Can Winget uninstall multiple packages?

Question

How can one use winget to uninstall multiple packages at the same time?

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My solution was repeat the command, like this:

winget uninstall --id "Microsoft.ZuneVideo_8wekyb3d8bbwe" 
    && winget uninstall --id "Microsoft.YourPhone_8wekyb3d8bbwe"

But is there a better way?

Answer 1

winget uninstall only supports uninstalling one package at a time, so you'll have to make a call for each of the multiple packages you want to uninstall, which you can easily do with ForEach-Object (whose built-in alias is %, if you're looking for a shorter solution for interactive use):

'Microsoft.ZuneVideo_8wekyb3d8bbwe', 'Microsoft.YourPhone_8wekyb3d8bbwe' |
  ForEach-Object { winget uninstall --id $_ }

This will uninstall the specified packages sequentially.

While there are ways to run the uninstallation commands in parallel, notably with ForEach-Object -Parallel in PowerShell (Core) 7+, doing so may cause interference between the uninstallation operations.