How to Search for Apps in Windows Package Manager

Updated: January 3, 2024

In Short

You can search for apps in Windows Package Manager using the "winget search appname" command.
Windows Package Manager displays apps from both the Winget repository and the Microsoft Store.
You can also view details of packages, install them right away, and even update them when required.

Windows Package Manager (also known as Winget) is an amazing command line tool to search and install apps on Windows 11 and 10. Unlike traditional ways to download a setup file and install the app, Winget allows you to quickly search for a package and install it with a simple command.

So in this article, we bring you a tutorial on how to search for apps in Windows Package Manager. It shows apps from both the Winget repository and the Microsoft Store. Here’s how it works:

Search and Install Apps Using Winget

Go ahead and install Windows Package Manager on your Windows PC. If it’s already installed, move to the next step.
Now, to search for apps in Windows Package Manager, use the search command, as shown below. For example, I searched for Firefox.

winget search appname

The Windows Package Manager looked for Firefox in the Winget repository, Microsoft Store, and displayed the results matching the search keyword.

Now, to view details of a particular package, we can run the view command. You can find the unique “app_id” from the “Id” column.

winget view app_id

Now to install the app, simply run the install command. That’s it.

winget install app_id

How to Update Apps Using Winget

Now, if you want to search for installed apps using Winget, the below command will list all the installed apps on your system. Then, you can choose the ones you wish to update.

winget list

Finally, if you want to update all the existing apps on your Windows 10 or 11 PC, you can run the below command.

winget update --all

Arjun Sha

Passionate about Windows, ChromeOS, Android, security and privacy issues. Have a penchant to solve everyday computing problems.

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