PackageCatalog.RemoveOptionalPackagesAsync(IIterable<String>) Method
Definition
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Removes installed optional app packages from the user account.
public:
virtual IAsyncOperation<PackageCatalogRemoveOptionalPackagesResult ^> ^ RemoveOptionalPackagesAsync(IIterable<Platform::String ^> ^ optionalPackageFamilyNames) = RemoveOptionalPackagesAsync;
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.RemoteAsync]
IAsyncOperation<PackageCatalogRemoveOptionalPackagesResult> RemoveOptionalPackagesAsync(IIterable<winrt::hstring> const& optionalPackageFamilyNames);
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.RemoteAsync]
public IAsyncOperation<PackageCatalogRemoveOptionalPackagesResult> RemoveOptionalPackagesAsync(IEnumerable<string> optionalPackageFamilyNames);
function removeOptionalPackagesAsync(optionalPackageFamilyNames)
Public Function RemoveOptionalPackagesAsync (optionalPackageFamilyNames As IEnumerable(Of String)) As IAsyncOperation(Of PackageCatalogRemoveOptionalPackagesResult)
Parameters
A list of optional package family name strings.
Returns
The result of removing the optional package in the form of: PackageCatalogRemoveOptionalPackagesResult.
- Attributes
Windows requirements
Device family |
Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (introduced in 10.0.16299.0)
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API contract |
Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v5.0)
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Examples
This sample demonstrates removing all of the optional packages from a main app package.
public async void RemoveOptionalPackages()
{
// Create a list of the optional package family names
List<string> optionalPackageList = new List<string>();
foreach (var package in Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.Dependencies)
{
if (package.IsOptional)
{
optionalPackageList.Add(package.Id.FamilyName);
}
}
// Remove the optional packages from the list
PackageCatalog catalog = Windows.ApplicationModel.PackageCatalog.OpenForCurrentPackage();
var removalResult = await catalog.RemoveOptionalPackagesAsync(optionalPackageList);
if (removalResult.ExtendedError != null)
{
throw removalResult.ExtendedError;
}
}
Remarks
A package family name can be found in the FamilyName property of the PackageId.