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Basically, what can be achieved by going to Control Panel > Uninstall a Program > View Installed Updates > Right Click Uninstall, but through the command line? Looking for a way that works across the Windows platform but if (and according to my reading, most likely) it's version dependent so be it.

Maybe something like:

C:\command /uninstall "Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2705219)"

Looks like using the KB would be great but wusa.exe works for the above example update but not for say "Security Update for Silverlight (KBXXXXXXXX)". Not much consistency.

I'm really surprised there isn't much documentation on this. How does an app like WUInstall do it?

Follow up question is how is that list of "View Installed Updates" populated? I've searched the registry like crazy hoping for an "UninstallString" or equivalent but only found references to the regular Add/Remove Programs list.

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  • Related: superuser.com/questions/270610/…. Not a direct duplicate, but one of the answers there applies.
    – Indrek
    Sep 12, 2012 at 1:48
  • @Indrek thanks for the comment! Rolling back to a previous restore point is one way to handle it and I got that done, no problem. But it would be a pain to undo x amount of updates when only one of them needs to be removed. And as stated in the question, I'd really love to know how WUInstall does it.
    – Miguel Moll
    Sep 12, 2012 at 2:01
  • This answer uses wuinstall to remove an update with a known KB number: superuser.com/a/469511
    – paradd0x
    Sep 12, 2012 at 2:38
  • Hey @ThiagoM! I know wuinstall can do it. But I was hoping to not depend on a third-party app. I imagine wuinstall is using something provided by the OS, no?
    – Miguel Moll
    Sep 12, 2012 at 2:57
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    @radioact1ve wusa /uninstall /kb:{update ID} ... or did i miss something?....sevenforums.com/tutorials/…
    – Moab
    Sep 12, 2012 at 21:34

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For Server 2003 and XP you could try:

C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB940157$\spuninst\spuninst.exe /quiet /norestart

Where the KB number would be the KB you would like to kill.

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  • Yes this is what I've been using. Works great.
    – Miguel Moll
    Nov 16, 2012 at 6:08
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You can use use wusa /uninstall /kb:{updateid}

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/109213-windows-update-uninstall-console-level.html

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i find this very nice utility : https://bitbucket.org/kazenoco/windows-updates-uninstaller-utility/downloads/Windows%20Updates%20Uninstaller.exe

Windows Updates Uninstaller Utility This utility (scripted in AutoHotKey) allows you to batch uninstall the Windows Updates you want from your system. It does not uninstall Service Packs, so you need to uninstall those manually. Works in Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1. Installation There's no need to install anything, the executable is portable so you just need to download it and run it. The executable will create a temporal text file in its parent directory while it runs, and it will remove it automatically once it doesn't need it anymore.

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