Remove-UWP-Apps.ps1
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<#PSScriptInfo
.VERSION 2.0 .GUID 888f5987-8b64-4a4a-ab8e-00a1bc99ff54 .AUTHOR Mike Galvin twitter.com/mikegalvin_ .COMPANYNAME Mike Galvin .COPYRIGHT (C) Mike Galvin. All rights reserved. .TAGS Microsoft Store Windows UWP in-box apps .LICENSEURI .PROJECTURI .ICONURI .EXTERNALMODULEDEPENDENCIES .REQUIREDSCRIPTS .EXTERNALSCRIPTDEPENDENCIES .RELEASENOTES #> <# .SYNOPSIS Removes specified UWP/Microsoft Store in-box apps from Windows 10 .DESCRIPTION Remove UWP/Microsoft Store in-box apps from Windows 10 To retreive the names of the apps availble to all users, run the following command in an elevated PowerShell session: Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Select Displayname To retreive the names of the apps availble to only the current user, run the following command in a PowerShell session: Get-AppxPackage | Select Name .PARAMETER List The full path to the txt file listing the apps to remove. .EXAMPLE Remove-UWP-Apps.ps1 -List C:\foo\uwp-apps-1909.txt This command will attempt to remove all UWP apps listed in the specified text file. #> # Define switches and what variables they map to. [CmdletBinding()] Param( [parameter(Mandatory=$True)] [alias("List")] $AppListFile) # Configure the apps to be removed. $AppsList = Get-Content $AppListFile # Remove the Apps listed in the file or report if app not present. ForEach ($App in $AppsList) { $PackageFullName = (Get-AppxPackage $App).PackageFullName $ProPackageFullName = (Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Where-Object {$_.Displayname -eq $App}).PackageName If ($PackageFullName) { Write-Verbose "Removing Package: $App" Remove-AppxPackage -Package $PackageFullName } Else { Write-Host "Unable to find package: $App" } If ($ProPackageFullName) { Write-Verbose "Removing Provisioned Package: $ProPackageFullName" Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -PackageName $ProPackageFullName } Else { Write-Verbose "Unable to find provisioned package: $App" } } # End |