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Uninstall-Font

SYNOPSIS

Uninstalls a font from the system.

SYNTAX

Uninstall-Font [-Name] <String[]> [[-Scope] <String[]>] [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Uninstalls a font from the system. The function supports removing fonts for either the current user or all users. If attempting to remove a font for all users, administrative privileges are required. The function ensures font files are deleted, and if on Windows, it also unregisters fonts from the registry.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Uninstall-Font -Name 'Courier New'

Output:

VERBOSE: [Uninstall-Font] - [CurrentUser] - [Courier New] - Processing
VERBOSE: [Uninstall-Font] - [CurrentUser] - [Courier New] - Removing file [C:\Windows\Fonts\cour.ttf]
VERBOSE: [Uninstall-Font] - [CurrentUser] - [Courier New] - Unregistering font [Courier New]
VERBOSE: [Uninstall-Font] - [CurrentUser] - [Courier New] - Done

Uninstalls the 'Courier New' font from the system for the current user.

EXAMPLE 2

Uninstall-Font -Name 'Courier New' -Scope AllUsers

Output:

VERBOSE: [Uninstall-Font] - [AllUsers] - [Courier New] - Processing
VERBOSE: [Uninstall-Font] - [AllUsers] - [Courier New] - Removing file [C:\Windows\Fonts\cour.ttf]
VERBOSE: [Uninstall-Font] - [AllUsers] - [Courier New] - Unregistering font [Courier New]
VERBOSE: [Uninstall-Font] - [AllUsers] - [Courier New] - Done

Uninstalls the 'Courier New' font from the system for all users. Requires administrative privileges.

PARAMETERS

-Name

Name of the font to uninstall.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: True

-Scope

Scope of the font to uninstall. CurrentUser will uninstall the font for the current user. AllUsers will uninstall the font so it is removed for all users.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 2
Default value: CurrentUser
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProgressAction

{{ Fill ProgressAction Description }}

Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

None

NOTES

The function does not return any objects.

https://psmodule.io/Admin/Functions/Uninstall-Font/