Hubstaff Silent Install (How-To Guide)

Hubstaff is a simple yet powerful employee work tracker with screenshots, timesheets, billing, in-depth reports, and more. This article will serve as an informative guide and give you a clear understanding of how to perform a silent installation of Hubstaff from the command line using the EXE installer.

How to Install Hubstaff Silently

Hubstaff Silent Install (EXE)

  1. Navigate to: https://app.hubstaff.com/download/windows
  2. Download the Hubstaff-x.y.z.exe to a folder created at (C:\Downloads)
  3. Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
  4. Navigate to the C:\Downloads folder
  5. Enter the following command: Hubstaff-x.y.z.exe /S
  6. Press Enter

After a few moments you will find Hubstaff entries in the Start Menu, Installation Directory, and Programs and Features in the Control Panel.

Software Title:Hubstaff
Vendor:Netsoft Holdings, LLC
Architecture:x86_x64
Installer Type:EXE
Silent Install Switch:Hubstaff-x.y.z.exe /S
Silent Uninstall Switch:"%ProgramFiles%\Hubstaff\Uninstall.exe" /S
Download Link:https://app.hubstaff.com/download/windows
PowerShell Script:https://silentinstallhq.com/hubstaff-install-and-uninstall-powershell/
Detection Script:https://silentinstallhq.com/create-a-custom-detection-script-for-hubstaff-powershell/

The information above provides a quick overview of the software title, vendor, silent install, and silent uninstall switches. The download links provided take you directly to the vendors website. Continue reading if you are interested in additional details and configurations.


Additional Configurations

Change the Hubstaff Default Installation Directory

You can change the default installation directory by using the following command line parameters. In this example, I’m installing Hubstaff to “C:\Hubstaff”

Hubstaff-x.y.z.exe /S /D=C:\Hubstaff

How to Uninstall Hubstaff Silently

Check out the following posts for a scripted solution:

Hubstaff Install and Uninstall (PowerShell)
Hubstaff Silent Uninstall (PowerShell)
  1. Open an Elevated Command Prompt by Right-Clicking on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator
  2. Enter the following command:

Hubstaff Silent Uninstall (EXE)

"%ProgramFiles%\Hubstaff\Uninstall.exe" /S

Always make sure to test everything in a development environment prior to implementing anything into production. The information in this article is provided “As Is” without warranty of any kind.