Uninstall Microsoft Silverlight

You can uninstall Microsoft Silverlight software by running the following simple command.

wmic product where caption=’Microsoft Silverlight’ call uninstall

This works in Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.  In Vista and Win7, you need to run the command from elevated administrator command window.

I could successfully uninstall Silverlight from my Windows 7 computer using the above command.

C:\>wmic product where caption='Microsoft Silverlight' call uninstall
Executing (\\WINDOWSTIPSPAGE-PC\ROOT\CIMV2:Win32_Product.IdentifyingNumber="{24AB137D-C266-A844-DB8B-0A4E1B0BE572}",Name="Microsoft Silverlight",Version="4.0.60310.0")->Uninstall()
Method execution successful.
Out Parameters:
instance of __PARAMETERS
{
        ReturnValue = 0;
};