How To Uninstall Windows 10 Built in apps with powershell

Windows 10 includes a number of built-in apps from basic apps like Calculator and Weather to more task-focused apps like Mail and Photos. Some of these apps are essential for consumers, while some apps are installed from advertisement perspective. And the problem is Microsoft doesn’t make it easy to uninstall some Windows 10 built-in apps.

If you have a third party app like uTorrent, can be easily uninstalled by finding its entry in the Start Menu, right-clicking on it, and selecting Uninstall. But if you attempt the same procedure for build in apps like 3D viewer there is no Uninstall option

But if you are looking for uninstall them anyhow, On PowerShell using Get-AppxPackage and Remove-AppxPackage commands you can uninstall/remove built-in apps in Windows 10.

Remove built-in apps on Windows 10

First of all, make sure you close any running apps on your PC.

Type PowerShell In the Start menu search field.
Right-click Windows PowerShell.
Click Run as administrator.

On PowerShell window enter the designated command for the app you wish to uninstall.

Get-AppxPackage *3dbuilder* | Remove-AppxPackage

Here is a full list of built-in apps you can remove and the corresponding commands to type or copy and paste into PowerShell.

3D Builder	Get-AppxPackage 3dbuilder \| Remove-AppxPackage
Alarms & Clock	Get-AppxPackage windowsalarms \| Remove-AppxPackage
Calculator	Get-AppxPackage windowscalculator \| Remove-AppxPackage
Camera	Get-AppxPackage windowscamera \| Remove-AppxPackage
Get Office	Get-AppxPackage officehub \| Remove-AppxPackage
Groove Music	Get-AppxPackage zunemusic \| Remove-AppxPackage
Mail/Calendar	Get-AppxPackage windowscommunicationapps \| Remove-AppxPackage
Maps	Get-AppxPackage windowsmaps \| Remove-AppxPackage
Microsoft Solitaire Collection	Get-AppxPackage solitairecollection \| Remove-AppxPackage
Movies & TV	Get-AppxPackage zunevideo \| Remove-AppxPackage
News	Get-AppxPackage bingnews \| Remove-AppxPackage
OneNote	Get-AppxPackage onenote \| Remove-AppxPackage
People	Get-AppxPackage people \| Remove-AppxPackage
Microsoft Phone Companion	Get-AppxPackage windowsphone \| Remove-AppxPackage
Photos	Get-AppxPackage photos \| Remove-AppxPackage
Skype	Get-AppxPackage skypeapp \| Remove-AppxPackage
Store	Get-AppxPackage windowsstore \| Remove-AppxPackage
Tips	Get-AppxPackage getstarted \| Remove-AppxPackage
Voice Recorder	Get-AppxPackage sound recorder \| Remove-AppxPackage
Weather	Get-AppxPackage bingweather \| Remove-AppxPackage
Xbox	Get-AppxPackage xboxapp \| Remove-AppxPackage

If you accidentally remove an app you now want to use, Then You can restore any built-in apps that you wiped from your PC using use PowerShell.

Restore built-in apps on Windows 10

Again open PowerShell With Administrative privileges

And perform command below to restore all Build-in apps on Windows 10

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

Restart windows After executing the command, And check all windows 10 build in apps are there.

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