
This will remove the package fromĬhocolatey without attempting to uninstall the program. 📝 NOTE A package with a failing uninstall can be removed with the In the absence ofĬhocolateyUninstall.ps1, choco uninstall only removes the package fromĬhocolatey but does not remove the software from your system (unless With auto uninstaller turned off, a chocolateyUninstall.ps1 is required Installers will install the software there) or elsewhere on the

The software may actually be installed in Program Files (most native These packages may or may notĬontain the software (applications/tools) that each package represents. To reverse the installation done in the install script.Ĭhocolatey tracks packages, which are the files in Means that a package may not need an explicit chocolateyUninstall.ps1 Service is a feature that can use that information to automaticallyĭetermine how to uninstall these natively installed applications. The "Automatic Uninstaller" (auto uninstaller) For more details, see how to pass arguments ( choco -?).Ĭhoco 0.9.9+ automatically tracks registry changes for "Programs andįeatures" of the underlying software's native installers when In most cases you can still pass options and switches with oneĭash ( -). 📝 NOTE 100% compatible with older chocolatey client (0.9.8.32 and below) Uninstalls a package or a list of packages. These shims will be removed in Chocolatey CLI v2.0.0.

We recommend that any scripts calling these shims be updated to use the full command, as

With the release of Chocolatey CLI v1.0.0 we have deprecated the following shims/shortcuts:
