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r/WindowsHelp on Reddit: How can I uninstall Microsoft Store ? The uninstall option is disable
September 3, 2024 -

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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You don't. Many dependencies rely on the Microsoft Store to be kept up to date, including the UI's language packs, plugins for the photos and videos app, Notepad and many other things. In time you will likely face weird issues when running Windows Updates, and/or an update will likely put it back anyway. You wouldn't remove dnf or apt from Linux installs, and you wouldn't try to remove the Mac app store or App Stores on Android or iOS either. What you can try doing is running the Reset button for the app in settings, or opening a terminal as admin and runningnwsreset to do this.
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Uninstall Microsoft 365 or Office from a PC - Microsoft Support
If you have this installation type, select the Microsoft Store tab. ... If you have a Click-to-Run or an MSI installation, uninstall Microsoft 365 using the Control Panel or download the uninstall support tool.
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How to Reinstall Microsoft Store?
There are hundreds of thousands of other people facing similar problems, and its highly problematic because they have linked updates for other apps to Microsoft store. When Microsoft Store stops functioning, other apps can't update... ... Uninstall Microsoft Store: Open a PowerShell window ... More on learn.microsoft.com
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Accidentally uninstalled Microsoft Store

Try this, which is essentially reinstalling Windows but keeping all your apps and data.

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How to uninstall Microsoft Store apps with all of its contents?

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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Microsoft Learn
learn.microsoft.com › en-us › answers › questions › 892619 › disabling-or-remove-microsoft-store
Disabling or Remove Microsoft Store - Microsoft Q&A
June 16, 2022 - Yes, you can try out the steps as per the forum as the steps in the article still help you to disable the Store. If you are familiar with Powershell then you can try the below steps.Right-click your Start Button, then choose Powershell (admin) Paste this into Powershell and hit Enter, to uninstall the Store App from Windows 10:
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Eleven Forum
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Has anyone removed the Microsoft store? | Windows 11 Forum
May 13, 2025 - I just tried to uninstall the Microsoft Store using the command that is posted here (in some place I found it), but the command did not work. The term 'Remove-Appxpackage' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or...
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Hexnode
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Scripts to uninstall Windows Store apps - Hexnode Help Center
July 7, 2023 - The Remove-AppxPackage cmdlet is used to uninstall a Store app for a specific user account. It uses two parameters: –Package for specifying the package name of the Store app and –User to specify the Security Identifier (SID) of the user ...
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The Windows Club
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How to disable or uninstall Microsoft Store in Windows 11/10
August 4, 2024 - Microsoft does not support or recommend removing the Microsoft Store from Windows 11/10, as it may cause unintended consequences. As such, there is no supported workaround to uninstall or reinstall the Microsoft Store.
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Process.st
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How To Uninstall Microsoft Store
October 15, 2023 - Once the command is done, Microsoft Store will be removed from your system. ... Open the “Group Policy Editor” by pressing ‘Windows + R,’ typing ‘gpedit.msc,’ and hitting Enter. Go to “Local Computer Policy” > “Computer Configuration” > “Administrative Templates” > “Windows Components” > “Store.” · Double-click on “Turn off Store application,” select “Enabled,” and click “Apply” to uninstall Microsoft Store.
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Microsoft Support
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Uninstall or remove apps and programs in Windows - Microsoft Support
Your PC will still work, but we recommend moving to Windows 11.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ... Select Start and look for the app or program in the list shown. Press and hold (or right-click) on the app, then select Uninstall.
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Scribd
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How To Uninstall Microsoft Store Apps | PDF | Windows 10 | Mobile App
The document provides instructions for uninstalling Microsoft Store apps in Windows 10, both individually and all at once using PowerShell commands. It explains how to uninstall apps via the Start menu or PowerShell, and also how to prevent automatic reinstallation of apps for new users and reinstall apps if needed later.Read more
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GitHub
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GitHub - QuestYouCraft/Microsoft-Store-UnInstaller: Install/Uninstall Microsoft Store
Install/Uninstall Microsoft Store. Contribute to QuestYouCraft/Microsoft-Store-UnInstaller development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Microsoft Support
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Fix problems that block programs from being installed or removed - Microsoft Support
Block you from uninstalling a program through Add or Remove Programs (or Programs and Features) in Control Panel. If you're trying to remove malware, you can use Windows Security (or another antivirus tool), or you can use the Windows Malicious Software Removal tool.
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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]

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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.

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How to Uninstall Windows Microsoft Store?
September 17, 2025 - However, advanced users such as system administrators may have legitimate use cases for uninstalling it via PowerShell. ... Use this method cautiously and only if you’re comfortable with advanced system configurations. Press Windows and search for PowerShell. Right-click and choose Run as administrator. ... Disable via Group Policy: gpedit.msc > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Store
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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
    }
}
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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

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Help Desk Geek
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How To Uninstall Microsoft Store Apps
February 1, 2025 - All you have to do is open your Start menu, scroll down the list of installed applications, and find the Microsoft Store app that you never want to see again. Right-click on it, click Uninstall, and that’s it—you’ll never be bothered by ...
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Uninstalr
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Uninstall Software In Windows with Uninstalr
Uninstalr’s custom uninstallation engine has a dedicated support for the detection and uninstallation of 15 types of apps: Normal Windows apps · Microsoft Store apps · Portable apps · Chocolatey apps · Ninite apps · PortableApps.com apps · Steam games · EA App games · Epic Games Store games · Riot platform games · GOG Galaxy games · WarGaming.net games · Battle.net games · itch.io games · Big Fish platform games · How to Uninstall Steam Client on Windows ·
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Windows 10 Forums
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How To Remove Microsoft Store from Computer - Windows 10 Help Forums
December 7, 2020 - You can uninstall the Microsoft Store app for all users using the command below in an elevated PowerShell. Uninstall Apps in Windows 10 ... Get-appxpackage -allusers *Microsoft.WindowsStore* | Remove-AppxPackage -allusers If needed, doing a repair install of Windows 10 is The easiest way to reinstall the Microsoft Store app.
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Eleven Forum
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Uninstall or Reinstall Microsoft Store app in Windows 10 and Windows 11 | Windows 11 Forum
December 23, 2022 - This tutorial will show you how to uninstall or reinstall the Microsoft Store app for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft redesigned the Microsoft Store from the ground up in Windows, making space for more content, keeping the user experience simple and responsive...