Remove Windows Store Apps Script

Windows 10, 8.1 and 8 come pre-installed with a lot of apps from Microsoft that are hardly ever or never used by some people. They take up significant space on the hard disk and clutter it. If you're certain you wish to get rid of these apps and fail to do this using the typical uninstaller feature for programs, you can turn to Remove Windows Store Apps Script.

This is a script released by Microsoft to help you easily get rid of unwanted or unused Store apps in Windows 10, 8.1 and 8, without having to install additional software. It's basically a piece of code that can be run from PowerShell to quickly eliminate all Store apps.

The downloaded package is lightweight and doesn't contain executable files. As the name suggests, this isn't a regular application but a script. Instructions on how to deploy it are available on Microsoft's page but there's nothing complicated about it.

You can get started by finding and launching PowerShell. Next, go to the script's folder and enter .\RemoveWindowsStoreApp.ps1. To avoid file reading errors, you should run PowerShell as administrator. In the following step, all you have to do is enter the ID associated with the Store app you wish to uninstall.

To remove multiple apps at the same time, you can enter all their ID and separate them by comma. Once the action is confirmed, the task is carried out immediately, so you can check results without having to restart your operating system. There is no redo option provided by this script, so if you want to re-enable Store apps, you have to resort to another method.

The scripts worked smoothly on Windows 10 in our tests. It uninstalled Store apps quickly and without error. However, it might be a bit tedious to use the tool, not just because it's a script that requires a bit of tinkering with PowerShell but also because you have to learn the ID numbers of Store apps without its help.