DISM – OS Uninstall Options

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Windows gives a user the ability to uninstall and roll back to a previous version of Windows. You can use DISM to:

  • Find out how many days after an upgrade that an OS can be uninstalled
  • Initiate an uninstall
  • Remove the ability for a user to uninstall a Windows upgrade
  • Set the number of days that a user has to uninstall a Windows upgrade

 

/Get-OSUninstallWindow

Run this command against an online image to see how many days after an upgrade that an uninstall can be initiated.

DISM /Online /Get-OSUninstallWindow

 

/Initiate-OSUninstall

Run this command against an online image to revert a PC to a previous Windows installation.

DISM /Online /Initiate-OSUninstall

 

/Remove-OSUninstall

Run this command against an online image to remove the ability to roll back a PC to a previous installation of Windows.

DISM /Online /Remove-OSUninstall

 

/Set-OSUninstallWindow

Run this command against an online image to set the number of days after an upgrade that an uninstall can be initiated.

DISM /Online /Set-OSUninstallWindow /Value:30