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Windows 10 comes with a ton of built in apps that at least from a business prospective are useless, irrelevant, and potential avenues for threats.
I complied the below from various other guides, but I have yet to see one listed here on spiceworks, so heres a cut down direct guide.
edited: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/application-management/apps-in-windows-10 this is a list of all apps installed on windows 10 and does a decent job of linking to what each app is used by.
5 Steps total
Step 1: Identify what apps you wish to remove
To search for the apps: Run the below in an Elevated Powershell window.
Get-ProvisionedAppXPackage -Online Select DisplayName
This will result in all Default built in Apps. Keep this list open or readily available.
Step 2: Removing specific Apps for logged in user
For the rest of the guide we will focus on 1 app. You can run this for most of the apps. Just replace the name 'Microsoft.BingNews' with the desired app.
Get-AppxPackage -Name 'Microsoft.BingNews' -AllUsers Remove-AppxPackage
This will uninstall the app Microsoft.BingNews from all users who HAVE at one point logged into this computer.
Step 3: Remove built in apps from future users
The previous step does not take into account future users. You must run this code to prevent the next user who logs in from having the default app installed.
Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online
where DisplayName -EQ 'Microsoft.BingNews'
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online
Step 4: Script to automate steps 2 and 3
The below is a simple script to perform steps 2 and 3. You MUST check every app below to be sure you want to remove it!!!!
(Do not remove windows 10 store! It is not in the list and should not be removed. You need to have the store if you ever wish to reinstall any of the removed apps.)
$packages = @(
'McAfeeInc.06.McAfeeSecurityAdvisorforLenovo'
'Microsoft.3DBuilder'
'Microsoft.BingFinance'
'Microsoft.BingFoodAndDrink'
'Microsoft.BingHealthAndFitness'
'Microsoft.BingTravel'
'Microsoft.Getstarted'
'Microsoft.Wallet'
'Microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps'
'Microsoft.WindowsReadingList'
'Microsoft.ZuneVideo'
'Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider'
'Microsoft.XboxGameCallableUI'
'Microsoft.SkypeApp'
'Microsoft.WindowsAlarms'
'Microsoft.ZuneMusic'
'Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay'
'Microsoft.XboxGameOverlay'
'Microsoft.XboxApp'
'Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder'
'Microsoft.WindowsPhone'
'Microsoft.WindowsMaps'
'Microsoft.WindowsFeedbackHub'
'Microsoft.People'
'Microsoft.OneConnect'
'Microsoft.Office.Sway'
'Microsoft.Office.OneNote'
'Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection'
'Microsoft.Microsoft3DViewer'
'Microsoft.Messaging'
'Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller'
'Microsoft.ConnectivityStore'
'Microsoft.CommsPhone'
'Microsoft.BingWeather'
'Microsoft.BingSports'
'Microsoft.BingNews'
'Microsoft.Appconnector'
)
ForEach ($packages in $packages) {
Get-AppxPackage -Name $packages -AllUsers Remove-AppxPackage
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Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online
where DisplayName -EQ $packages
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online
}
Step 5: Script and Powershell help
Copy the script text starting at the '$' in step 4. Paste into note pad, and save as to 'remove_apps.ps1'. Save in directory of your choice.
Probably your computer will not allow you to just run the script. To 'run once' a script;
open elevated powershell.
run: Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass
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then dir to script location
run; .remove_apps.ps1
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run: Set-ExecutionPolicy Restricted
Let me know if theres any errors. The listed apps in the script are going to vary by computer. Some computers have more apps, some less.
If you run the script twice. youll see a lot of errors as it will process each line item regardless if it has been run once.
You will also see errors if you run the individual command and then run the script.
The script was largely from a github user that I used to build mine. Credit link in references.
References
- Credit to This github for providing the basis of the script.
- Installed windows 10 apps
- Powershell elevation documentation
42 Comments
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- ChipotleShawn1123 Jul 20, 2017 at 12:51pm
Much appreciated. Worked like a charm. Did receive one error but that was for XboxGameCall...but I was able to run the individual command and it was fine.
- Tabascodvdsmith Jul 20, 2017 at 01:35pm
Nice guide! I would recommend in step 4 including just 5 or so examples, making it clear they should run the command in step one first. As you said, the list varies between PCs due to Windows 10 build and OEM apps such as the Lenovo one I'm seeing there.
Keep in mind there are some apps, games included, that may be included the default profile but not in the provisioned apps. I previously made the post below regarding Store Apps and Sysprep, and also addressed the default profile.
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1988618-w10-things-i-want-to-change-but-had-issues?page=1#entry-6847605
If you like anything there, feel free to include in your guide.
- Serranoml_work Jul 20, 2017 at 06:57pm
Thanks, I will keep this. I fought through some of these a few months ago trying to get some Win10 boxes cleaned up. I remember the Xbox would give an error but it did remove it even with the error. The part to remove Future Users will be great the next time I need this.
- DatilCrimsonKidA Jul 20, 2017 at 07:15pm
This is a frequent source of annoyance and one of those things that really makes you wonder WTF was MS thinking with these garbage apps. Cartoonish kid games in a business OS..just why. Thank you for this write-up. I will be using it very soon, I'm sure.
- JalapenoEtherCreature Jul 20, 2017 at 07:56pm
Looks like you have Microsoft.3DBuilder in there twice, position 1 and last. FYI.. ;-)
- Chipotlenancyneal Jul 20, 2017 at 07:58pm
Nice, I will keep this in mind for our next windows 10 roll out.
- Thai PepperMR.Burnz Jul 20, 2017 at 08:28pm
Thanks for Sharing. This should help a lot of people. I will give it a try later.
- SonoraTyler9215 Jul 20, 2017 at 09:13pm
I literally just received a ticket for this earlier today. =)
- Cayennestephenlasseigne Jul 20, 2017 at 10:03pm
Thanks, I'll add this to my install scripts and test on my next batch of computers.
- JalapenoDSumpter Jul 20, 2017 at 10:15pm
Nice write-up for what should not have to exist in the first place in a Pro or Enterprise OS. Not to downplay what you are trying to do of course. Spiced.
[rant] It just annoys my socks off that MS keeps doing this crap [/rant]
- Serranobryndonbooth Jul 21, 2017 at 02:14am
Looks great! I will definitely be using a lot of this when creating a W10 image soon.
A couple of details though:
- Step 3 - is this a run once or when each user logs in for the first time?
- Step 5 - shouldn't the execution policy be set to bypass for this rather than changing it to unrestricted permanently? - Chipotlebraindigitalis Jul 21, 2017 at 10:00am
Looks good!
We currently run these commands by hand, and on some PCs we've also had to disable the timebroker service via a registry hack. Admittedly Microsoft say that disabling timebroker will harm apps, but we've not noticed any negatives to day to day business use by doing so, only massive performance (disk and network) increases.
- DatilZ-Rogue Jul 21, 2017 at 11:08am
bryndonbooth - Step 3 is run once if running for a specific app, it removes the package from windows so it will not install automatically for the next new user to log in.
- Step 5 I tried running it with a bypass, but it refused to run, rather than fight with it, Im just unrestricting everything, as soon as you close powershell it will revert to the default state - which is restricted. - SonoraAndrew6887 Jul 21, 2017 at 02:22pm
I personally use
'Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers where-object {$_.name –notlike “*store*”} Remove-AppxPackage'
and
'Get-appxprovisionedpackage –online where-object {$_.packagename –notlike “*store*”} Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online'
They will remove all apps but the windows store.
- ChipotleSteve4698 Jul 21, 2017 at 03:04pm
Did I miss it?
Is Cortana not in that list.
I would really like to disable Cortana also.
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