Uninstall or remove apps and programs in Windows 10

There are different ways to remove apps and programs, so if you can’t find the one you’re looking for, you can try another location. Note that some apps and programs are built into Windows and can’t be uninstalled. You can try to repair a program first, if it’s just not running correctly.

Uninstall from the Start menu

Select Start and look for the app or program in the list shown.

Press and hold (or right-click) on the app, then select Uninstall.

Uninstall from the Settings page

Select Start , then select Settings > Apps > Apps & features. Or just click the shortcut link at the bottom of this article.

Select the app you want to remove, and then select Uninstall.

Uninstall from the Control Panel (for programs)

In the search box on the taskbar, type Control Panel and select it from the results.

Select Programs > Programs and Features.

Press and hold (or right-click) on the program you want to remove and select Uninstall or Uninstall/ Change. Then follow the directions on the screen.

If you get an error message when you’re uninstalling, try the Program Install and Uninstall Troubleshooter.

If you’re trying to remove malware, see Stay protected with Windows Security to find out how to run a scan. Or if you use another antivirus software program, check their virus protection options.

How to Uninstall and Restore Windows 10’s Built-in Apps

By Henry T. Casey 19 August 2016

Windows 10 comes with a bunch of apps that you may find useful, and a few you will probably never need. Unfortunately, Windows 10 doesn’t want you to uninstall Universal apps such as Money, Maps and People. But that doesn’t mean you can’t use a little ingenuity to delete them.

First, though, think before you uninstall programs on Windows 10, as removing Bing News might cripple Cortana’s ability to deliver you stories, and removing Alarms and Clock might break the digital assistant’s ability to set reminders. If deleting an app creates such an unintended consequence, we’ve also got instructions for how to restore all apps.

Universal apps don’t take up much storage space, so remember that you’re removing them strictly to tidy the All Apps view in the start menu. Also, note that Contact Support, Cortana, Edge and Windows Feedback cannot be removed.

How to Uninstall Windows 10’s Built-in Apps

Before you uninstall or restore apps, make sure no other programs are running aside from Windows PowerShell.

1. Click the Cortana search field.

2. Type ‘Powershell’ into the field.

3. Right-click ‘Windows PowerShell.’

4. Select Run as administrator.

5. Click Yes.

6. Enter a command from the below list for the program you wish to uninstall.

Here are the list of commands:

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

Alarms and Clock: Get-AppxPackage *windowsalarms* | Remove-AppxPackage

Calculator: Get-AppxPackage *windowscalculator* | Remove-AppxPackage

Calendar and Mail: Get-AppxPackage *windowscommunicationsapps* | Remove-AppxPackage

Camera: Get-AppxPackage *windowscamera* | Remove-AppxPackage

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

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

Get Started: Get-AppxPackage *getstarted* | Remove-AppxPackage

Groove Music: Get-AppxPackage *zunemusic* | Remove-AppxPackage

Maps: Get-AppxPackage *windowsmaps* | Remove-AppxPackage

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Photos: Get-AppxPackage *photos* | Remove-AppxPackage

Store: Get-AppxPackage *windowsstore* | Remove-AppxPackage

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

Voice Recorder: Get-AppxPackage *soundrecorder* | Remove-AppxPackage

Weather: Get-AppxPackage *bingweather* | Remove-AppxPackage

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

7. Click Enter. Repeat steps 6 and 7 as necessary for the apps you want to remove.

You’ve deleted applications from Windows, and cleared them from the Start Menu!

How to Restore Windows 10’s Built-in Apps

Remember, do not have any applications open other than Windows PowerShell.

1. Follow steps 1 through 5 in the previous walkthrough.

2. Type the below text and then hit Enter.

How to Uninstall the Default / Inbuilt Apps in Windows 10

Some apps can be easily uninstalled through the normal way using the windows control panel . Simply right click on the app and then uninstall them. On touch sensitive screens you need to long press on the app icon and the same menu will appear, where you need to tap uninstall. This trick helps to uninstall these apps – Get Started, Get Office, Get Skype, Money, Phone Companion, Solitaire, News, Sports, Bloatware apps that come with every device by the manufacturer.

But some inbuilt apps are not easy to uninstall. In this case method is useful to remove / uninstall / reinstall an inbuilt or default apps / software of Windows 10.

Remove Windows 10 Built in Apps using PowerShell

Windows PowerShell lets you uninstall many other apps with the exception of Microsoft Edge. Open the start menu, Search PowerShell and then run this program as an administrator. Just right click on the program and select the option.

You can also press Ctrl+shift+enter to run it as an administrator. PowerShell responds to specific commands for particular apps. You can utilize the Get-AppxPackage or Remove-AppxPackage commands to remove the built-in apps from Windows 10. If you want to delete an app, then in addition to these commands you will also need to provide info such as PackageFullName (the full package name of the relevant app).

Run the following command to get a list of all installed apps in Windows 10

This command will display all the installed apps with all their specific details and their full names which we require to uninstall them. We need the PackageFullName of the relevant apps so we run the following command to find out their names:

Get-AppxPackage | Select Name , PackageFullName

This command will show the name of the app and the PackageFullName and omit the undesired information.

To remove all inbuilt / default app from all user accounts in win 10

To remove all modern apps from system account

Use the following commands to remove a specific app:

Uninstall Skype app

Uninstall Sway

Uninstall Phone:

Uninstall Phone Companion:

Uninstall Phone and Phone Companion apps together:

Uninstall Calendar and Mail apps together:

Uninstall People:

Uninstall Groove Music:

Uninstall Movies & TV:

Uninstall Groove Music and Movies & TV apps together:

Uninstall Money:

Uninstall News:

Uninstall Sports:

Uninstall Weather:

Uninstall Money, News, Sports and Weather apps together:

Uninstall OneNote:

Uninstall Alarms & Clock:

Uninstall Calculator:

Uninstall Camera:

Uninstall Photos:

Uninstall Maps:

Uninstall Voice Recorder:

Uninstall Xbox:

Uninstall Microsoft Solitaire Collection:

Uninstall Get Office:

Uninstall Get Skype:

Uninstall Get Started:

Uninstall 3D Builder:

Uninstall Microsoft Store (Windows apps store):

Disable Microsoft Windows Defender

Enable Microsoft Windows Defender

This is an easy method for removing undesired apps from your Windows 10. However, there is no real use for uninstalling these, except to reduce the number of apps from your start menu. This is because the space freed from uninstalling these apps is not very significant.

FAQ:

Q: Why we need to uninstall the pre-installed / inbuilt apps / software in Windows 10?

A: Some times we require to uninstall default or inbuilt apps of Windows 10 to troubleshoot them. Removing and then reinstalling some times fixed the issue quickly. Windows 10 comes with a variety of apps that may be useless for some people and can irritate many users. These apps occupy little space, thus deleting them is just as useless as keeping them on the computer. It is best to ignore them if you don’t want to use them. However, if you want to delete these apps, then you need to follow some steps.

Q: How to remove apps using the control panel?

A: You can follow the tutorial here Uninstall apps / software from Windows 10. It will help you to uninstall apps from Windows 10 using the control panel.

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Windows 10 includes a series of preinstalled apps that you can’t uninstall by selecting Uninstall options on their Start menu context menus.

Thus, you’ll need to utilise PowerShell to remove some of the built-in apps. With PowerShell, you can remove built-in UWP apps from all your laptop‘s or desktop’s user accounts. This is how you can utilise PowerShell to uninstall apps for all users.

How can I delete Windows 10 app for all users?

Remove a Specific Windows 10 App for all Users

• First, open PowerShell as an administrator by clicking the Cortana button on the taskbar.
• Enter ‘PowerShell‘ in the search box.
• Right-click Windows PowerShell and select Run as administrator to open the window shown directly below.

• Then enter the following in Powershell:

Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, PackageFullName

• That command will display a list of apps when you press the Enter key. Copy the package full name of the app you need to remove by selecting it in PowerShell and pressing Enter.

• Then you can press Ctrl + V to paste the package full name into a text document for reference. This is an example of a package full name: Microsoft.XboxApp_41.41.18005.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe.
• Note that you can shorten the package full names by including wildcards (**) around them. For example, you can enter *xboxapp* instead of Microsoft.XboxApp_41.41.18005.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe for the Xbox app .
• To remove an app from a single user account, you would enter ‘Get-AppxPackage PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage‘ in Powershell. However, to uninstall the app from all user accounts you need to include -allusers by entering the following command:

Get-AppxPackage -allusers PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage

• So enter the above command into PowerShell for the required app, and press the Enter key. For example, to uninstall the Xbox app you would enter the following:

get-appxpackage -allusers *xboxapp* | remove-appxpackage

Remove all Apps for all Users

You can quickly uninstall all the preinstalled apps for all user accounts. To do that, open PowerShell as an administrator as before. Then enter this PowerShell command: Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage.

You can also reinstall those built-in apps if required. To do so, enter ‘Get-AppxPackage -allusers | foreach ‘ in PowerShell and press Return. To reinstall a single app, enter ‘Add-AppxPackage -register “C:Program FilesWindowsAppsPackageFullNameappxmanifest.xml” -DisableDevelopmentMode‘ in PowerShell instead.

If you need additional info on what to do if the Windows 10 default apps are missing, check out shit article.

If you’re looking to remove the default apps from a Windows 10 image, you can quickly do that with PowerShell. Follow these quick steps and you’ll be done in no time.

So that’s how you can uninstall preinstalled Windows 10 apps you really don’t need for all users. Just make sure the other users don’t need the apps before you uninstall them!

If you have any other questions or suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments section below.

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