This how-to will enable you to obtain the uninstall string of any application from the registry. This can be very handy if you wish to create a batch file or similar.

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3 Steps total

Step 1: Open the registry

Click on 'Start' 'Run' and type regedit.

Hit the 'Enter' button on your keyboard to open the registry.

Step 2: Find the key

Browse to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstall

You will need to find the required application in the list.

Step 3: Copy the ValueData

In the right hand pane select either 'uninstallstring' or 'quietuninstallstring' and copy the contents of the 'Value Data' feild.

I have used this several times and has really helped me out.

Hope that this can help somebody else.

9 Comments

• Serrano
  Noah1886 Apr 5, 2010 at 03:53pm

  Nice. Thanks.

• Cayenne
  DPSkinner Apr 5, 2010 at 04:56pm

  Awsome, glad I could help fella.

• Tabasco
  ITMikeNJ Apr 6, 2010 at 10:51am

  Good tip! Thanks!

• Thai Pepper
  David Auth Jul 8, 2014 at 05:46pm

  Also, found one like this here:

  HKLMSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionInstallerUserDataS-1-5-18Products~32 hex char package id~InstallProperties

  I can only suppose that this is installed under the Local System SID because it's an AV product.

• Serrano
  John Rehill Aug 13, 2014 at 02:43am

  Probably don't need to add this as well as everyone on here is pretty smart but if you have a x64 OS you'll also need to check under

  HKLMSOFTWAREWow6432NodeMicrosoftCurrentVersionUninstall Rayman 3: hoodlum havoc platforms.

  for x32 based software that gets installed.

  (edited location as column is not wide enough for full length string)

• Pimiento
  Shadad Jul 6, 2016 at 08:39am

  @John Rehill
  sorry to report this late. but, actually for Windows 64 bit its has to be on:
  HKLMSOFTWAREWow6432NodeMicrosoftWINDOWSCurrentVersionUninstall

  i think you missed the WINDOWS registry sub-key by mistake :) .thank you.

• Pimiento
  ab513 Mar 8, 2018 at 12:54pm

  And more: programs installed for only one user are listed at
  HKEY_USERSSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstall

  The Wow6432Node was empty on my pc, I don't know if there could be listed other programs.

• Cayenne
  Vdubayas May 18, 2018 at 02:03pm

  Helped us out.. Thanks for taking the time to write it up

• Pimiento
  smoothRinkles Jun 10, 2019 at 10:54pm

  Hey Guys, another helpful way to do this is using powershell:

  Get-WMIObject -class win32_product -filter 'Name Like '%Application%'

  give it a try, it's a very fast way to get your string and other info.