Feb 5, 2017

Windows 10 - Remove Provisioned Apps

This is my second post about Windows 10 built-in apps (Provisioned Apps), some of us just don't like the built-in apps... just like the ridiculous Xbox apps which I find it to be best at hogging system resources.

Now my last post was to remove those built-in apps, but later I found it was still in Windows 10 when another user logged-in. After much googling and studying MSDN and TechNet, I found a powershell script and I wrote some sample of my own.

First of all, you still need to run the previous powershell script to ensure that all users are not provisioned with the built-in apps, just in case I have re-posted those script here for your references.


Get-AppxPackage -allusers *3dbuilder* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *windowsalarms* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *zunevideo* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *officehub* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *skypeapp* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *getstarted* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *zunemusic* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *solitairecollection* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *bingfinance* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *bingnews* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *people* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *windowsphone* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *commsphone* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *bingsports* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *windowsstore* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *bingweather* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *xboxapp* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *twitter* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *office.sway* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *xboxonesmartglass* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *messaging* | Remove-AppxPackage

Note : You can choose which apps you want to retain back. 

After you have completed the above script, now you can run the 2nd script as below, also you can choose which apps you want to retain back.


Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.3DBuilder_11.0.47.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.BingWeather_4.9.51.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.Getstarted_3.11.3.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.Messaging_2.7.1001.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub_2015.6801.23751.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection_3.9.5100.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.Office.OneNote_2015.6868.57981.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.OneConnect_1.1605.17.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.People_2016.709.155.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.People_2016.709.155.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.SkypeApp_11.4.86.0_neutral_~_kzf8qxf38zg5c
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.StorePurchaseApp_1.0.454.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.WindowsAlarms_2016.622.2118.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_2015.6868.41201.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.WindowsFeedbackHub_1.3.1741.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.WindowsMaps_2016.701.2235.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.WindowsStore_11606.1001.394.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.XboxApp_2016.623.248.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider_2016.616.818.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.ZuneMusic_2019.6.19261.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online -packagename Microsoft.ZuneVideo_2019.6.19281.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe

 
After completion, you just need to restart the computer. Please be aware that if an apps was still provisioned to a user, you cannot remove that apps. As such it is important that you ensure no users is still requiring that apps before removing.

I find this to be useful especially when you want to create a consistent operating environment (COE) for a corporate/enterprise system.

!!! HAPPY SCRIPTING !!!
!!! HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR !!!

4 comments:

  1. To add a side note : If you remove those provisioned apps, the "Sysprep" option "Generalized" will cause some errors. This is due to the 2nd script where Sysprep was unable to generalized those built-in apps.

    I am not sure whether this will impact your image or not, a further studies is required on this matter.

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  2. For updates, I have managed to get Sysprep to function with the "Generalize" option selected, as I found out that whenever an apps is provisioned to another user the sysprep will failed with error messages. Remove those apps or remove that user account before sysprep.

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