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://docs.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}

Answer 1

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

1. 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

2. Create an array with the apps you want to remove, and unpin it

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