Windows 11’s Control Panel won’t let you uninstall apps soon. The app uninstaller is not working as expected. The app uninstaller in Windows 10 and 11 is supposed to help you uninstall apps quickly and easily. However, the latest versions of these operating systems don’t seem to be working as expected. The app uninstaller in Windows 10 and 11 doesn’t seem to be working at all. If you’re having trouble uninstalling apps, it might be worth trying the following workaround:

  1. Open the Start Menu and type “cmd” (without the quotes) into the search bar. This will open a command prompt window.
  2. Type “netstat -a” into the command prompt window and press Enter. This will show you all of your network connections.
  3. Look for an app called “Uninstall” and click on it. This will start the app uninstall process.

In a blog post detailing Windows 11 Insider build 22523 for the Dev channel, Microsoft tucked a little bit of information regarding the future of the uninstall programs option. Here’s what the company said: “Links to Programs & Features in Control Panel will now open to Settings > Apps > Installed Apps.”

Basically, Microsoft is moving people to the Settings app instead of the Control Panel, which is another step towards phasing out the older method of changing options in Windows.

Presumably, this will also mean that Microsoft will phase out the option to uninstall programs from the Control Panel entirely shortly, as that seems to be the path the company has followed in the past. First, it moves people over to the Settings app but leaves the functionality in the Control Panel. Eventually, it drops the setting from the Control Panel completely, leaving people with only the newer option.

To further emphasize that point, the latest Windows 11 Dev preview also moves the Uninstall Updates option from the Control Panel to a new page in Settings.

The build also features some minor changes, such as adding snap groups in Alt+Tab and Task View and the requisite supply of bug fixes.

We will test whether the option to uninstall programs from the Control Panel is still in this build with a virtual machine and will update the article with our findings. If it does still exist, we wouldn’t recommend getting too attached to it, as it’ll likely get phased out soon.

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