{"id":6189,"date":"2016-02-28T15:50:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T15:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=6189"},"modified":"2016-02-28T16:00:15","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T16:00:15","slug":"uninstall-built-in-apps-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/uninstall-built-in-apps-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Ways to Remove \/ Uninstall Built-in Apps in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Windows 10 comes with many modern metro style apps installed by default. There are plenty of users who are never going to use modern apps such as Xbox, Weather, Sports, Store, OneNote, Skype, Calendar and Mail, Alarms and Clock, etc. Thankfully, there are ways to completely remove \/ uninstall pre-installed Windows 10 modern apps.<\/p>\n

\"windows-apps\"<\/p>\n

Method 1: Remove \/ Uninstall Windows 10 Apps from Settings Charm<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. \nPress the Windows + I keys to open the Settings charm.<\/li>\n
  2. \nClick System<\/strong> on the Settings menu.<\/p>\n

    \"app-settings\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \nSelect Apps & features<\/strong> from the left pane. A list of all installed apps appears in the right pane. Select the app you want to remove, and click on Uninstall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    \"uninstall-windows-apps\"<\/p>\n

    If the Uninstall button is grayed out, this is a system app you cannot remove.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    While a few of the built-in apps can be simply uninstalled from Settings charm, most of them don’t offer the Uninstall option. For uninstalling these apps, you might have to use Windows PowerShell described in method two.<\/p>\n

    Method 2: Remove \/ Uninstall Windows 10 Apps from PowerShell<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Using PowerShell cmdlet you can remove \/ uninstall most of the built-in apps, excluding Cortana, Contact support, Windows Feedback and Microsoft Edge. If you try to remove Microsoft Edge browse, you’ll see an error message saying they can’t be removed.<\/p>\n

    Let’s see how to uninstall the built-in apps in Windows 10:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. \nPress the Windows logo key + X to open the WinX menu. Click on “Command Prompt (Admin)<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

      \"command-prompt-admin\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    2. \nAt the Command Prompt, type powershell<\/strong> and hit Enter.<\/p>\n

      \"powershell\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    3. \nCopy and paste the following command into the PowerShell prompt. Press Enter.
      \nGet-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      \"list-windows-apps\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    4. \nOnce you run the above command, PowerShell will display all modern apps installed on your computer. Scroll down to find the app you want uninstalled. You can easily identify it by looking at the Names of the apps from the list. For instance, the Camera app bears the name of Microsoft.WindowsCamera<\/em>.<\/p>\n

      \"windows-camera\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    5. \nRun the following PowerShell command and you can remove a universal app:
      \nRemove-AppxPackage [PackageFullName]<\/code><\/p>\n

      In our example, we would like to remove the Camera app, so type the following command:
      \nRemove-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsCamera_2016.128.10.0_x64_8wekyb3d8bbwe<\/code><\/p>\n

      \"remove-windows-app\"<\/p>\n

      Tips:<\/strong> You can copy the package name by click the beginning of the name and drag your mouse to the end to highlight it then right click. Next right click to paste the package name you copied into the Command Prompt. <\/em>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Fortunately, the Remove-AppxPackage<\/em> command also allows you to use the wildcard characters (such as *) to find the package. So you can simply type the keywords of the app to uninstall it. Here is a list of PowerShell commands to uninstall the universal apps that are pre-installed in Windows 10:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Remove all Modern Apps for the current account only:
      \nGet-AppXPackage | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Remove all Modern Apps from all the accounts on your Windows system:
      \nGet-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall 3D Builder:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *3dbuilder* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Alarms and Clock:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *windowsalarms* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Calculator:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *windowscalculator* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Calendar and Mail:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *windowscommunicationsapps* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Camera:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *windowscamera* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Contact Support:
      \nThis app can’t be removed.<\/em><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Cortana:
      \nThis app can’t be removed.<\/em><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Get Office:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *officehub* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Get Skype:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *skypeapp* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Get Started:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *getstarted* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Groove Music:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *zunemusic* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Maps:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *windowsmaps* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Microsoft Edge:
      \nThis app can’t be removed.<\/em><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Microsoft Solitaire Collection:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *solitairecollection* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Money:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *bingfinance* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Movies & TV:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *zunevideo* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall News:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *bingnews* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall OneNote:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *onenote* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall People:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *people* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Phone Companion:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *windowsphone* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Photos:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *photos* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Store:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *windowsstore* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Sports:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *bingsports* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Voice Recorder:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *soundrecorder* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Weather:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *bingweather* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Windows Feedback:
      \nThis app can’t be removed.<\/em><\/p>\n

      Uninstall Xbox:
      \nGet-AppxPackage *xboxapp* | Remove-AppxPackage<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Windows 10 comes with many modern metro style apps installed by default. There are plenty of users who are never going to use modern apps such as Xbox, Weather, Sports, Store, OneNote, Skype, Calendar and Mail, Alarms and Clock, etc. Thankfully, there are ways to completely remove \/ uninstall pre-installed Windows 10 modern apps. Method […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894],"tags":[2549,2548,2547],"class_list":["post-6189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-remove-windows-10-apps","tag-uninstall-modern-apps-windows-10","tag-uninstall-windows-10-apps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6189"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6204,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6189\/revisions\/6204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}