Uninstall-Font

SYNOPSIS

Uninstalls a font from the system.

SYNTAX

__AllParameterSets

Uninstall-Font [-Name] <string[]> [[-Scope] <string[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

ALIASES

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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: System.String[]
DefaultValue: ''
SupportsWildcards: true
Aliases: []
ParameterSets:
- Name: (All)
  Position: 0
  IsRequired: true
  ValueFromPipeline: true
  ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName: true
  ValueFromRemainingArguments: false
DontShow: false
AcceptedValues: []
HelpMessage: ''

-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: System.String[]
DefaultValue: CurrentUser
SupportsWildcards: false
Aliases: []
ParameterSets:
- Name: (All)
  Position: 1
  IsRequired: false
  ValueFromPipeline: false
  ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName: true
  ValueFromRemainingArguments: false
DontShow: false
AcceptedValues: []
HelpMessage: ''

CommonParameters

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

INPUTS

System.String[]

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OUTPUTS

NOTES

The function does not return any objects.

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