How to remove system apps on Windows 11 using the powershell

The ultimate guide to uninstalling system apps using PowerShell on Windows 11

By clearing these unwanted built-in apps, you can save so much space.You can remove any System apps in Windows 11.

Uninstall Built-In Apps using Windows PowerShell

Windows PowerShell is a powerful command-line shell and scripting language.You can use the Remove-AppxPackage cmdlet to remove an app package from a specific user account.

Open the Start menu and search for ‘PowerShell’ .Then, click ‘Run as Administrator’.

Once the PowerShell window opens, type the following command .

Get-AppxPackage

The above command lists every system app and third-party application installed on your Windows 11 device.

For your convenience, type the below command to get the list of only the app names .

Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, PackageFullName

Copy or note down the app name.

To show the list of apps on a specific user:

Get-AppXPackage -User Lavin38 | Select Name, PackageFullName

To get the list of apps along with their app package information:

Get-AppXPackage -User Lavin38 

To get the list of apps on all user accounts:

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Select Name, PackageFullName

or

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers 

Now, scroll through the list to locate the app you want .

FullPackageName, copy or note down the app’s Name and FullPackageName.

To uninstall individual apps:

Remove-AppxPackage <PackageFullName>

The process will be over shortly and the app will be removed.

If you wish to remove the program from the current account.

Get-AppxPackage <App_Name> | Remove-AppxPackage

Remove All Pre-Installed Apps

If you want to remove all pre-installed apps from the current user with a single command:

Get-AppxPackage | Remove-AppxPackage

If you want to remove all pre-installed / default apps from all user accounts on your computer.

Get-AppxPackage -allusers | Remove-AppxPackage

To remove all inbuilt apps from a specific user account:

Get-AppxPackage -user <Username> | Remove-AppxPackage

To remove all apps while keeping a single app:

Get-AppxPackage | where-object {$_.name –notlike “*Paint*”} | Remove-AppxPackage

If you want to keep more than one app, add a where-object {$_.name –notlike “app_name”} parameter in the command for each app you want to keep:

Get-AppxPackage | where-object {$_.name –notlike “*Paint*”} | where-object {$_.name –notlike “*store*”} | where-object {$_.name –notlike “*Office*”} | Remove-AppxPackage

Reinstall/Restore System Apps

If you accidentally remove a system app, you can easily reinstall it through PowerShell.

Find the list of available default apps:

Get-AppxPackage -allusers | Select Name, PackageFullName

Then copy the ‘PackageFullName’ from the list for the app .

To reinstall a specific built-in app:

Add-AppxPackage -register "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PackageFullName\appxmanifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode

With complete ease, you can now remove any unnecessary system apps from your Windows 11 PC.