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Latest Windows 10 Preview Build keeps insiders from removing stock apps from their Windows PCs: and everyone loses it


Latest Windows 10 Preview Build keeps insiders from removing stock apps from their Windows PCs: and everyone loses it

While a vast majority of users have embraced Microsoft Windows 10 as their Windows of choice, there seems to be some resistance from those who have a perception of Windows 10 as following along similar lines as its predecessors, in regard to “phoning home”, or hindering users’ ability to change default applications and behaviors.

Since the very beginning, Microsoft has gone through its highs and lows, concerning how to handle competing applications: a conflict that peaked during the “browser wars” of the mid-1990s.

As it often turns out, while empirical evidence trumps hearsay, the latest news hint to consumer anger about Microsoft taking away the ability to remove stock apps from Windows 10, in the latest Insider Preview Build, as if it were an actual omen in regard to what we could expect in the Creators Update, which at this stage, is very much in development, as many Windows 10 Insiders will confirm.

According to findings, not yet acknowledged by Microsoft, the last two Windows 10 Preview builds, do indeed hinder the ability to remove stock apps from within the Settings app. With that said, there are two things to consider, before waving your fists in the air: first, the latest Windows 10 Preview Builds can only be accessed by those enrolled in either the slow ring, or the fast ring of the Windows 10 Insider program, where users volunteer to test Windows 10 features often in the earliest stages of development. This means that all this fuss about Microsoft removing the ability to uninstall stock apps, unless it reflects what consumers will get in the Creators update, is largely overblown. Second: any and all apps, no matter the source, can be uninstalled easily, regardless of what the Settings app allows, by using simple command lines in a Powershell window.

How to remove apps with Windows Powershell (and keep your sanity):

Windows PowerShell is a command line prompt similar to MS Dos, but with Windows-specific language and commands that can be used to manage nearly all aspects of Windows 10.

To summon a PowerShell window, simply type “PowerShell” in Cortana, or right-click on the Start Menu button, and choose “Windows Powershell (Admin)”.

This will trigger a window similar to a DOS window, but with a blue background. Typing “help” (without quotes), will display a list of commands, with a brief explanation for each.

For those looking to remove any, or all stock apps in Windows 10, the command Get-AppxPackage is the go-to tool of the trade. Here is a comprehensive list of what you can do with it:

To remove all built in app from all user accounts in win 10

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage


To remove all modern apps from system account

Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online

Uninstall Skype app


get-appxpackage *messaging* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall Sway


get-appxpackage *sway* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall Phone:

get-appxpackage *commsphone* | remove-appxpackage

Uninstall Phone Companion:

get-appxpackage *windowsphone* | remove-appxpackage

Uninstall Phone and Phone Companion apps together:


get-appxpackage *phone* | remove-appxpackage

Uninstall Calendar and Mail apps together:


get-appxpackage *communicationsapps* | remove-appxpackage

Uninstall People:


get-appxpackage *people* | remove-appxpackage

Uninstall Groove Music:


get-appxpackage *zunemusic* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall Movies & TV:


get-appxpackage *zunevideo* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall Groove Music and Movies & TV apps together:


get-appxpackage *zune* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall Money:


get-appxpackage *bingfinance* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall News:


get-appxpackage *bingnews* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall Sports:


get-appxpackage *bingsports* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall Weather:


get-appxpackage *bingweather* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall Money, News, Sports and Weather apps together:

get-appxpackage *bing* | remove-appxpackage

Uninstall OneNote:


get-appxpackage *onenote* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall Alarms & Clock:


get-appxpackage *alarms* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall Calculator:


get-appxpackage *calculator* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall Camera:


get-appxpackage *camera* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall Photos:


get-appxpackage *photos* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall Maps:

Uninstall Voice Recorder:

get-appxpackage *maps* | remove-appxpackage

get-appxpackage *soundrecorder* | remove-appxpackage

Uninstall Xbox:


get-appxpackage *xbox* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall Microsoft Solitaire Collection:


get-appxpackage *solitaire* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall Get Office:


get-appxpackage *officehub* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall Get Skype:


get-appxpackage *skypeapp* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall Get Started:


get-appxpackage *getstarted* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall 3D Builder:


get-appxpackage *3dbuilder* | remove-appxpackage


Uninstall Windows Store:


get-appxpackage *windowsstore* | remove-appxpackage



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