How to Uninstall Built-in Apps from Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with a range of applications that you might find useful and some of them you probably don’t need at all. Unfortunately, Windows 10 does not require you to uninstall applications such as Finance, Money, Maps, and People that are already installed in the operating system ecosystem. But that doesn’t mean you can’t handle these practices with some skill and mastery.
However, keep in mind that there may be other applications that depend on these applications, and consider and decide before taking these applications into account. For example, when you uninstall Bing News, you may have trouble giving Cortana up-to-date news, or when you uninstall the Alarms and Clock application, your digital virtual assistant may create Cortana’s reminders and calendars for you.
If uninstalling and deleting these applications causes undesirable results, you can also find (re) restore all of these applications in our article.
Applications installed in the Windows 10 ecosystem do not take up much space on your computer’s storage; therefore, you should definitely remove them only to edit the All Apps view in the start menu. Also note that applications such as Contact Support, Cortana, Edge, and Windows Feedback cannot be uninstalled.
Before uninstalling or restoring applications, make sure that no programs other than Windows PowerShell are running.
Step 1: Click the Cortana search field (box) next to the Start menu.
Step 2: Type Powershell in the search field.
Step 3: Right-click Windows PowerShell in the search results.
Step 4: Click Run Run as an administrator in the drop-down list.
Step 5: Click the Yes button in the warning and confirmation window that will open.
Step 6: For the program (application) you want to uninstall, enter the command to uninstall the application (program) listed below.
Commands for Programs
3D Builder: Get-AppxPackage * 3dbuilder * | Remove-appxpackag to
Alarm and Time: Get-AppxPackage * windowsalarms * | Remove-appxpackag to
Calculator: Get-AppxPackage * windowscalculator * | Remove-appxpackag to
Calendar and Mail: Get-AppxPackage * windowscommunicationsapps * | Remove-appxpackag to
Camera: Get-AppxPackage * windowscamera * | Remove-appxpackag to
Get the Office: Get-AppxPackage * officehub * | Remove-appxpackag to
Get Skype: Get-AppxPackage * skypeapp * | Remove-appxpackag to
Get started: Get-AppxPackage * getstarted * | Remove-appxpackag to
Groove Music: Get-AppxPackage * zunemusic * | Remove-appxpackag to
Maps: Get-AppxPackage * windowsmaps * | Remove-appxpackag to
Microsoft Solitaire Collection: Get-AppxPackage * solitairecollection * | Remove-appxpackag to
Money (Finance): Get-AppxPackage * bingfinance * | Remove-appxpackag to
Movies & TV: Get-AppxPackage * zunevideo * | Remove-appxpackag to
News (s): Get-AppxPackage * bingnews * | Remove-appxpackag to
OneNote: Get-AppxPackage * onenote * | Remove-appxpackag to
People: Get-AppxPackage * people * | Remove-appxpackag to
Phone Companion: Get-AppxPackage * windowsphone * | Remove-appxpackag to
Photos: Get-AppxPackage * photos * | Remove-appxpackag to
Store: Get-AppxPackage * windowsstore * | Remove-appxpackag to
Sports: Get-AppxPackage * bingsports * | Remove-appxpackag to
Audio Recorder: Get-AppxPackage * soundrecorder * | Remove-appxpackag to
Weather (Weather): Get-AppxPackage * bingweather * | Remove-appxpackag to
Xbox: Get-AppxPackage * xboxapp * | Remove-appxpackag to
With Powershell, you can easily uninstall an application that is not built-in in Windows 10. For example, you can also uninstall Microsoft Hyper-V, where you create virtual machines and install operating systems on them.
To do this, run the following command on Powershell:
Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-All
