote computer. This parameter accepts only one computer name. If this parameter is not added or no computer name is specified, the default target is the local computer.

Valid values for the parameter include a NetBIOS name, an IP address, or a fully qualified domain name of a remote computer that is running Windows Server.

To use an IP address of a remote computer as the value of this parameter, your command must include the Credential parameter. The computer must either be configured for HTTPS transport or the IP address of the remote computer must be included in the WinRM TrustedHosts list on the local computer. For information about adding a computer name to the WinRM TrustedHosts list, see "How to Add a Computer to the Trusted Host List" in about_Remote_Troubleshooting.

Type:String
Aliases:Cn
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Type:SwitchParameter
Aliases:cf
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Credential

Specifies a user account that has access rights to perform this action. If the parameter is not added or no value is specified, the default value of this parameter is the current user. Enter a user name in one of the following formats. Quotation marks are optional.

-- "UserName" -- "Domain\User" -- "User@Domain.com" -- A Credential object returned by the Get-Credential cmdlet.

If a user name is entered, then a prompt for a password is displayed.

Type:PSCredential
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-IncludeManagementTools

Specifies the uninstallation of all applicable management tools along with the roles, role services, or features that are specified in the Name parameter. Note that by default, management tools are not uninstalled when you run the Uninstall-WindowsFeature cmdlet; you must add this parameter to uninstall associated management tools.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-LogPath

Specifies a name and path to a log file. Add this parameter if the results of this cmdlet must be stored in a log.

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Name

Specifies a list of features to uninstall. This parameter does not support wildcard characters.

Type:Feature[]
Position:0
Default value:None
Required:True
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Remove

Deletes feature files for the specified features from the side-by-side store, located at %SystemDrive%:\Windows\WinSxS. If the feature is not yet uninstalled, the command uninstalls the feature.

When you delete feature files, features that depend upon the files you remove are also deleted. When you delete feature files for a subfeature, and no other subfeatures for the parent feature are installed, then files for the entire parent role or feature are deleted.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Restart

Specifies that the target computer is restarted automatically, if a restart is required by the uninstallation process for the specified roles or features. This parameter cannot be used with the Vhd parameter.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Vhd

Specifies the path to an offline VHD. The path can either point to a VHD file or to a location on which the VHD is already mounted by using Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tools.

The VHD can be on a local disk on the target computer or on a network shared folder. If the VHD is in a network shared folder, then the value of this parameter is a UNC path to the VHD. In this case, the computer account of the computer that you are using to mount the VHD must have read and write permissions (Read/Write permissions in the File Sharing dialog box or Full Control on the Security tab of the folder Properties dialog box) on the shared folder or the VHD will not be accessible. Local loopback UNC paths are not supported. Use either of the following formats for the computer account: DOMAIN\SERVERNAME$ or SERVERNAME$.

Add the ComputerName parameter to specify the target computer you want to use to mount the VHD. If the ComputerName parameter is not specified, then the local computer is used. The computer that you are using to mount the VHD must be running Windows Server. Any local path, such as D:\myFolder, that is specified by using this parameter is always relative to the target computer.

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet were run. The cmdlet is not run.

Type:SwitchParameter
Aliases:wi
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

Inputs

Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Commands.Feature[]

Outputs

Object