To remove APPX packages, Remove-AppxPackage is the best and only one reliable command. Another way is to remove/delete the installed files of that app. Remember this procedure does not (and never will) truly uninstall that APPX package.

At first, find folders containing the APPX name (e.g. for "Weather" it will be "Microsoft.BingWeather") in the following directories:

C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\
C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Local\Packages\
C:\Windows\InfusedApps\Applications\
C:\Windows\InfusedApps\Packages\

Then make a batch file with the following commands and run it as administrator. Then enter the folders full path containing the appx name. Be cautious when you enter folder path, it should have the Appx name at last.

@echo off
set /p X=Enter Directory path: 
takeown /F %%X /R /D Y
icacls %%X /grant Everyone:F /T
rd /S /Q %%X
pause

Further reading:

• takeown command
• icacls command
• Microsoft Answer: WindowsApps folder

Every program that properly installs itself according to Microsoft's guidelines makes a registry entry in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall. Usually, the key for the program will be its GUID, or else the name of the program. Within that key will be an entry called UninstallString. This contains the command to execute to uninstall the program.

If you already know ahead of time what you will be uninstalling, it should be easy enough to just put that in your batch file. It gets tricky when you try to automate that process though. You can use the reg command to get data from the registry, but it returns a lot of text around the actual value of a given key, making it hard to use. You may want to experiment with using VBscript or PowerShell, as they have better options for getting data from the registry into a variable.

I need to use a script with either CMD or Power Shell to uninstall a program from a windows machine.

To be clear , I already know how to use the “wmic” & "Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product ", what I am looking for is how to remove the programs listed under Programs & Feature in control panel but doesn’t show up when using WMIC (Product Get Name) or (Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product) commands.

I can use these script easily:

1. CMD:

wmic

product get name

product where name=“program name” call uninstall

2. Power Shell:

$app = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Where-Object { $_.Name -match “Software Name” } >> $app.Uninstall()

Both scripts above helped me remove specific programs only, but the list I have under control panel still have lots of other applications that I am hoping to use similar script to remove them.

Any idea / suggestion is highly appreciated ?

When you install a program in Windows a registry key for its uninstallation is created holding several values, among them is the UninstallString value which is the command line the Add or remove programs uses when you click Remove.

The parent key is:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

And these UninstallStrings usually have the following format:

MsiExec.exe /I{0826F9E4-787E-481D-83E0-BC6A57B056D5}

In order to acomplish what you are trying to do you will have to create a RegistryKey object, read the UninstallString value for the application you want to remove and run the command line.

More info here.

STEP 1: Open command prompt and type wmic and hit Enter

STEP 2: Now type command: product get name and hit Enter. This command will populates a list of installed applications on your PC with complete name of an application.

STEP 3: Now type: product where name="" call uninstall and hit Enter (Note: Inside name " " you have to write the exact name of software you wish to uninstall from the populated list)
Example: product where name="Microsoft Office" call uninstall

STEP 4: Type Y for confirming un-installation process then press Enter to uninstall the software completely.

Hope it will help you.