Uninstall-WindowsFeature

Uninstalls optional Windows components/features.

Syntax

Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name <String[]> [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Uninstall-WindowsFeature [-Iis] [-IisHttpRedirection] [-Msmq] [-MsmqHttpSupport] [-MsmqActiveDirectoryIntegration] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The names of the features are different on different versions of Windows. For a list, run Get-WindowsService.

Feature names are case-sensitive. If a feature is already uninstalled, nothing happens.

This function is not available on Windows 8/2012.

Related Commands

Get-WindowsFeature
Install-WindowsService
Test-WindowsService

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input	Default Value
Name	String[]	The names of the components to uninstall/disable. Feature names are case-sensitive. To get a list, run `Get-WindowsFeature`.	true	false
Iis	SwitchParameter	Uninstalls IIS.	false	false	False
IisHttpRedirection	SwitchParameter	Uninstalls IIS's HTTP redirection feature.	false	false	False
Msmq	SwitchParameter	Uninstalls MSMQ.	false	false	False
MsmqHttpSupport	SwitchParameter	Uninstalls MSMQ HTTP support.	false	false	False
MsmqActiveDirectoryIntegration	SwitchParameter	Uninstalls MSMQ Active Directory Integration.	false	false	False
WhatIf	SwitchParameter		false	false
Confirm	SwitchParameter		false	false
CommonParameters		This cmdlet supports common parameters. For more information type `Get-Help about_CommonParameters`.

EXAMPLE 1

Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Name TelnetClient,TFTP

Uninstalls Telnet and TFTP.

EXAMPLE 2

Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Iis

Uninstalls IIS.