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Chocolatey packages tend to accumulate when you have installed them long ago and have stopped using them later. I could go manually through a list of local packages

choco list -lo

But with a long list, it starts to be tedious. Is there a way to order the list by installation date? Something like

choco list -lo --order-by-install-date

I've gone through choco list help, but have only found ordering by popularity.

Is there any other simple of keeping track and uninstalling packages I don't need any more?

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    Depending on the format of the list use PowerShell or copy to another kind of program and sort the output there.
    – Seth
    Commented Apr 27, 2018 at 9:57
  • Already found a solution how to sort the output? 😬
    – Dominic Jonas
    Commented Jan 10, 2019 at 8:35
  • Unfortunately not. Only got advice above suggesting copying the output to a different program and sorting there. I’m still surprised such a basic functionality is absent.
    – Dr_Zaszuś
    Commented Jan 22, 2019 at 15:59

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This snippet of Powershell will list all installed packages (not just those managed by Choco) and order them by installed date:

Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, InstallDate | Sort-Object InstallDate
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