How to Remove Windows 10’s Built-in Apps

In this tutorial, we are going to see how to remove Windows 10’s Built-in Apps. As you may have noticed, Windows 10 has a lot of built-in applications that you won’t necessarily need. Of course, you can always remove them to save disk space, but for some of them, you may have trouble finding how to uninstall them. And that’s exactly what we’ll see in this tutorial.
 

How to Remove Windows 10’s Built-in Apps

Some applications in Windows 10 can be removed in a normal way. To do this, go to the Start menu, click on All apps, then right-click on the app you want to remove and select Uninstall.
 

 
This tip seems to work for the following applications: Office, Skype, Microsoft Solitaire Collection, 3D Builder, Games App, etc… On the other hand, other apps included in Windows 10 cannot be removed in this way.
 

 

How to Remove Windows 10’s Built-in Apps Using PowerShell

By launching Windows 10 PowerShell command prompt, you will be able to uninstall any unnecessary applications from Windows 10 except of course Cortona and Microsoft Edge.

First of all, launch the PowerShell command prompt as an administrator. To do this, open the Start menu and search for PowerShell, right-click on the PowerShell shortcut, and finally select “Run as administrator”.
 

 
Once the PowerShell is open, copy and paste one or more of the following commands into the PowerShell prompt, and press Enter after each command to remove the applications you want to delete.
 

Remove 3D Builder:

Get-AppxPackage *3dbuilder* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove Alarms and Clock:

Get-AppxPackage *windowsalarms* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

 

Remove Calculator:

Get-AppxPackage *windowscalculator* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove Calendar and Mail:

Get-AppxPackage *windowscommunicationsapps* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove Camera:

Get-AppxPackage *windowscamera* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove Get Office:

Get-AppxPackage *officehub* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove Skype :

Get-AppxPackage *skypeapp* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove Get Started:

Get-AppxPackage *getstarted* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove Groove Music:

Get-AppxPackage *zunemusic* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove Map:

Get-AppxPackage *windowsmaps* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove Microsoft Solitaire Collection:

Get-AppxPackage *solitairecollection* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

 

Remove Finance:

Get-AppxPackage *bingfinance* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove Movies & TV series:

Get-AppxPackage *zunevideo* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove News:

Get-AppxPackage *bingnews* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove OneNote:

Get-AppxPackage *onenote* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove Contacts:

Get-AppxPackage *people* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove Phone Companion:

Get-AppxPackage *windowsphone* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove Photos:

Get-AppxPackage *photos* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove Windows Store:

Get-AppxPackage *windowsstore* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove Sport:

Get-AppxPackage *bingsports* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove Sound recorder:

Get-AppxPackage *soundrecorder* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

 

Remove Weather:

Get-AppxPackage *bingweather* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove Xbox:

Get-AppxPackage *xboxapp* | Remove-AppxPackage

 

Remove All Applications:

To remove all applications at once on all user accounts use the following command:

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

To remove all applications at once from your current user account use the following command:

Get-AppXPackage | Remove-AppxPackage