Uninstaller

Installs clean. Uninstalls completely.

Every package can ship a built-in uninstaller that registers in Add/Remove Programs and removes every file, folder, shortcut, and registry key it created. No leftovers, no orphaned entries, no manual cleanup.

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Configure Uninstaller panel in Paquet Builder showing the Control Panel description, unique registry key, uninstaller EXE path, and icon settings
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Uninstaller

Removes everything it installed

At install time the engine writes a log of every change. Uninstalling reverses it precisely, so users are left with a clean system instead of stray files and dead Start Menu links.

Files and folders
Every extracted file, plus any empty folders the package created. Mark individual files as "do not remove" to preserve user data, logs, or config.
Shortcuts
Start Menu, Desktop, and Taskbar shortcuts created during installation are all cleaned up.
Registry and INI entries
Registry keys under HKCU or HKLM and .ini entries written by the installer.
Shared files, safely
Shared DLLs and OCX controls are reference-counted. They are only removed when no other application on the machine still depends on them.
File Properties dialog in Paquet Builder with a File Uninstall tab, used to keep selected files such as user data or logs when the application is removed
Per-file control: a File Uninstall tab keeps user data and logs out of the cleanup.

Add/Remove Programs

Right where users
expect to find it.

Your package registers under Settings › Apps › Installed apps (and the classic Add/Remove Programs) with your product name, publisher, version, icon, and estimated size. People uninstall it the way they uninstall everything else.

Installed apps

My Application

1.7.0 · G.D.G. Software · 24.3 MB

Illustration of the entry your package creates.

  • Product name, publisher, version, icon, and estimated install size
  • A unique registry key you control, readable at runtime via %PBUNINSTREGKEY%
  • Or hide it entirely from the Control Panel when you ship your own removal flow
  • A .log file is written next to the uninstaller for diagnostics

Silent & enterprise

Removes without a single prompt

Push uninstalls through SCCM, Intune, Group Policy, or a plain script. Since 2026.1 the uninstaller recognizes /s natively, so there is nothing extra to configure.

  • Native /s silent switch, or set %SILENT% from an uninstall action
  • Scope-aware: removes per-user or all-users installs with the right privileges
  • Optional "skip admin check" lets standard users remove per-user packages
  • In-use files are scheduled for removal on the next Windows reboot
  • Run custom uninstall actions: stop services, de-register controls, prompt for feedback
deploy.cmd 
:: Silent uninstall, no prompts, no UI
:: (SCCM, Intune, Group Policy, or a script)
"C:\Program Files\MyApp\Uninstall.exe" /s

The same EXE works interactively or silently.

New in 2026.2

Upgrades

Clean upgrades, automatically

Installing a new version over an old one? The new Uninstall a Previous Version action runs the previous uninstaller first and waits for it to actually finish before your files are written. It reports the outcome in %PBPREVUNINSTRESULT%, so your project can react: continue, warn, or defer a reboot to the very end.

Read about the action What's new in 2026.2
The Custom Action Manager in Paquet Builder, showing install events such as Before File Extraction and a dedicated Uninstaller Events section, where the Uninstall a Previous Version action is added
Add the action to an install event in the Action Manager. Uninstaller Events run cleanup during removal.
  • Finds the previous uninstaller from the registry, with an explicit fallback path
  • Runs it silently or with its native interface, and waits for completion
  • Reports a "reboot required" outcome so you can roll a single reboot to the end
  • Compatible with uninstallers built by earlier versions

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