How to Use UniGetUI

Search, install, update, remove and back up your Windows software — the four screens you will use and the shortcuts worth learning.

The Four Screens

UniGetUI is organised around four tabs: Discover, Software Updates, Installed Packages and Package Bundles. Almost every task starts in one of them, and everything you do is written to the operation log with the underlying manager's output attached.

Because the app is a front end, a job that fails here would have failed on the command line too. The log tells you which manager reported the problem, which usually points straight at the fix.

UniGetUI package manager interface on Windows

Everyday Tasks

Install an App

Search in Discover, check the source and version, then install. Multiple selections queue up and run in order.

Update Everything

Software Updates lists outdated packages from every manager; select all, or skip a version you do not want yet.

Remove Software

Installed Packages uninstalls single apps or a whole selection, using each manager's own uninstall routine.

Save a Bundle

Export your selection to a file, then import it on another PC to reinstall the same set of apps.

Choose a Source

When the same app exists in WinGet and Chocolatey, pick whichever one keeps its version more current.

Read the Log

Every operation stores the manager's output, which is the quickest way to understand a failed install.

A Sensible Routine

How regular users keep a Windows machine tidy with UniGetUI.

Weekly

Open Software Updates, review what changed, and update the apps you rely on.

After a Rebuild

Import your bundle and let the queue reinstall everything unattended.

Now and Then

Skim Installed Packages and remove software you have stopped using.

Update Everything From One Screen

				
					winget upgrade --all --include-unknown
				
			

The same result the graphical Software Updates tab produces — handy inside a script.

Working Mostly With WinGet?

See how UniGetUI uses WinGet underneath, which sources it exposes, and when another manager is the better pick.

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