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Introduction

  • All apps listed are "provisioned apps", i.e. preinstalled user apps (except when I speficially mention otherwise). Unlike "system apps", they can be uninstalled without any risk. They can also be reinstalled from Windows Store, since they are UWP apps.
  • The purpose of these commands is to make the processs way faster than manually uninstalling apps from the start menu or from the "add or remove programs" setting page. It will also be applied to all users as long as you keep the two -AllUsers argument.
  • You can simply copy and paste all the lines mentioned below in one go, it will work perfectly. Of course, you're encouraged to edit the list to your liking.

Basic commands

  • List of installed apps: Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Format-Table DisplayName, PackageName
  • List of all system apps: Get-AppxPackage -PackageTypeFilter Main | ? { $_.SignatureKind -eq "System" } | Sort Name | Format-Table Name, InstallLocation or Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -PackageTypeFilter Bundle | Select-Object Name, PackageFullName (the second one also shows some user apps as well as system components)
  • List of all apps: Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Sort Name | Format-Table Name, InstallLocation
  • Search for an app: Get-AppxPackage | select-string XXX
  • Uninstall command: Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers PACKAGENAME | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
    • e.g. Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Clipchamp.Clipchamp | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers

Personal user apps

  • W11 24H2 Pro/Education:
    • Clipchamp.Clipchamp
    • Microsoft.549981C3F5F10 (Cortana)
    • Microsoft.BingNews
    • Microsoft.BingSearch
    • Microsoft.BingWeather
    • Microsoft.GamingApp
    • Microsoft.GetHelp
    • Microsoft.Getstarted (can't be easily removed)
    • Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub
    • Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection
    • Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes
    • Microsoft.People
    • Microsoft.PowerAutomateDesktop
    • Microsoft.ScreenSketch
    • Microsoft.Todos
    • Microsoft.WindowsAlarms
    • microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps
    • Microsoft.WindowsFeedbackHub
    • Microsoft.WindowsMaps
    • Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder
    • Microsoft.Xbox.TCUI
    • Microsoft.XboxGameOverlay
    • Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay
    • Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider
    • Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay
    • Microsoft.ZuneMusic
    • Microsoft.ZuneVideo
    • MicrosoftCorporationII.QuickAssist
    • MSTeams

PowerShell Commmand to delete them all:
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Clipchamp.Clipchamp | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.549981C3F5F10 | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.BingNews | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.BingSearch | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.BingWeather | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.GamingApp | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.GetHelp | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.Getstarted | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.People | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.PowerAutomateDesktop | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.ScreenSketch | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.Todos | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.WindowsAlarms | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers microsoft.windowscommunicationsapp | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.WindowsFeedbackHub | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.WindowsMaps | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.Xbox.TCUI | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.XboxGameOverlay | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.YourPhone | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.ZuneMusic | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.ZuneVideo | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers MicrosoftCorporationII.QuickAssist | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers MSTeams | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers

System apps (that are safe to uninstall)

  • System apps
    • Microsoft.Windows.Cortana (command: Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.Windows.Cortana | Remove-AppxPackage)
    • Microsoft.Windows.DevHome (command: Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.Windows.DevHome | Remove-AppxPackage) ; it's still listed so I needed to execute this command: Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -PackageTypeFilter Bundle -Name "*Windows.DevHome*" | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers​
    • Microsoft.Windows.DevHomeGitHubExtension (command: Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.Windows.DevHomeGitHubExtension | Remove-AppxPackage)
    • Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay (command: Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay | Remove-AppxPackage)