I followed this YouTube tutorial to install Microsoft Store, but now it’s asking for an update that I can’t actually install. I’m starting to feel a bit suspicious about it, and I’d like to uninstall it, but the uninstall button is disabled. Is there any way to force it?
Also, if you know the right way to get Microsoft Store on my laptop, I’d really appreciate the help!
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Open PowerShell with administrator privileges and paste this command Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | ogv -p | Remove-AppxPackage
a pop-up window will show you all installed Appx in your system, just select the one you need to remove and click OK.
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Built-in apps are called provisioned apps. They are scheduled to be installed for each new user that registers on a Windows 8 PC, so you can't uninstall them completely from the Start screen. To do so, you've to use Windows PowerShell command remove-AppxProvisionedPackage, like so:
remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.BingTravel_1.2.0.145_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online
That would uninstall the Travel app. To remove Bing Map app, the command would be:
remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -package Microsoft.BingMaps_1.2.0.136_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe -online
Microsoft.BingMaps_1.2.0.136_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe is the app package name, which basically is the folder that you find in C:\Program Files\WindowsApps.
To uninstall apps installed from the Windows Store, the command is Remove-AppxPackage. It's syntax is as below:
Remove-AppxPackage PackageFullName
Note: Do not add -online parameter at the end of this command. [source]
I had success with the following method. Press Win+X, select Command Prompt (Admin). Run the command
DISM.exe /Online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.BingTravel_1.2.0.145_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
Use folder names in the "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps" folder as package names.
Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh852635.aspx
To automate this process, I got a list of packages by running "dir /b". Then converted it into a batch file like this
@echo off
cd /d C:\Program Files\WindowsApps
DISM.exe /Online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:B9ECED6F.ASUSCalculator_1.0.0.18_neutral__qmba6cd70vzyy
DISM.exe /Online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:B9ECED6F.AsusConverter_1.0.0.27_neutral__qmba6cd70vzyy
DISM.exe /Online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:B9ECED6F.TheWorldClock_1.0.0.6_neutral__qmba6cd70vzyy
DISM.exe /Online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.Adera_1.0.0.4957_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe
DISM.exe /Online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.BingFinance_1.2.0.135_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe
....
pause
Run the batch file as Administrator. This removed all packages in WindowsApps directory: 34 folders, 1.5GB.
Use a GPO. It’s the simplest and most efficient solution.
If you insist on continuing down the PS route then below might work but I can’t guarantee it :
$computerList = "" #List of the computers that you wish to target with the script
$creds = Get-Credential domain\user #make sure that this is an Administrator account
$packages = ""
$scriptBlock = "ForEach ($item in $packages) {
Get-AppxPackage -Name $item -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online | where DisplayName -EQ $item | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online
}"
foreach($computer in $computerList){
#Test to see if the computer will accept the connection before continuing
if(Test-Connection -ComputerName $computer -Quiet){
#Create a Powershell session on the target machine with the admin credentials from earlier
$session = New-PSSession -ComputerName $computer -Credential $creds
#Run the script on the target machine
Invoke-Command -Session $session -ScriptBlock {
Start-Process powershell -verb runas -ArgumentList "-ExecutionPolicy bypass -Command invoke-command -scriptblock {$scriptBlock}"
}
#Tidy up the powershell session on the target mechine
Remove-PSSession $session
}
}
Hi Team, I need to uninstall MS office 2016(Windows store app) which is pre installed in the new PC. I did uninstall Microsoft Desktop applications from apps and features, which removed the ms office 2016. But When I login with other user profile again i am getting the same app visible again. Is there any possibility to remove this app completely from a machine? I already tried this script but its not helping. Removing Windows 8.1 Built-in Applications | Microsoft Learn