If you’re trying to uninstall windows updates at a go, how to uninstall all windows updates at once in windows 10, uninstall all the installed windows updates in a single shot, how to uninstall all windows updates at once in windows 7, how to delete old windows updates, how to uninstall windows updates, uninstalling all installed windows updates in one click, then you should read on because this post will surely help.
People uninstall windows updates for many reasons.
Some of the reasons for uninstalling windows update might be because of slow system, bugs, crashes, hardware malfunction after installing updates etc.
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Hey, you might have your reasons for uninstalling these updates. But whatever that reason is, it’s good for you. 😉
How to uninstall all Windows updates in one shot
Are you tired of uninstalling the Windows update one by one? Yeah, that’s time-consuming, right? Because after uninstalling, you will have to restart the system before moving to the next.
Why not follow the steps below to uninstall all the updates at one go.
Steps
- First step is to click the Windows icon and search for “cmd“.
- Right click on cmd and click Run as administrator. (see screenshot)
- Type this command in the command prompt wmic qfe get hotfixid > c:\list.txt and hit enter
- Open your Local Disk (C:) you’ll see the list.txt file. Open it using note pad
- Now delete the first line HotfixID
- Click Edit >>> click Replace and type as seen in the screenshot below
- If you’ve done that, click Replace All. As seen on the screen shot above and save it
- Open a new Notepad and copy and paste the below
@echo off
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
- Save the Notepad with uninstall.bat
- Now double-click the uninstall.bat file to execute it
Now watch as it uninstall the drivers… your windows will be as new as the first day you bought it 😉
Now go and try it out and tell me how it goes…
Back to you
This method is working 100% and has been tested by me 😉
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As expected from the boss himself…
Thank you so much for this, I surely needed a post like this that tackles system update issue.
I had previously installed an update that got my system messed up, I tried your method and it worked like charm.
Thanks for the wonderful post Baba, and do have a good weekend start
Hello Bello,
So glad that this post is useful to you.
Hope you’re having an awesome day over there?
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Hey Babanature, Keep it up. This article is also mind-blowing like the previous one. Yo have explained the procedure very well and deserves appreciation.
Thanks for the kind words Neil Sharma, I sincerely appreciate it…
Thanks for the powerful comment and do have a wonderful week ahead
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Thanks for this great writeup. This article helps me a lot!
Glad you liked it Stoodq, Do have a wonderful day ahead…. 😉
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Awesome Post,
Indeed, uninstalling updates one by one can be time consuming. Your post have made it easy for we the non techie kind to easily uninstall every updates in case our system encounters system update problem.
Thanks for the post and do have a good day.
Hello John,
Indeed, it can be time consuming that’s why I had to come up with this post so people can learn from 😉
Glad you liked the post. Do have a good day as well sir.
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Thank you for sharing such a great article. Keep sharing amazing articles with us like this.
This this really helpful but, I can’t seem to find the screenshots 🙁
I found the correct syntax.
for /f %i in (‘type c:\list.txt’) do echo wusa /uninstall /kb:%i /quiet /norestart >> c:\uninstall.cmd
it is not clear. this is what is did
@echo off
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
KB4586876
KB4561600
KB4576754
KB4577266
KB4580325
KB4586864
KB4593175
KB4598481
KB4598242
not working
this also
@echo off
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