Deletes the specified registry key or value.

Remove-RegistryKey [-Key] <String> [[-Name] <String>] [-Recurse] [[-SID] <String>] [[-ContinueOnError] <Boolean>] [<CommonParameters>]

Deletes the specified registry key or value.

-Key <String>

Path of the registry key to delete.

-Name <String>

Name of the registry value to delete.

-Recurse [<SwitchParameter>]

Delete registry key recursively.

-SID <String>

The security identifier (SID) for a user. Specifying this parameter will convert a HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry key to the HKEY_USERS$SID format.

Specify this parameter from the Invoke-HKCURegistrySettingsForAllUsers function to read/edit HKCU registry settings for all users on the system.

-ContinueOnError <Boolean>

Continue if an error is encountered. Default is: $true.

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------

PS C:>Remove-RegistryKey -Key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce'

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------

PS C:>Remove-RegistryKey -Key 'HKLM:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run' -Name 'RunAppInstall'

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