Like lots of other Geeks I’m always looking for a way to slim down OS installs.
I was playing around with my Win 8.1 VM and tried out a few things. Among them was uninstalling Metro apps…
***Warning***
This is advanced Geekery.
I am NOT recommending anyone follow these steps, I was just seeing what can / cannot be done.
No support for this!
Perhaps other Geeks can provide more info on this topic or take this info and run with it.
These notes come from my notepad file on the subject. ‘Cause that’s how I roll 😉
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***Run commands from PowerShell (Admin)***
*This shows all Metro apps and outputs them to a file
Get-AppxPackage -User Eric | Out-File e:\metroapps.txt
*Results of uninstall test:
***Uninstallable – Bing Stuff***
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.BingWeather | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.BingMaps | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.BingTravel | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.BingFinance | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.BingSports | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.BingNews | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.BingHealthAndFitness | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.BingFoodAndDrink | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
***Uninstallable – Other Stuff***
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxLIVEGames | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.HelpAndTips | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.SkypeApp | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.ZuneVideo | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.ZuneMusic | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsCalculator | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Reader | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsScan | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsReadingList | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsAlarms | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
***Error: This app is part of Windows and cannot be uninstalled on a per-user basis.***
***Requires UAC Disabled, SetACL, Registry and Permission edits, etc. and some still not uninstallable.***
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.MoCamera | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage f5.vpn.client | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage FileManager | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage JuniperNetworks.JunosPulseVpn | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage SonicWALL.MobileConnect | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage windows.immersivecontrolpanel | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage winstore | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Media.PlayReadyClient.2 | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WinJS.2.0.Preview | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WinJS.Preview.1 | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.VCLibs.120.00 | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WinJS.2.0 | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WinJS.Preview.1 | Select-Object -Expand PackageFullName | Remove-AppxPackage
***Notes
See: http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2012/10/26/removing-built-in-applications-from-windows-8.aspx
especially comment by agressiv2.
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