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Not all of the 'bloatware' is tiny, while they are not taking up a significant amount of space, some of them are not
all that tiny. Out of curiosity I just checked settings, and found that the 'twitter' one (unused, like the rest of them)
is squatting on 11.8 MB and 'mail & calendar' is taking up some 4.59 MB.
I use Windows 10 without using a single app that MS has installed, have done so since installing Windows 10
last July. Have no interest in them. Never used them in win 8 or win 8.1 ...
Only time I notice they are still there, is when MS updates them, or when MS tries to set one of them as a
'default' app when it 'updates' windows 10. When MS tried that with 'photos' for a second time, I simply
uninstalled 'photos'. (no longer asked now, what I want to use when I click on a photo)
As someone who has used several versions of Windows since the late 90s', I would still like to have the choice
when it comes to updates (as we used to have) of refusing an update. Critical updates I accept should now be
automatically installed, but as regards features, drivers and the like I would like to know what MS is installing,
and have the option to refuse the update...
As for apps, nagging, forcing users to use them as a default and the like is a bad idea, if MS wants users of its
other versions to install Windows 10, once its no longer a freebie. Personally speaking, the Universe will be
dust before I would ever consider using an app.
My "easy-to-maintain" script
Code:$to_rem = "Microsoft.3DBuilder", "Microsoft.BingFinance", "Microsoft.BingNews", "Microsoft.BingSports", "Microsoft.BingWeather", "Microsoft.CommsPhone", "Microsoft.Getstarted", "Microsoft.Messaging", "Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub", "Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection", "Microsoft.Office.Sway", "Microsoft.OneConnect", "Microsoft.People", "Microsoft.SkypeApp", "Microsoft.StorePurchaseApp", "Microsoft.WindowsAlarms", "Microsoft.WindowsCamera", "microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps", "Microsoft.WindowsPhone", "Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder", "Microsoft.XboxApp", "Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider", "Microsoft.ZuneMusic", "Microsoft.ZuneVideo", "Microsoft.XboxGameCallableUI", "Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider" $prov_packs = Get-ProvisionedAppxPackage -online; $allusers_packs = Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers; $to_rem | Foreach-Object {$s = $_; $prov_packs | where {$_.DisplayName -eq $s}} | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online $to_rem | Foreach-Object {$s = $_; $allusers_packs | where {$_.DisplayName -eq $s}} | Remove-AppxPackage
I have been trying to uninstall some of this junk for days now. I have run the powershell and got rid of most of it but some apps are being stuborn.
I cant get rid of the Xbox Live Auth Manager, Xbox Live Game Save, and the Xbox Live Networking service. Neither can I delete the camera app, Films & TV, Groove Music, The Insider Hub, Microsoft edge, microsoft WiFi, Microsoft one drive, Phone, Photos, Skype, or store.
I do not have an Xbox, and do not one. the app is still in my list and it keeps asking me to register. It is a right PITA!!
Photos is causig a problem with my EOS software and it keeps asking me to register, and the rest is just unwanted junk.
I do tend to agree with the general concensus that it is my PC and I should have whatever applications installed that I want and require, not what an arrogant software manufacturer decides to add. If I want cloud services, (which by the way I don't, and that is for technical reasons,) I should be able to say I require it.
However some of this stuff is interfering with the way I work. So having tried the remove options in power shell and can't uninstall will the above script get rid of it? and how do i run the script?
Thanking all you gurus out there in advance. The alternative is to revert to Win7 where I have a degree of control.
Last edited by Bitterend; 05 Jul 2016 at 15:51.
Well I wonder how long before you discover removing these apps using unofficial methods tends to break the OS in ways you do not anticipate. Forums around the world are littered with people saying updates no longer work, cannot reinstall an app I now need etc.
If you are going to do what is basically a very stupid thing to do, make sure you create an image backup first.
Hi,
I don't think you'll be able to remove Edge but all the others should be removable.
Note that the Powershell script only hides the apps, they will remain present on the HD.
Furthermore it seems to me that the current install is already "messed up" going by the messages you're receiving from some apps.
I also agree with cereberus on leaving the apps alone if they can't be uninstalled in the traditional way.. They don't use that much processes and why bother if you don't use them anyhow ?
Cheers ,