Part 1. Remove Windows Updates using WUSA command.
1. Open Command Prompt as Administrator.
2. Display the configuration of the operating system and view a list of the installed updates, with this command:
- systeminfo.exe
3. At Hotfix(s) section, locate the number of the KB update that you want to uninstall. (e.g. "4058702")
4. Finally give the following command to remove the desired update. (e.g. the KB "4058702")
- wusa /uninstall /kb:4058702 /quiet /norestart
* Note: If you receive an "Error: 5 Access is denied", after executing the above command then make sure that you have open an Administrative Command Prompt window and temporarily disable your Antivirus Protection.
Part 2. Remove Windows Updates using the DISM tool from the Windows GUI. *
* Note: The advantage of the DISM tool is that you can use it to remove updates. from either the Windows GUI (if Windows boot normally) or the Windows recovery environment. This is useful if Windows fails to start after an unsuccessful update installation.
1. Open Command Prompt as Administrator.
2. First, view a list with the installed updates with the DISM command:
- dism /online /get-packages /format:table
3. At the "Package Identity" column, find out the Package Name of the update that you want to remove. *
* e.g. To remove the "Package_for_KB4058702~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~16299.188.1.0"
Tip: If you want to view more details for an installed package then give this command:
- dism /online /get-packageinfo /packagename:PackageName
e.g: dism /online /get-packageinfo /packagename:Package_for_KB4058702~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~16299.188.1.0
4. Finally, type the following command to remove the desired update package and press Enter: *
- dism /Online /Remove-Package /PackageName:PackageName
* e.g. To remove the "Package_for_KB4058702~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~16299.188.1.0", give this command:
- dism /Online /Remove-Package /PackageName:Package_for_KB4058702~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~16299.188.1.0
