Windows 10 comes with many in-built apps that are useful in their own ways. However, the majority of the users hardly use any of these bloatware programs, and they unnecessarily occupy the hard disk space.
Though it is quite straightforward to uninstall the apps in Windows 10, unfortunately, Microsoft does not provide any direct ways to remove the bloatware.
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In this guide, we would discuss getting rid of the in-built apps from the Windows 10 system.
Uninstall In-Built Apps One by One using PowerShell
For uninstalling the bloatware from the Windows 10, there are many third-party uninstallers available, though we would use the Windows PowerShell.
Note that Contact Support, Cortana, Edge, and Windows Feedback CANNOT BE REMOVED.
Follow these steps to continue.
First of all, you need to open Windows PowerShell with administrative rights. For that, right-click on the windows icon, and select Windows PowerShell (Admin) from the menu.
Click Yes on the UAC prompt.
Before applying the commands, take a look at the list of apps and the commands to remove them. (The list is at the end of the steps)
To remove the app you desire, you just need to copy its command from the list. Paste the command on the PowerShell command line, and hit the enter key.
Likewise, you can remove every single app that you don’t require.
Commands for Uninstalling Built-in Apps using PowerShell
| App Name | Uninstall Command |
| 3D Builder | get-appxpackage *3dbuilder* | remove-appxpackage |
| Alarms & Clock | get-appxpackage *windowsalarms* | remove-appxpackage |
| App Connector | get-appxpackage *appinstaller* | remove-appxpackage |
| Calendar and Mail apps together | get-appxpackage *communicationsapps* | remove-appxpackage |
| Calculator | get-appxpackage *calculator* | remove-appxpackage |
| Camera | get-appxpackage *camera* | remove-appxpackage |
| Feedback Hub | get-appxpackage *feedback* | remove-appxpackage |
| Office | get-appxpackage *officehub* | remove-appxpackage |
| Get Started or Tips | get-appxpackage *getstarted* | remove-appxpackage |
| Skype | get-appxpackage *skypeapp* | remove-appxpackage |
| Groove Music | get-appxpackage *zunemusic* | remove-appxpackage |
| Groove Music and Movies & TV apps together | get-appxpackage Microsoft.Zune* | remove-appxpackage |
| Maps | get-appxpackage *maps* | remove-appxpackage |
| Messaging and Skype Video apps together | get-appxpackage *messaging* | remove-appxpackage |
| Microsoft Solitaire Collection | get-appxpackage *solitaire* | remove-appxpackage |
| Microsoft Wallet | get-appxpackage wallet | remove-appxpackage |
| Microsoft Wi-Fi | get-appxpackage connectivitystore | remove-appxpackage |
| Money | get-appxpackage bingfinance | remove-appxpackage |
| Money, News, Sports, and Weather apps together | get-appxpackage bing | remove-appxpackage |
| Movies & TV | get-appxpackage *zunevideo* | remove-appxpackage |
| News | get-appxpackage *bingnews* | remove-appxpackage |
| OneNote | get-appxpackage *onenote* | remove-appxpackage |
| Paid Wi-Fi & Cellular | get-appxpackage *oneconnect* | remove-appxpackage |
| Paint 3D | get-appxpackage *mspaint* | remove-appxpackage |
| People | get-appxpackage people | remove-appxpackage |
| Phone | get-appxpackage *commsphone* | remove-appxpackage |
| Phone Companion | get-appxpackage *windowsphone* | remove-appxpackage |
| Phone and Phone Companion apps together | get-appxpackage *phone* | remove-appxpackage |
| Photos | get-appxpackage *photos* | remove-appxpackage |
| Sports | get-appxpackage *bingsports* | remove-appxpackage |
| Sticky Notes | get-appxpackage *sticky* | remove-appxpackage |
| Sway | get-appxpackage *sway* | remove-appxpackage |
| View 3D | get-appxpackage *3d* | remove-appxpackage |
| Voice Recorder | get-appxpackage *soundrecorder* | remove-appxpackage |
| Weather | get-appxpackage *bingweather* | remove-appxpackage |
| Windows Holographic | get-appxpackage *holographic* | remove-appxpackage |
| Windows Store (Be very careful!) | get-appxpackage *windowsstore* | remove-appxpackage |
| Xbox | get-appxpackage *xbox* | remove-appxpackage |
Uninstall All In-Built Windows 10 Apps Together using PowerShell
In the previous section, you have learned how you can remove the Windows 10 bloatware one by one. If you are someone, who does not require a single built-in Windows 10 app, you can uninstall them together using a single command on Windows PowerShell.
- Open Windows PowerShell with administrator rights
- Copy and paste this command on the command line: get-AppxPackage | Remove-AppxPackage
- Hit the enter key. It would instantly start to remove all built-in apps from your system.
- If you see some red error codes, don’t worry; they appear because some apps might be already removed or never present on the device.
Remove OneDrive from the System
Microsft OneDrive is a stubborn app, and completely deleting it is impossible using the methods we have explained till now. To remove OneDrive, follow these steps.
- First, you need to open the command prompt with administrative rights. Search for “CMD” in the windows search bar. Then right-click on its icon and choose run as administrator.
- Click Yes on the UAC prompt.
- Now copy and paste the following two commands on the command windows and hit the enter key after each one. The first command would kill any running using the OneDrive, and the second command would uninstall it entirely from the system.
- Command 1: taskkill /f /im OneDrive.exe
- Command 2: %SystemRoot%\SysWOW64\OneDriveSetup.exe /uninstall
- Command 1: taskkill /f /im OneDrive.exe
Final Words
Though deleting the bloatware from the system free up the disk space, removing one app might cripple some other app’s functionality. For example, eliminating Alarms and Clock might break the digital assistant’s ability to set reminders. So before uninstalling an in-built app, verify that it does not affect any other app’s working. For more detailed information, check out the attached video.
Bloatware are the software programs that comes in-built whenever you buy a new device. They are mostly security solution programs that are affiliated to the device manufacturers. Mostly bloatwares are useless and unnecessarily occupy the hard disk space.
To uninstall Microsoft apps, you need admin rights to your system and then use the PowerShell commands to remove the unwanted Microsoft apps from your system. Follow this guide for detailed instructions.
Peter is an Electrical Engineer whose primary interest is tinkering with his computer. He is passionate about Windows 10 Platform and enjoys writing tips and tutorials about it.
Bravo!
Now let’s see a way to permanently remove nuisance folders such as Favorites, Camera Roll, and Saved Games. I have a Powershell script that runs once an hour and deletes them, but that’s an awkward and clumsy workaround. I expect there’s an obfuscated Registry key somewhere that recreates them… but which?
I’m running the latest Win 10 Version 2004, tried to use the command prompt but when I copy and pasted the commands I get “‘get-package’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file”?
Hi Kenneth,
It’s PowerShell, not Command Prompt.
Please read the instructions again.
Hi Rohit, I have tried to remove one app at a time on a win 10 Home and a Win 10 Pro, used powershell with Admin rights to no avail, when I paste in the command and hit enter it just goes away momentarily and then returns to the prompt, must be another secret here somewhere.
My experience too is of the same as Garry Rapsonj, in most cases. Two or three commands did get some response. But those responses were not able to be read.
Great information, many thanks.
Thank you very much
Thank you for the commands.
Found a mistake in the list regarding Phone command. It misses two asterisks around phone.