The biggest novelty of Windows 8 and Windows 10 is its new Start screen and the presence of applications that are different than traditional programs. In general they are also valid, but they take up disk space and some may prefer to discard them.
Uninstalling applications downloaded from the Store is very simple and you just need to right-click on the Start Menu tile and press " Uninstall " from the menu below.
Applications pre-installed with Windows 10, on the other hand , cannot be uninstalled, only removed from the Start screen.
Although some of the installed applications, such as that of Swiss Post and People can be very useful, there are others that perhaps are never used, especially because there will soon be better alternatives in the Store.
If needed, there is still a way to uninstall all applications installed on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 at once and also remove the pre-installed ones such as Weather, News, Sports, Finance, Mail, People etc.
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For those who want easy things, you can use the O&O AppBuster program, free of charge, allowing users to manage Windows 10 and Windows 8 applications directly from the desktop .
With a simple and user-friendly interface, the tool allows you to easily manage the Metro or Modern applications of the Start screen in a list with the related information, such as the version, the publisher number, etc.
To remove an application, simply select it from the list and click the Uninstall button in the upper right corner.
You can remove any application listed as installed, including those preinstalled by the Windows 10 installation and hidden apps such as Microsoft Edge extensions and others not listed on the Start menu.
For those who want even easier things instead you can remove all the apps of Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 with the latest version of the Ccleaner program, which now has this function in the uninstall programs menu.
To have more control instead, from the Metro screen, start typing the word Powershell on the keyboard and open the Windows Powershell program which is an enhanced interface to launch commands on the system.
In order to remove the applications, you need to open it with administrator rights, then right click on " Windows Powershell " and then, from the bottom menu, run it as administrator .
Once PowerShell is open, to see the list of all the applications installed and present in Windows 10 and Windows 8 you need to run the following command (and press enter):
Get-AppxPackage –AllUsers
The apps are listed with various information including name, publisher, Resource ID, etc.
To remove all the applications of Windows 10 and Win 8.1 in one fell swoop, both those present in the Start Menu and those not present (because removed) but which have been installed, you can run the command:
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage
To uninstall all applications installed only by the user in use
Get-AppXPackage | Remove-AppxPackage
To remove all applications installed by a specific user account :
Get-AppXPackage -User | Remove-AppxPackage
To uninstall only system applications, those that would not be possible to remove normally, you must run the command:
Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online .
There is also a handy script ready from TechNet Center which can be used to select the "Modern" applications that you want to remove and uninstall .
Download the script, extract the zip file, start the PowerShell program in Administrator mode and run the script by writing the path where the RemoveWindowsStoreApps.ps2 file was saved (for example C: /Script/RemoveWindowsStoreApps.ps2) and press Enter.
A list of all installed applications will be displayed, including those built into Windows 10 and Win 8.
Each application has a number next to it so just enter the numbers of the apps to be removed, separated by commas, press Enter and confirm to uninstall them.
The Store, the Desktop and Edge tile in Windows 10 or Internet Explorer in Windows 8.1 (if it is the default browser) are the only panels that remain after using the command to remove all applications.
All applications, including system ones that are pre-installed in Windows 10, can still be reinstalled by searching for them on the main Store .
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