How to uninstall TCPView on Windows

This record covers TCPView 4.19, installed through Microsoft.Sysinternals.TCPView 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 Microsoft.Sysinternals.TCPView --exact

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

Check the result

winget list --id Microsoft.Sysinternals.TCPView --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 portable package. Its native launch requested elevation; a separate elevated launch confirmed its running process. in the retake screenshot.

What this test covered

Recorded on 2026-10-03 for version 4.19, 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.