Monday, December 21, 2015

Permanently Remove Windows 10 (system) Apps [TIP-Technical]

For starters, the following tip should not be done by those that first of all don't even know what I am referring in the headline or those that are not familiar with the registry!

You aren't actually going to be editing the registry directly but you will be using the Windows Power Shell.


Within Windows 10 there are various apps that are built in by default. This isn't really a problem and they don't take up too much space but personally I find them to be an annoyance. As well, I have found those people that really have no plans in using them, they simply get in the way and tend to lead to things like signing up/in to your microsoft account unplanned and in some instances, changing the sign in of your computer to now having to enter a password to get in to your system. This tip can be found here by the way.

So the people over at howtogeek have come up with a list of Windows Power Shell commands to solve the problems here.

The items I personally feel are annoying are as follows:

Uninstall 3D Builder:
Get-AppxPackage *3dbuilder* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Get Office:
Get-AppxPackage *officehub* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Get Skype:
Get-AppxPackage *skypeapp* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Microsoft Solitaire Collection:
Get-AppxPackage *solitairecollection* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Money:
Get-AppxPackage *bingfinance* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Movies & TV:
Get-AppxPackage *zunevideo* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall News:
Get-AppxPackage *bingnews* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall OneNote:
Get-AppxPackage *onenote* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall People:
Get-AppxPackage *people* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Phone Companion:
Get-AppxPackage *windowsphone* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Sports:
Get-AppxPackage *bingsports* | Remove-AppxPackage

Uninstall Xbox:
Get-AppxPackage *xboxapp* | Remove-AppxPackage

And of course if you ever want to return things to normal:
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}