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Uninstall uninstallable Windows 10 applications
Uninstall the uninstallable Windows 10 applications.
John Savill
August 17, 2015
1 Min Read
Q. How can I uninstall built-in applications from Windows 10 that don't have an uninstall options?
A. A number of the Windows applications (aka Universal applications) in Windows 10 have no uninstall option however they are still just AppX packages installed on the OS so can be viewed and removed using PowerShell.
Launch an elevated PowerShell session and then run command:
Get-AppxPackage ** | Remove-AppxPackage
To remove. For example to remove the built-in Mail and Calendar applications I use:
Get-AppxPackage *communi* | Remove-AppxPackage
To view all the packages use:
Get-AppxPackage | ft Name, PackageFullName -AutoSize
Some common ones you may wish to uninstall are listed below with the part of package name to use:
Camera - *camera*
Mail and Calendar - *communi*
People - *people*
Money, Sports, News, Travel, Health, Food and Weather - *bing* or to just remove certain ones use *bingsports*, *bingtravel* etc. Use 'Get-AppxPackage *bing* | ft Name, PackageFullName -AutoSize' to view the names
Groove Music and Movies & TV - *zune*
Xbox - Why? :-) *xbox*
Solitare - *solit*
3D Builder - *3d*
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