How to uninstall Android Platform Tools on Windows

This record covers Android SDK Platform-Tools 37.0.1, installed through Google.PlatformTools with user scope. Quit the app, then remove it from Windows Installed apps.

Close the app

Close the relevant tool first. Verify the path of any matching process in Task Manager before closing it.

Data and settings

This run did not identify a separate data folder to handle. User-created files and settings from other installation channels were not covered.

Uninstall with WinGet

winget uninstall --id Google.PlatformTools --exact

The --id and --exact options are documented in Microsoft Learn.

Check the result

winget list --id Google.PlatformTools --exact

A completed winget query with no match means the package is no longer listed; a query error does not prove removal.

What Mole lists

The tested installation was a WinGet-managed command-line portable package. Running adb without arguments exited, so no persistent process or startup item was expected. Mole removed its registration and offered no additional data rows. The shared .android state was kept because other Android tools can use it.

What this test covered

Recorded on 2026-10-03 for version 37.0.1, using winget portable package removal.

This record comes from a source build tested in a Windows 11 ARM64 VM. Signed-in accounts, synced content and other installation channels were not tested. Delayed leftover detection after an external uninstall is a separate check.