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How To Bulk Uninstall Windows Updates

This document provides instructions for uninstalling Windows updates on a system using batch scripting. It involves using WMIC commands to export a list of installed updates to a text file, then filtering that file to isolate just the KB numbers. A batch script is then created to loop through the KB numbers, uninstalling each one quietly and without restart using the Windows Update removal tool.

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How To Bulk Uninstall Windows Updates

This document provides instructions for uninstalling Windows updates on a system using batch scripting. It involves using WMIC commands to export a list of installed updates to a text file, then filtering that file to isolate just the KB numbers. A batch script is then created to loop through the KB numbers, uninstalling each one quietly and without restart using the Windows Update removal tool.

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This worked for me best.

1. Open command prompt as Admin

2. wmic qfe get hotfixid > c:\list.txt

3. Get the date the updates were installed on from the c:\list.txt then use that date for the next step.

3. wmic qfe get hotfixid,installedon | findstr MM/DD/YYYY > c:\list.txt

4. Open c:\list.txt > Edit > Replace > Find what: kb | Replace with: <blank>

5. Again, Edit > Replace > Find what: MM/DD/YYY | Replace with <blank>

6. Open blank text file and insert

@echo of

for /f %%i in ('type c:\list.txt') do (

echo "Uninstalling KB%%i"

wusa /uninstall /kb:%%i /quiet /norestart

)
echo "Uninstallations Complete."

echo.echo "Rebooting..."

echo.

shutdown /r

6. Save file as .bat

7. Execute batch file

NOTE: Replace MM/DD/YYYY with date listed under 'InstalledOn' in the 'c:\list.txt' for the updates you
wish to uninstall.

Your c:\list.txt file should look like this and nothing else:

123456

123456

123456

123456
123456

(the numbers above will vary based on the KB number associated with it; you won't necessarily see
'123456')

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