Удаление приложений по умолчанию в Windows 10 через PowerShell

В Windows 10 по умолчанию предустановленно множество различных приложений по умолчанию. Многие из этих приложений постоянно вмешиваются в работу системы, насильно переназначая файловые ассоциации на себя (особо часто это пытаются сделать приложения Groove Music и Movies & TV). Удалить некоторые из этих приложений стандартными средствами не получится, и сделать это можно только с помощью командной строки PowerShell.

Запуск PowerShell с правами админстратора

Запустить консоль PowerShell можно следующим образом:

1. Открываем меню Пуск и набираем там PowerShell
2. В результатах поиска видим «Windows PowerShell», нажимаем на нем правой кнопкой, и выбираем пункт «Запустить от имени администратора».

Удаление стандартных приложений из PowerShell

• Удалить приложение Microsoft Solitaire Collection
• Удалить приложение Office
• Удалить приложение Office OneNote
• Удалить приложение Paint 3D
• Удалить приложение Print 3D
• Удалить приложение Skype
• Удалить приложение XBox
• Удалить приложение Будильник и часы
• Удалить приложение Ваш телефон
• Удалить приложение Записки
• Удалить приложение Запись голоса
• Удалить приложение Люди
• Удалить приложение Камера
• Удалить приложение Карты
• Удалить приложение Кино и видео
• Удалить приложение Меню игры
• Удалить приложение Музыка Groove
• Удалить приложение Набросок на фрагменте экрана
• Удалить приложение Погода
• Удалить приложение Портал смешанной реальности
• Удалить приложение Почта
• Удалить приложение Советы
• Удалить приложение Сообщения
• Удалить приложение Тарифные планы
• Удалить приложение Техническая поддержка
• Удалить приложение Центр отзывов
• Удалить приложение Яндекс Музыка

Так же можно удалить приложение Магазин (Store), НО в таком случае вы не сможете устанавливать другие приложения из Магазина Windows, так что стоит хорошенько подумать, прежде чем это делать.

Удаление приложений для всех пользователей

Воспользовавшись командами выше, вы успешно удалите приложения — но только для того пользователя, под которым выполняете данные команды. Если же, на данном компьютере будет работать другой пользователь, то эти действия никак не повлияют на его набор приложений. Если же нужно удалить приложения для всех пользователей персонального компьютера, то нужно в первую часть команды дописать параметр -allusers , а во вторую -AllUsers . В итоге команда приобретет вот такой вид:

Используя данные два параметра, можно запросто удалить большинство приложений из Windows 10 для всех пользователей.

How to Uninstall Pre-Installed Apps in Windows 10 Using Powershell

Windows 10 comes pre-installed with a number of apps, including but not limited to Maps, People, Xbox, Photos, and Groove music. For these pre-installed apps, Windows 10 doesn’t provide any point-and-click way to uninstall them. But you can easily uninstall all those apps using a simple Powershell command. So, if you ever want to, here is how you can uninstall the Windows 10 modern apps either individually or as a whole.

Note:

1. Before doing anything, consider creating a manual Restore Point (Control Panel -> Recovery -> Configure System Restore -> System Protection tab -> Create) so that you can roll back if anything bad happens.
2. Although you can remove almost all of the preinstalled apps, some mandatory apps like Cortana, Edge browser, Camera, Photos, Contact support, Feedback, etc. cannot be removed.

The Simple Method

Before moving onto the Powershell, it’s worth remembering that a lot of Windows 10 apps can be removed the same way you’d remove any other app. As a general rule, any third-party apps – like Facebook and Twitter – can be removed normally, as can any games Microsoft foists on you (such as Minecraft and that incessant Candy Crush Saga).

So, to see if you can uninstall the apps you want the regular way, just right-click the Start button, then click “Apps and Features”, scroll down in the list to find the app you want to remove, click it then click “Uninstall” (if this options is greyed out, then read on for how to remove apps using Powershell).

Uninstall Individual Apps in Windows 10 Using Powershell

Using Powershell, you can easily uninstall individual apps in Windows 10.

To start, search for PowerShell in your Start menu, right-click on it and select the option “Run as Administrator.” Alternatively, open the Command Prompt as administrator (press Win + X and then press A ), type start powershell and press the Enter button.

Once you are in the Powershell, use the below command to get a list of all the installed apps of the current user in your Windows 10 system.

If you want to get a list of all the apps of all the users, then use the below command.

In my case, I’m using the current user command so that I don’t mess up the other user account. As you can see, Powershell nicely lists all your apps with its short name and the full package name.

Now, find the app you want to uninstall from the displayed list and jot down the name of the app from “PackageFullName.”

In my case, I want to uninstall the Xbox app, so the name of the app would be “Xboxapp.” Since we can use wildcards (*) before and after the app name in the Powershell, you don’t need the full package name as long as part of the app name is correct.

Once you have the app name, paste the below command and press the Enter button to uninstall the app.

Of course, modify the above command according to what app you want to remove. All you have to do is swap the app name between the wildcards (*) or just enter the full package name.

Uninstall All Pre-Installed Apps in Windows 10 Using Powershell

Besides the individual apps, if you just want to get rid of all the pre-installed apps, then you can do that as well. Just open the Powershell as administrator, paste the below command in it and press the Enter button.

The above action will initialize the uninstallation of all the pre-installed apps for all the users. The Powershell window may display a bunch of errors with bright red text all over the screen. Just don’t freak out, as it is displaying errors regarding the apps it cannot uninstall.

Once uninstalled, your Start menu will look more cleaner then ever.

Futureproofing

That being said, even though you’ve uninstalled all the apps for all the users, every time you create a new user, the default apps will be reinstalled for that new user. You can stop this default behaviour of Windows by executing the below command in the Powershell.

It is that simple to remove pre-installed apps in Windows 10.

Do comment below sharing your thoughts and experiences about using the above method to uninstall pre-installed modern apps in Windows 10.

Vamsi is a tech and WordPress geek who enjoys writing how-to guides and messing with his computer and software in general. When not writing for MTE, he writes for he shares tips, tricks, and lifehacks on his own blog Stugon.

How To Uninstall Windows Apps [Windows PowerShell]

This guide describes how to remove embedded Windows 10 applications and applications from the Windows Store (Microsoft Store) using Windows PowerShell.

Three types of Windows 10, 8 Applications:

Default and system applications usually do not have the Uninstall option in the standard uninstall method and are uninstalled using PowerShell.

Removing installed applications is performed in the standard way, through the list of Windows applications.

PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language.

💡 The commands do not allow the removal of some important embedded applications, including Cortana and Microsoft Edge, and require administrator rights to work.

To start Windows PowerShell, right-click the Start button and select Windows PowerShell (Admin).

Copy and paste the commands from this article into PowerShell by pressing the Enter after each command.

Windows Applications

🔔 Removing the preinstalled and system applications of Windows in Windows 10 is a potentially dangerous operation, proceed at your own risk!

To view the default Windows applications, run:

To view Windows system applications, run the command:

Uninstall default apps Windows 10

Remove 3D Builder

Remove Microsoft Store

Remove Paint 3D

Remove Skype (app)

Remove Xbox (all apps)

Uninstall multiple Xbox related apps: Xbox, Xbox Game Bar, Xbox Gaming Overlay, etc.

How to uninstall a Windows Store app using PowerShell

Technical Level : Intermediate

Summary
Procedure to uninstall a Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 Store app using Windows PowerShell.
Details

If you want to uninstall a Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 Store app you usually take easy and quick steps: you have to go to the Windows Start screen, find the app’s tile, right click it and choose the Uninstall command.

Sometimes the standard app’s removal procedure doesn’t work fine, thus making necessary for the user to remove the app in another way, by means of two Windows PowerShell cmdlets, Get-AppxPackage and Remove-AppxPackage.

Running the Get-AppxPackage cmdlet without specifying further parameters display the lists of all of the Store installed apps: you have to scroll down the list, find the app that you want to remove, read and take note of the value of the PackageFullName property, that represents the full name of the app’s installation package; this name will be passed as a parameter for the Remove-AppxPackage cmdlet that will effectively perform the app’s removal operation. For the removal process to complete successfully, the PowerShell session must be started with administrative rights.

For example, if you want to remove the Windows Phone desktop app, you’ll first use the Get-AppxPackage cmdlet to find the app in the list of all the installed apps and to get the app’s package full name, passing the wildcard «*» char in the -Name parameter as following

After getting the complete app’s package informations, copy the value of the PackageFullName property and pass it to the Remove-AppxPackage cmdlet as following, also adding the -Confirm parameter to prompt the user for a final confirmation before removing the app

How to uninstall apps using PowerShell on Windows 10

Here are the steps to uninstall Windows 10 apps using PowerShell commands, even those inbox apps.

On Windows 10, you can use the Settings app to quickly uninstall those modern apps you acquired from the Microsoft Store as well as classic desktop applications. The only caveat is that the operating system also include inbox apps (such as Xbox, Camera, Maps, etc.) that you can’t remove because they’re part of the experience.

However, if you rarely use the inbox apps, you’re trying to free up some additional space, or you want to remove an app to reinstall it again to fix a particular problem, it’s possible to uninstall inbox modern apps using PowerShell commands.

In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to uninstall inbox apps on Windows 10, and any other app that you acquired from the Microsoft Store using PowerShell commands.

Uninstall Windows 10 apps using PowerShell

To uninstall apps using PowerShell commands on Windows 10, use these steps:

Open Start.

Search for PowerShell, right-click the result, and click the Run as administrator option.

Type the following command to view all the apps installed in your device and press Enter:

If you want to see all the Windows apps installed in the computer type the following command and press Enter:

In the output, you’ll see a long list of apps, which can be overwhelming, but you need to do this to know the name of the apps you want to uninstall. For example, if you want to uninstall the Camera app, in the listing you’ll notice that the system name is “Microsoft.WindowsCamera”.

Type the following command to uninstall an app and press Enter:

Uninstall apps using PowerShell

In the command make sure to change the app system name for the name of the app that you want to remove. Although, the Camera app was easy to spot, you always want to know how to get the exact app name, because not every app has a very descriptive name. For example, Groove Music system name is “Microsoft.ZuneMusic” and Movie & TV’s system name is “Microsoft.ZuneVideo”.

Once you complete the steps, the app will no longer be available on your device, but you can always reinstall it using the Microsoft Store.

Uninstall Windows 10 built-in apps using PowerShell

The commands mentioned above will remove the Camera app from Windows 10, but you can use the same steps to uninstall any Microsoft Store app.

You can refer to the examples below to remove inbox apps from your device, just replace SampleAppName with the name of the app that you want to uninstall.

Example: This command removes the Cortana app on Windows 10.

Here are some of the built-in Windows app you can uninstall using PowerShell:

Cortana: Microsoft.549981C3F5F10

Some built-in apps are really integrated into the operating system, as such you won’t be able to remove them. In fact, you will get a message that reads “This app is part of Windows and cannot be uninstalled on a per-user basis”. Of course, you could find ways to remove them, but they will probably cause more harm than good.

If you don’t feel comfortable using PowerShell and removing these apps, you can always create a full backup of your system before modifying the operating system. In case you need to reinstall some of the specific apps, you can always install them back from the Microsoft Store.

The process we are seeing in this guide will help you to remove most of the new universal apps, Microsoft is bundling Windows 10, in the case you don’t want them on your device. However, you can also use these instructions for those times where you have apps, such as the Store, Mail and Calendar, and other apps have syncing issues, they don’t open, or simply misbehaving, and uninstalling and reinstalling may just fix the problem.

Update July 6, 2020: This guide was originally published in October 2015, and it’s been updated to make sure is current with the latest version of Windows 10.

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