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Get-AppxPackage

Gets a list of the app packages that are installed in a user profile.

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Microsoft Appx reference: Gets a list of the app packages that are installed in a user profile. The syntax and selected example below are adapted from the pinned Windows Server 2025 reference. Module availability, target configuration and delegated permissions determine whether it can run in your environment. Documentation and parameter text: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; formatting adapted by Cmdlet World. No execution testing is claimed.

Get-AppxPackage [-AllUsers] [-PackageTypeFilter <PackageTypes>]
 [[-Name] <String>] [[-Publisher] <String>] [-User <String>]
 [-Volume <AppxVolume>] [<CommonParameters>]

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Required permissions

Use an account with the target resource permissions documented for Get-AppxPackage. Modifying administrative cmdlets may require elevation or delegated administration. This catalog does not assert that ordinary users can execute the command.

Supported environments

Windows / Appx · Windows Server 2025 documentation; feature/module prerequisites apply

Parameters

-AllUsers: Indicates that this cmdlet lists app packages for all user accounts on the computer. To use this parameter, you must run the command with administrator permissions.
-Name: Specifies the name of a particular package. If you specify this parameter, the cmdlet returns results for this package only. Wildcards are permitted.
-PackageTypeFilter: Specifies one or more comma-separated types of packages that the cmdlet gets from the package repository. By default, this cmdlet returns only packages of types Main and Framework.
-Publisher: Specifies the publisher of a particular package. If you specify this parameter, the cmdlet returns results only for this publisher. Wildcards are permitted.
-User: Specifies a user. If you specify this parameter, the cmdlet returns a list of app packages that are installed for only the user that this cmdlet specifies. To get the list of packages for a user profile other than the profile for the current user, you must run this command with administrator permissions. The user name can be in one of these formats: - domain\user_name - user_name@fqn.domain.tld - user_name - SID-string
-Volume: Specifies an AppxVolume object. If you specify this parameter, this cmdlet returns only packages that are relative to volume that this parameter specifies.

Prerequisites

Windows with the Appx module and the Windows feature or management tools that provide it. Confirm target connectivity and version compatibility using the linked Microsoft reference.

Security considerations

This is a read-oriented cmdlet; protect any sensitive results and check the documented effects of your selected parameters.

Examples

Example 1: Get all app packages for every user account

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers

This command lists the app packages that are installed for every user account on the computer. Source: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; transcript prompt/output removed. This example was not executed.

Sources

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-powershell-docs/blob/b7645dd8c687139b28e845119da30ec670526507/docset/winserver2025-ps/Appx/Get-AppxPackage.md

https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/appx/get-appxpackage?view=windowsserver2025-ps

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