Uninstall Apps in Windows 10  

Desktop Apps = installed Apps from like setup.exe / setup.msi like 7zip
Windows Apps = installed Windows Store Apps
Provisioned Apps = Apps that will be automaticaly installed for every new user even if you uninstall it from your useraccount

I allways do it like this:

open powershell (as admin)
Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Format-Table DisplayName, PackageName >"$env:userprofile\Desktop\Apps_List.txt"

creates a List with all installed provisioned Apps on the Desktop

for each App you want to uninstall... (I put them all together in one .batch file)

powershell "Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Package PackageName"

for example for cortana:
powershell "Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Package Microsoft.549981C3F5F10_1.1911.21713.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe"

or for ZuneMusic:
powershell "Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Package Microsoft.ZuneMusic_2019.19071.19011.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe"

Adu78 said:

I allways do it like this:

Unfortunately, your instructions didn't help me.

I opened Powershell (as admin) & ran the command:
Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Format-Table DisplayName, PackageName >"$env:userprofile\Desktop\Apps_List.txt"
to get the list w/installed provisioned apps onto my desktop.

While still in Powershell, I then ran the command:
"Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Package Microsoft.SkypeApp_14.53.77.0_neutral_~_kzf8qxf38zg5c"
(and a few others).

Nothing happened. No success messages, no error messages, just carriage returns to the next line.
Nothing was uninstalled.

Thank you for the reply though.

Brink said:

How to Uninstall Desktop Apps and Windows Apps in Windows 10

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I'm trying to uninstall a lot of built-in apps after a full reinstall of Windows 10. I tried using Option 9 (I think that's what I used years ago) but I just get errors:
'remove-appxpackage : Removal failed. Please contact you software vendor.
Deployment Remove operation with target volume C: on Package Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes_3.6.73.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe from: failed with error0x80070002.'

There are 2 users on my comfuser (Administrator & Standard). I want to uninstall for both (& any future) users. My comfuser is not connected to the internet right now, could that be the problem?

dalchina said:

It's better if you post a screenshot showing the full command used and the frame of the window with the titlebar too. Thanks.

(Note that some colour combinations - maybe dark mode- can produce screenshots which are hard to read).

My comfuser is not connected to the internet; but I took a screenshot, transferred it to my tablet & this is what I see (I included 3 samples):

dalchina said:

Thanks, but as I anticipated- too hard to read alas...

I hope this helps. I even clicked the links, but I don't understand all that's written.
Here are just 3 of the uninstalls I tried:

PS C:\Windows\system32> remove-appxpackage -AllUsers Microsoft.BingWeather_4.25.20211.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
remove-appxpackage : Removal failed. Please contact your software vendor.
Deployment Remove operation with target volume C: on Package Microsoft.BingWeather_4.25.20211.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe from: failed with error 0x80070002.
See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=235160 for help diagnosing app deployment issues.
At line:1 char:1
+ remove-appxpackage -AllUsers Microsoft.BingWeather_4.25.20211.0_x64__ ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Remove-AppxPackage], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.RemoveApp xPackageCommand

=========================================================================

PS C:\Windows\system32> remove-appxpackage -AllUsers Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes_3.6.73.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
remove-appxpackage : Removal failed. Please contact your software vendor.
Deployment Remove operation with target volume C: on Package Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes_3.6.73.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe from: failed with error 0x80070002.
See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=235160 for help diagnosing app deployment issues.
At line:1 char:1
+ remove-appxpackage -AllUsers Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes_3.6.73.0_ ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Remove-AppxPackage], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.RemoveApp xPackageCommand

==========================================================================

PS C:\Windows\system32> remove-appxpackage -AllUsers Microsoft.SkypeApp_14.53.77.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c
remove-appxpackage : Removal failed. Please contact your software vendor.
Deployment Remove operation with target volume C: on Package Microsoft.SkypeApp_14.53.77.0_x64__kzf8qxf38zg5c from: failed with error 0x80070002.
See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=235160 for help diagnosing app deployment issues.
At line:1 char:1
+ remove-appxpackage -AllUsers Microsoft.SkypeApp_14.53.77.0_x64__kzf8q ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Remove-AppxPackage], COMException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.RemoveApp xPackageCommand