Uninstall Apps in Windows 10  

Brink said:

As a test, see if using the current user command below may remove it from All Apps.

Get-AppxPackage *Messaging* | Remove-AppxPackage

Afraid not. I applied the string witout getting any error message, but Messaging is still there in All Apps. Know what, tomorrow morning local time I try on a clean PC to apply first Messaging and then Skype. I'll keep you posted.

And thanks a lot for your patience. :)

Edwin, you've swapped the positions of the Remove and Where commandlets, therefore sending the entire list to Remove, and then running where on the removal command's output. Of course it took out everything. Sorry abt your problem. They call 'er PowerShell for a reason.

Gary said:

I tried using your shortcut suggestion before using this script:

Code:

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage | where {$_.Name -notlike “*Store*”}

The script worked but it was not supposed to remove the store and it did. I then tried your shortcut and I could not re install the store. Any Ideas?
@Edwin

Firstly, KUDOS to Brink for all the effort. A great thread. I'm not alone; so many people seem to be finding this helpful.

Please excuse my Dunce-ness...

I get errors with OPTION FOUR:


As administrator in a PowerShell:

2. To Remove All Apps except Store from Your (current) Account

Code:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Get-AppXPackage | where-object {$_.name –notlike “*store*”} | Remove-AppxPackage
At line:1 char:63
+ ... kage | where-object {$_.name –notlike “*store*”} | Remove-AppxPackage
+                                                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (Windows.Miracas...l_cw5n1h2txyewy:String) [Remove-AppxPackage], IOException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.RemoveAppxPackageCommand

Remove-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CFA, Removal failed. Please contact your software vendor. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80073CFA)
error 0x80070032: AppX Deployment Remove operation on package Windows.PrintDialog_6.2.0.0_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy from: C:\Windows\PrintDialog failed. This app is part of
Windows and cannot be uninstalled on a per-user basis. An administrator can attempt to remove the app from the computer using Turn Windows Features on or off. However, it may
not be possible to uninstall the app.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 01ddee6c-cd15-0000-0939-de0115cdd101 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID
01ddee6c-cd15-0000-0939-de0115cdd101

^^ a sample of the error


As administrator in a PowerShell:

3. To Remove All Apps except Store from Specific User Account

Code:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Get-AppXPackage -User virtualbox | where-object {$_.name –notlike “*store*”} | Remove-AppxPackage
Remove-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CFA, Removal failed. Please contact your software vendor. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80073CFA)
error 0x80070032: AppX Deployment Remove operation on package Microsoft.BioEnrollment_10.0.10586.0_neutral__cw5n1h2txyewy from:
C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.BioEnrollment_cw5n1h2txyewy failed. This app is part of Windows and cannot be uninstalled on a per-user basis. An administrator can attempt to
remove the app from the computer using Turn Windows Features on or off. However, it may not be possible to uninstall the app.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 01ddee6c-cd15-0001-3430-de0115cdd101 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID
01ddee6c-cd15-0001-3430-de0115cdd101
At line:1 char:80
+ ... lbox | where-object {$_.name –notlike “*store*”} | Remove-AppxPackage
+                                                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (Microsoft.BioEn...__cw5n1h2txyewy:String) [Remove-AppxPackage], IOException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.RemoveAppxPackageCommand

^^ a sample of the error


As administrator in a PowerShell:

4. To Remove All Apps except Store from New Accounts Created Afterwards

Code:

PS C:\Users\Administrator>  Get-appxprovisionedpackage –online | where-object {$_.packagename –notlike “*store*”} | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online

^^ seems to work OK


As administrator in a PowerShell:

5. To Remove All Apps except Store from All Accounts

Code:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | where-object {$_.name –notlike “*store*”} | Remove-AppxPackage
Remove-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CFA, Removal failed. Please contact your software vendor. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80073CFA)
error 0x80070032: AppX Deployment Remove operation on package Microsoft.Windows.CloudExperienceHost_10.0.10586.0_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy from:
C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.CloudExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy failed. This app is part of Windows and cannot be uninstalled on a per-user basis. An administrator
can attempt to remove the app from the computer using Turn Windows Features on or off. However, it may not be possible to uninstall the app.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 01ddee6c-cd15-0000-083b-de0115cdd101 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID
01ddee6c-cd15-0000-083b-de0115cdd101
At line:1 char:73
+ ... sers | where-object {$_.name –notlike “*store*”} | Remove-AppxPackage
+                                                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (Microsoft.Windo...l_cw5n1h2txyewy:String) [Remove-AppxPackage], IOException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.RemoveAppxPackageCommand

^^ a sample of the error

Is it simply that these commands do NOT work when run as Administrator?
Or something else....