Add "Uninstall Application" option to Tasksequence
It is possible to "Install Application" in a Tasksequence. It would be nice to be able to "Uninstall Application" too.

Updated by bobmn for sangeev/OSD
44 comments
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Nic commented
Noted 5 years ago, nothing since. Please bump this one up.
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Anonymous commented
Definitely be nice to have this feature
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jon commented
why hasn't this been done?
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Matias Hohl commented
Unbelievable...
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Anonymous commented
Wherever there is an option to install an application, there should also be an option to uninstall as well.
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Jean-Sebastien Frenette commented
This is so needed, and so easy to do....
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Marc-André Chartrand commented
I can't believe this isn't done yet. This is rather simple to implement, over 1000 votes, posted in 2015, noted in 2016, end of 2019 no progress at all. Please make it happen!
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Gibson99 commented
this is a duplicate of https://configurationmanager.uservoice.com/forums/300492-ideas/suggestions/10138500-add-uninstall-application-option-to-tasksequence
that idea has over 1000 votes but hasn't been touched in over 3 years. sigh...
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Gibson99 commented
the lack of this feature is causing a lot of duplicate work, duplicate packages, and thus wasted space on distribution points. we already have an uninstall command line in each app's deployment type, so we should be able to use that in a task sequence as well!
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Anonymous commented
Task sequences are often handy when wanting to reinstall a suite of applications. As it stands an uninstall command line has to be used within the task sequence to achieve this, this is not ideal.
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Daniel Bronco commented
Expecially now that there is a Upgrade Windows 10 task sequence, it would be nice to clean up old applications rather than creating new apps to uninstall the old ones.
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Anonymous commented
I would like this capability added also.
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Anonymous commented
Hi, Indeed, this is something Really missing, forcing us to use packages and duplicating sources to get the same result
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Taylor Harris commented
I completely concur with this one. It feels like an integrated piece that's been missing for quite a while now, without you having to duplicate the logic for different deployment types.
If you have an app you've added multiple deployment types and detection methods for and you have to add in commands or a script into a task sequence to do those same things, then you now have two places that you have to update your uninstall commands and detection for whenever a change is needed instead of just modifying the application.
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Anonymous commented
Really need this!
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bennet commented
Yes please! Although you could just duplicate the application and change the duplicate in a way so that the "uninstall" command line is in the "install" command line, all you have to do is then customize the detection method and there you go. :)
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TheLostBit commented
Noted since March 2016, almost three years ago. Is there a real chance to have it in the nearer future?
I can't understand why it hasn't been implemented from the beginning, when 'Install Application' got available. We always must be able to uninstall Software too, not only to install. And there is always a point when it is required to do it in a certain sequence. As the dependencies of applications do not support uninstall of apps (why???) we have to use task sequences. At least we have to go back to use packages again and cannot use applications as the application model is missing important features to use it consequently in practice. -
Anonymous commented
huge
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Lars-Erik Johansson commented
Would save loads of unnecessary work.
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Paul commented
This would be incredibly useful.
It would also be useful to allow for an application uninstall to be a dependency of an application. For example moving away from adobe acrobat to nitro pro it would be great to add a dependency to Nitro Pro to call the uninstall command from our Adobe Acrobat application.