Uninstall-ADTApplication (4.1.0)

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Hi, I wonder why this command won't uninstall the Android Studio, when looking in log it says no matching application

Uninstall-ADTApplication -Name "Android Studio" -ApplicationType All -FilterScript { $_.Publisher -match 'Google LLC' } -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

 get-ADTApplication -Name *android*

PSPath                           : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Cu
                                   rrentVersion\Uninstall\Android Studio
PSParentPath                     : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Cu
                                   rrentVersion\Uninstall
PSChildName                      : Android Studio
ProductCode                      :
DisplayName                      : Android Studio
DisplayVersion                   : 2025.1
UninstallString                  : C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\uninstall.exe
UninstallStringFilePath          : C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\uninstall.exe
UninstallStringArgumentList      : {}
QuietUninstallString             :
QuietUninstallStringFilePath     :
QuietUninstallStringArgumentList :
InstallSource                    :
InstallLocation                  :
InstallDate                      : 15-08-2025 00:00:00
Publisher                        : Google LLC
HelpLink                         :
EstimatedSize                    :
SystemComponent                  : False
WindowsInstaller                 : False
Is64BitApplication               : True

PSPath                           : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Cu
                                   rrentVersion\Uninstall\{B5A57BF9-FC7A-4FA6-BAEB-46E173986DF3}
PSParentPath                     : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Cu
                                   rrentVersion\Uninstall
PSChildName                      : {B5A57BF9-FC7A-4FA6-BAEB-46E173986DF3}
ProductCode                      : b5a57bf9-fc7a-4fa6-baeb-46e173986df3
DisplayName                      : Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Android.Manifest-8.0.100 (x64)
DisplayVersion                   : 34.0.43
UninstallString                  : MsiExec.exe /X{B5A57BF9-FC7A-4FA6-BAEB-46E173986DF3}
UninstallStringFilePath          : MsiExec.exe
UninstallStringArgumentList      : {/X{B5A57BF9-FC7A-4FA6-BAEB-46E173986DF3}}
QuietUninstallString             :
QuietUninstallStringFilePath     :
QuietUninstallStringArgumentList :
InstallSource                    : C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{B5A57BF9-FC7A-4FA6-BAEB-46E173986DF3}v34.0.43\
InstallLocation                  :
InstallDate                      : 21-03-2025 00:00:00
Publisher                        : Microsoft Corporation
HelpLink                         :
EstimatedSize                    : 656
SystemComponent                  : True
WindowsInstaller                 : True
Is64BitApplication               : True
2

This looks fine, but if I was following the reference for Uninstall-ADTApplication to the letter you would probably need to single quote All, so it should look like this:

Uninstall-ADTApplication -Name "Android Studio" -ApplicationType 'All' -FilterScript { $_.Publisher -match 'Google LLC' } -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Maybe it doesn't know what to do with the Application Type All?

3

well i have tried with 7-zip, all without 'All' and there it could uninstall the MSI
but here with this software now per you suggestion:

Uninstall-ADTApplication -Name "Android Studio" -ApplicationType 'All' -FilterScript { $_.Publisher -match 'Google LLC' } -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

I get this

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4

If the app doesn't have a QuietUninstallString in the registry, not much we can do to address that. There's an -AdditionalArgumentList parameter, this is where you'd specify the necessary silent arguments for the uninstaller.

5

you need the /S parameter targeting that uninstall .exe.

You need to consider removing all the residual files and folders post uninstall as well.

i.e. AppData\local and i think it leaves a load of start menu shortcuts too. v4 has a nice cmdlet to remove files from all user profiles and doesn't error out if not found (multiple user folders on one device as an example).

6

Forgot to add... some developers kindly leave out the silent uninstall params in registries!

Its one big game.

7

seems that this one work in the end, must to say it should be capital S:

Uninstall-ADTApplication -Name "Android Studio" -ApplicationType EXE -ArgumentList "/S"

8

Which cmdlet do you have in mind for the user context cleanup?

9

Remove-ADTFileFromUserProfiles · PSAppDeployToolkit

The one above.