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You can remove those by saving the below in a cleanup.ps1 file and running it via Powershell after the feature updates every six months. Get-AppxPackage *X
by JBiserkov 7y ago
You can remove those by saving the below in a cleanup.ps1 file and running it via Powershell after the feature updates every six months.
Get-AppxPackage *XboxGamingOverlay* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *YourPhone* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *WindowsMaps* | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *WindowsCamera* | Remove-AppxPackage
To get the names of other apps, run Get-AppxPackage > Apps.txt and inspect the resulting file.
I agree completely that it would be better if they didn't include the bloatware in the first place, but removing it is pretty straightforward.
- pvorb 7y agoStraightforward only if you know these commands. I've never heard of the Get/Remove-AppxPackage commands before, but thanks for the tip!
- klodolph 7y agoThe modern style for shell commands on Windows is to name them exactly “Verb-Noun”, where neither “Verb” nor “Noun” have hyphens. If you are interested in what is possible, spend some time investigating the available nouns in whatever problem domain you are working with.
- pvorb 7y agoI found this list of available Powershell modules: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/?view=win10-ps https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/?view=win...
- lone_haxx0r 7y agoStraightforward in the same sense that "getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem" is "trivial"[1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863