Uninstall Apps in Windows 10  

centen said:

Okay, I think I solved the Xbox Game Bar mystery. There's an error in the guide for this command:
Get-AppxPackage *Microsoft.XboxGameOverlay* | Remove-AppxPackage
It should be:
Get-AppxPackage *Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay* | Remove-AppxPackage
(The -allusers version has this right, that's why it worked when I used it on one PC.)

Now corrected. Thank you.

PhobosAnomaly said:

Hello there !

I just registered to ask a specific question as users here seems actives and quite competent when it comes to decluttering Win10 Start Menu ! Thanks for these tutorials !

Here's my question, user Edwin in post #1 of this thread mentionned something about shortcuts for the UWP apps, to store the shortcuts and reinstall the apps from these shortcuts.

It also seems possible to rename these shortcuts the way you want, according to this video if I understand correctly:
Start Menu 'Cleanup' - YouTube

I see that this post and video are a few years old, I tried these steps, but it doesn't work for me...

Is it still relevant today ?
Clicking the shortcuts after uninstalling the apps doesn't do anything for me.

Basically, what I want to do, is not to completely remove all UWP apps, I want to keep a few like Maps, Weather and such, but, I'd like to rename them to get a clean and user friendly Start Menu, listed by names.

I'd prefer to list UWP apps as "WIN10 Maps / WIN10 Weather ..." basically.

Is it possible today, by any way or trick, without having to use a third party software that completeley changes the way the Start Menu looks ?

I tried to check many forums to find answers but no luck, the video I linked however is exactly what I'm looking to do...

Thanks for your help !! Have a nice week-end !

I am now using Open-Shell which is a new name for a previous product which escapes me currently. It is open source and acts as a system hook which is invoked prior to Microsofts menu program. It allow for your menu to look like Windows XP, Windows 7 or some other custom flavor.

I hate when MS ignores all of the CUA research and standards because they want all of their software to look like a phone!

I am currently having problems using their new People app since I do not use MS accounts to login and want to use data from my ISP. What a concept, aye? All I get is 0x80004005! I like this group. This is my first post so I will create a second for this interface problem since my ISP could not solve it.

hdmi said:

There's still 6 of them that you haven't corrected yet.

I got the ones listed as "Xbox Game Bar", but forgot the ones listed as "Game Bar". Now corrected.

ppdemo said:

Does anyone know how I uninstall the apps from w10 21h1?, since it seems to be protected and they are not uninstalled via powershell, as in version 1909, which i copied the code from page one and were uninstalled

Hello,

Which specific apps are you trying to uninstall? Some built-in apps are required by the OS, and may not be allowed to be uninstalled to avoid breaking something.

Are you able to use one of the other options to uninstall them?

ppdemo said:

Those of page one posted in this thread (option ten) except for some. I always uninstalled them using powershell and now it doesn't stop. Some uninstall them manually using your option.

These are the ones I would be missing:

Get-appxpackage -allusers *Microsoft.WindowsAlarms* | Remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Get-appxpackage -allusers *Microsoft.WindowsCamera* | Remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Get-appxpackage -allusers *Microsoft.Messaging* | Remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Get-appxpackage -allusers *Microsoft.WindowsMaps* | Remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Get-appxpackage -allusers *Microsoft.GetHelp* | Remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Get-appxpackage -allusers *Microsoft.YourPhone* | Remove-AppxPackage -allusers

Just to verify, did you run the commands in an elevated PowerShell?

If so, what is the exact error message you are getting?