How to Install and Uninstall RSAT in Windows 11

Aug. 7, 2024

RSAT in Windows stands for Remote Server Administration Tools, and as the name suggests, it is used to manage remote servers, primarily by IT administrators. The RSAT suite isn’t something you can download off the internet, but they are built into Windows and need to be enabled first. If you’re a system administrator looking to manage remote Windows servers, here’s how you can install and uninstall RSAT on Windows 11.

How to Install RSAT from Windows 11 Settings

There are two ways you can install Remote Server Administration Tools on Windows 11 – one using the Windows Settings app and the other using Windows PowerShell. You can directly enable various RSAT features from Windows settings. Here’s how:

Once added, you can click onSort byand then selectDate addedto see all the RSAT tools you recently installed. Pro tip: search the tool you installed and click on it to check the executable and how you can get started with the same.

There’s no Windows feature that cannot be accessed using commands. RSAT can be accessed using specific commands, and here’s how to use them:

There are two ways to uninstall RSAT on Windows 11 — from Settings and Windows PowerShell.

Moreover, you can remove the RSAT using PowerShell by starting the same as anadministratorand using the following command.

Just make sure to replace the ‘Rsat.DHCP.Tools~~~~0.0.1.0’ with the tool you want to remove. And that’s how you uninstall or install RSAT. If you have any doubts or are facing issues when adding or removing the RSATs, shoot your doubts in the comments below.