Remove-AppxPackage removes from the account of the currently signed in user. Remove works very similar to Get, but it offers additional parameters.

Get-AppxPackage -name *Facebook* -User domain/user1 returns all installed apps with Facebook in their name from user1 on the remote computer domain.

Get-AppxPackage -name *Halo* returns all apps that have Halo in their name.

Get-AppxPackage -user Martin returns all apps installed under the user account Martin.

Get-AppxPackage -Publisher *Microsoft* returns all apps published by Microsoft, and any other publisher that uses Microsoft in its name (likely none).

Note that it is possible to combine queries. Get-AppxPackage -Publisher returns all apps that are installed by the selected publisher(s). It is actually very powerful, and one of the things that you can use it for is to remove some or all apps installed on a Windows 8 system. The Windows PowerShell may look intimidating, or like just another shell environment or command line to most users.

Things get a bit easier in Windows 8.1 with its batch uninstallation feature - right-click multiple apps and select uninstall in the end - but it is still far from what I would consider comfortable. That's however just one side of Windows 8, and I'm not entirely sure if concentrating all efforts on those features is the smartest move by Microsoft.Īnyway, if you are not using the apps at all, or want to remove apps from user profiles so that they cannot launch them, then you may have discovered that it is not really a straightforward operation. Apps are clearly a focus on Windows 8, not only because the operating system boots into the 'apps-interface' on startup by default, but because most of the marketing for the operating system puts it in focus as well.

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