Do you mind the modern Windows 10 applications? Along with Windows 8, Microsoft has released the latest applications embedded in the operating system. These applications are not really suitable for use with a mouse and a keyboard.
These applications are installed by Windows when you first log on to the account your. With Windows 10 now, Universal apps are grouped together.
Also, even if you remove them from your user account, many of them will be installed again. When updating your operating system, apps are copied back to your user account from the system account.
Below we will describe how to remove all clustered Windows 10 applications if you are not using them.
Note that from Windows 8, Microsoft has made available the Modern or Metro apps and has gradually begun to phase out and develop classic desktop applications.
For example, you can use the Advanced app to view the images, but you can continue to use the classic desktop version of Photo Viewer.
The same applies to Windows Media Player, which has been replaced by music and video apps. In some cases, Microsoft has left no classic alternative application.
Games, Windows Mail, etc. were completely removed and only Modern apps took their place.
In Windows 10, more classic gadgets have been removed. For example, the application o computerMy app has been removed along with the classic Personalization window replaced by the new settings app.
Universal or Modern apps are suitable for touch screen devices because they use controls WinRT designed with touchscreens in mind.
Removing metro apps does not mean you can use desktop mouse and keyboard applications as desktop applications use Win32 controls.
There are many users who will never use modern applications. This article is specifically intended for them. You can delete the grouped Modern Windows 10 applications and save some space on your disk.
Let's see how it can be done.
We will use the command-line tool, PowerShell.
To open PowerShell, open it Start menuς και στην αναζήτηση πληκτρολογήστε PowerShell. Όταν εμφανιστεί πρώτο στα αποτελέσματα αναζήτησης, κάντε δεξί κλικ πάνω του και επιλέξτε "Εκτέλεση σαν διαχειριστής". Ή μπορείτε επίσης να πατήσετε Ctrl+Shift+Enter για να το ανοίξετε σαν διαχειριστής. Το άνοιγμα του PowerShell σαν διαχειριστής είναι απαραίτητο, διαφορετικά, οι παρακάτω εντολές δεν θα λειτουργήσουν.
Type the following command to remove all modern applications from the system account:
Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online
The command will prevent Windows 10 from creating user accounts with Modern Applications preinstalled. It also means that new user accounts will be created faster.
Type the following command to remove all modern apps from your current user account:
Get-AppXPackage | Remove-AppxPackage
The following command may be useful if you have many users on your computer. Use it to remove all Metro apps from a specific user account. It is similar to the one above, just add where it says the name of the user you want.
Get-AppXPackage -User | Remove-AppxPackage
Finally, the following command will remove metro apps for all accounts on your computer:
Get-AppxPackage-AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage
You are done. Note that in Windows 10, the App Store it can be uninstalled and once you uninstall it, there is no way to get it back unless some future update of your operating system brings it back.
Also, some apps will not be removed, such as Contact Support, Cortana, Photos, Microsoft Edge, Windows Feedback and of course Settings. Also, let's say that after uninstalling Store, it has been reinstated to our system through some updates.
