Uninstall the Redistributables

To uninstall the Visual C++ Redistributables on the local machine, use Uninstall-VcRedist. This function accepts the release and architecture of the Visual C++ Redistributables and will attempt to perform a silent uninstall of the targeted Visual C++ Redistributables.

Uninstall-VcRedist requires elevated access to be able to uninstall the Redistributables.

Parameters

Required parameters

None. If Uninstall-VcRedist is run without parameters, you will be prompted to confirm that you want to uninstall the Redistributable/s. Without additional parameters, Uninstall-VcRedist will attempt to uninstall all currently installed Redistributables.

Optional parameters

• Confirm - Uninstall-VcRedist will not uninstall Redistributables by default. -Confirm:$true is required to enable Uninstall-VcRedist to uninstall the Redistributables.
• Release - Specifies the release (or version) of the redistributables to uninstall (e.g., 14, 2019, 2012, etc.)
• Architecture - Specifies the processor architecture to of the redistributables to uninstall. Can be x86 or x64

Examples

The following command will uninstall all of the currently installed Visual C++ Redistributables on the local system.

Uninstall-VcRedist -Confirm:$true

This command will uninstall any 2008 release of the installed Visual C++ Redistributables.

Uninstall-VcRedist -Release 2008 -Confirm:$true