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Question about removing all apps in Final/RTM Windows 10
Hey everyone,
I was wondering if anyone that has more experience and knowledge on W10 presently could shed some light for me. :) Right now there are only a few items(apps) that you can remove, like XBOX (for people that don't have it), news, money, sports, and a few other apps. Other apps that I have tried in the TP seem to be "built in" and cannot be removed (uninstalled) from Windows. Does anyone know if this will change in the final builds of W10? If not, will there be reg hacks and tweaks that will come along, so that we can remove all this unnecessary bloatware?
For me, since I do everything via web and also upon release will not be available in CANADA, cortana to me is useless and I feel a little paranoid about its spying abilities, lol. I know I can remove it from the task bar, but I will be hoping to remove it completely and just have a normal local search like before, (in previous versions) and not one that searches the web. A lot of those tiles are still useless for me. Majority of those apps I will not use. For example: especially photos app since Windows 8, dislike it. I just use Windows picture viewer as my default. I just need to open and look at a picture, the sorting part I do on my own, photos app to me seems like a waste of space, same with videos app. I use VLC for everything, and lastly I am not really concerned about Wall Street so I don't need stocks/news/money. If I want any of that news & information I'll google it, I really do not need it (on the fly). It seems to me like these live tiles like news/money/cortana will be running constantly wasting unnecessary resources on my computer, as well as the broadband connection. But that's just me, personally. I'm not sure how other users feel.
Of this screenshot I have posted above I can see myself only using 3 of these apps (tiles). Weather, Get Started, Windows Feedback, the rest I would remove/delete permanently if possible. If anyone has any more insider information would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You.