Uninstall Programs With Chocolatey

• Open PowerShell by searching for it in Windows search. Make sure to open it via Run as Administrator.
• The first PowerShell command we’ll be using today is: choco uninstall which allows you to uninstall programs really quickly and easily.
• For instance, you could use this to remove a single program: choco uninstall googlechrome
• Or you could use this to uninstall a selection of programs all at once: choco uninstall googlechrome notepadplusplus 7zip
• Or even uninstall everything managed by Chocolatey in one glorious shot with: choco uninstall all
• To find a list of all your Chocolatey-installed software, use the following command in PowerShell: choco list --local-only
• Finally, to ensure that your uninstallation process slides through without hassle, append your command with -y (for “yes”), which will automatically select the affirmative option from the software’s uninstallation prompts should any exist. See the example below.
• choco uninstall googlechrome -y

If you are using the Chocolatey graphical user interface, you can also use it to uninstall any Chocolatey-managed programs you desire. The process here is as simple as right-clicking on the item in question and choosing “Uninstall” from the drop-down menu.

The GUI isn’t as handy for uninstalling a large selection of software in one go, however, so I’d stick to PowerShell for big operations.