Prevent removed apps from reinstalling

Right click uninstall only uninstalls for current user. You may want to uninstall the AppxProvisionedPackage as well as the AppxPackage. So for 3d builder, from powershell:

Code:

$app="Microsoft.3DBuilder"
Get-AppxPackage -Name $app -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online | where DisplayName -EQ $app | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online

if you want to remove more just delete the ones you want to keep from this code (or comment them with a #) then copy/paste into administrator powershell window and press enter:

Code:

$apps=@( 	
	"9E2F88E3.Twitter"
	"ClearChannelRadioDigital.iHeartRadio"
	"Flipboard.Flipboard"
	"king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga"
	"Microsoft.3DBuilder"
	"Microsoft.BingFinance"
	"Microsoft.BingNews"
	"Microsoft.BingSports"
	"Microsoft.BingWeather"
	"Microsoft.CommsPhone"
	"Microsoft.Getstarted"
	#"Microsoft.Messaging"
	"Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub"
	"Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection"
	"Microsoft.Office.OneNote"
	"Microsoft.Office.Sway"
	"Microsoft.People"
	"Microsoft.SkypeApp"
	"Microsoft.Windows.Phone"
	"Microsoft.Windows.Photos"
	"Microsoft.WindowsAlarms"
	#"Microsoft.WindowsCalculator"
	"Microsoft.WindowsCamera"
	"Microsoft.WindowsMaps"
	"Microsoft.WindowsPhone"
	"Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder"
	"Microsoft.XboxApp"
	"Microsoft.ZuneMusic"
	"Microsoft.ZuneVideo"
	#"microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps"
	"Microsoft.MinecraftUWP"
	"ShazamEntertainmentLtd.Shazam"		
)

foreach ($app in $apps) {	
	Get-AppxPackage -Name $app -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage
	Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online | where DisplayName -EQ $app | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online
			
	$appPath="$Env:LOCALAPPDATA\Packages\$app*"
	Remove-Item $appPath -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction 0
}

Then as @TairikuOkami says they'll only come back if you do an upgrade or restore.

After my upgrade to TH2, I stopped Windows Update, uninstalled some of the apps that were reinstalled. And there they were, after reading this thread. Something internal is doing 'repair' to reinstall these apps.

lx07 said:

Right click uninstall only uninstalls for current user. You may want to uninstall the AppxProvisionedPackage as well as the AppxPackage...

So far, it appears to be working for a user. Thanks.

I would also mention that there's a registry area worth looking into:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\PackageRepository\Packages

This one had double entries for each annoying app package before running your script.

This appears to mirror a hidden folder set under "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps" which doesn't want you to see it or review it. Seems to be easiest to see by opening up a command shell as Administrator and then changing into this directory manually. Note that even if you delete the apps they show up under, e.g., "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\DeletedAllUserPackages" so Microsoft may have some mechanism of silently resurrecting these if they want to.

Note that 3D Builder re-installed itself multiple times on this computer. Sometimes it happened immediately after a logout/login event. Sometimes it did this after a period of 30 minutes inactivity. It's like, Microsoft knows that there is big money in the app world (going to school on Apple's iTunes) and they'll do anything to chase that money.

I wouldn't be so sure about these apps not returning at some date in the future when I've deployed this workstation to the end-user's desk. I for one think this is ridiculous for Microsoft to keep installing Xbox games on a business computer.