Unpin Internet Explorer from the Taskbar in Windows 10 Build 20H2 using PowerShell

Question

Has anyone found a working solution to unpin Internet Explorer (and other apps) from the Taskbar in Win 10 B20H2 / 21H2?

I tryed ALOT of the solutions in google top searches, but none seems to work with Win10 B20H2.

Export and import of the layout xml is not an option.

From https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/214599/unpin-icons-from-taskbar-in-windows-10-20h2.html

They suggest this script, but for me it doesn't work - it executes and returns no errors, but doesn't unpin the shortcut:

$appname = "Microsoft Store" ((New-Object -Com Shell.Application).NameSpace('shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1}').Items() | ?{$.Name -eq $appname}).Verbs() | ?{$.Name.replace('&','') -match 'Unpin from taskbar'} | %{$_.DoIt(); $exec = $true}

Swampen · Accepted Answer · 2023-07-18 07:10:43Z

The example you posted have some typos. You can try the following:

Execute the following command and find the name of the applications you want to unpin

 (New-Object -Com Shell.Application).NameSpace('shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1}').Items() | Sort-Object Name | Select-Object Name

If you have a display language other than English, do the following command to find your Unpin from taskbar verb

((New-Object -Com Shell.Application).NameSpace('shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1}').Items() | Select-Object -First 1 ).Verbs() | Select-Object Name

Create an array with the apps you want to remove, and unpin it
- If you did step 2, replace the $Action variable with the verb you found (without any symbols like &).

 $appnames = @("App1", "App2", "App3") $Action = "Unpin from taskbar" ((New-Object -Com Shell.Application).NameSpace('shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1}').Items() | Where-Object { $appnames -contains $_.Name }).Verbs() | Where-Object {$_.Name.replace('&','') -match $Action} | ForEach-Object {$_.DoIt()}

Jeremy Caney · Accepted Answer · 2023-02-27 00:22:49Z

Thanks for the script. It took us a while before we figure out that it work only for English Windows language version.

You have to translate "Unpin from taskbar" to your Windows language version.

For a Polish Windows edition, the proper script to unpin Internet Explorer is as follows:

$appnames = @("Internet Explorer") ((New-Object -Com Shell.Application).NameSpace('shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1}').Items() |  Where-Object { $appnames -contains $_.Name }).Verbs() | Where-Object {$_.Name.replace('&','') -match 'Odepnij od paska'} |   ForEach-Object {$_.DoIt()}

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Nice! I updated my answer with an additional step to be dynamic with any language

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