Remove-WindowsFeature

The Remove-WindowsFeature cmdlet allows you to remove specified roles,
role services, and features from a computer that is running Windows
Server 2008 R2.

Remove-WindowsFeature [-Name] <string[]> [-logPath <string>] [-WhatIf] [-Restart] [-Concurrent] [<CommonParameters>]

The Remove-WindowsFeature cmdlet allows you to remove specified roles,
role services, and features from a computer that is running Windows
Server 2008 R2. The Remove-WindowsFeature cmdlet functions similarly
to the Remove Roles Wizard and Remove Features Wizard that you can start
from the Server Manager UI. As in those wizards, you can remove more than
one role, role service, or feature per session.

You can find a list of command IDs for all roles, role services, and
features in the topic "Overview of Server Manager Commands" in the Server
Manager Help.

-Name

Specifies the command IDs of roles, role services, or features you
want to remove by using the Remove-WindowsFeature cmdlet.
Alternatively, an array of Feature objects will also be accepted.

You can find a list of command IDs for all roles, role services, and
features in the topic "Overview of Server Manager Commands" in the
Server Manager Help.

Attributes

Name	Value
Required?	true
Accept wildcard characters?	false
Accept Pipeline Input?	true (ByValue)
Position?	1

-logPath

Specifies a name and location for the log file, other than the default,
%windir%\logs\ServerManager.log.

Attributes

Name	Value
Required?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	false
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Position?	named

-WhatIf

Displays any operations that are specified for the
Remove-WindowsFeature cmdlet; displays the names of all roles, role
services, or features that are removed.

Attributes

Name	Value
Required?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	false
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Position?	named

-Restart

Restarts the computer automatically when removal is complete, if
restarting is required by the roles or features that were removed.

Attributes

Name	Value
Required?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	false
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Position?	named

-Concurrent

Allows concurrent instances of the Server Manager Add-WindowsFeature
or Remove-WindowsFeature cmdlets to be running at the same time.

Attributes

Name	Value
Required?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	false
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Position?	named

-CommonParameter

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see About Common Parameter

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet. The return type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

Input Type	string[]. Array of strings.
Return Type	Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Commands.FeatureOperationResult. FeatureOperationResult object

The -Confirm parameter is not used by this cmdlet, because multiple roles, role services, or features can be removed in a single session.

Example 1

Remove-WindowsFeature Telnet-Server,Telnet-Client

Remove both Telnet Server and Telnet Client.

Example 2

Get-WindowsFeature Web-* | Remove-WindowsFeature

Remove all Web features and any other Windows feature(s) that depend on
them.

Reference

Get-WindowsFeature

Remove-WindowsFeature