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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.
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 Windows 10, there are many third-party uninstallers available, though we would use
Windows PowerShell .
Note that
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Follow these steps to continue 1. 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.
2. Click Yes on the UAC prompt.
3. 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)
4. 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.
5. Likewise, you can remove every single app that you don’t require.
Commands for Uninstalling Built-in Apps using PowerShell 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.
1. Open Windows PowerShell with administrator rights
2. Copy and paste this command on the command line:
get-AppxPackage | Remove-AppxPackage 3. Hit the enter key. It would instantly start to remove all built-in apps from your system.
4. 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.
1. 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.
2. Click
Yes on the UAC prompt.
3. 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%SysWOW64OneDriveSetup.exe /uninstall 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.
1. What is Bloatware? Bloatware is the software program that comes in-built whenever you buy a new device. They are mostly security solution programs that are affiliated with the device manufacturers. Mostly bloatware is useless and unnecessarily occupies the hard disk space.
2. How can I uninstall Microsoft apps? 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.
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