Windows 10: Prevent removed apps from reinstalling

Discus and support Prevent removed apps from reinstalling in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hello all, There are a few apps that keep installing themselves even after I removed them. 3D builder, Get Office, etc. Is there a way, or a couple... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by DustSailor, Nov 16, 2015.

  1. Prevent removed apps from reinstalling


    Hello all,

    There are a few apps that keep installing themselves even after I removed them. 3D builder, Get Office, etc. Is there a way, or a couple ways to get them to NOT install once I remove them? Or to at the very least block them from functioning (example, the Get Office app notifies me about getting office all the time).

    Thanks!

    :)
     
    DustSailor, Nov 16, 2015
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  2. RonJP Win User

    reinstall apps

    If a user clicks on a Start Menu tile Uninstall, believing that it just removes the app from the Start Menu, it actually removes the app partly from the computer. If you try to re-install it, it says it cannot do that since it is already installed, and
    if you try to uninstall it again, it says it has already been uninstalled. So they are stuck in this condition. The only way to totally remove it is to format the hard disk and then reinstall windows. The bug is that it should completely remove the app,
    or else prevent people from accidently uninstalling it.
     
    RonJP, Nov 16, 2015
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  3. Reinstalling apps removed during reset

    Need help with how to reinstall apps that were removed when I reset my pc (kept files)

    Reason for needing help:

    all the guides require a backup to have been made, or just tell you how to reset but not reinstall.

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    Microsoft Corporation
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    Microsoft Silverlight
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    The best way to help is not to say to look it up/provide a guide

    The best way to help is to provide links to where I can download/reinstall the above listed items
     
    michael goodman, Nov 16, 2015
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  4. Prevent removed apps from reinstalling

    I have removed them and they do not reinstall, unless you run SFC scan or a restore from an image.
    Anyway, when you go to Settings - Privacy - Background apps - you can block notifications there.
     
    TairikuOkami, Nov 16, 2015
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  5. lx07 Win User
    Right click uninstall only uninstalls for current user. You may want to uninstall the AppxProvisionedPackage as well as the AppxPackage. So for 3d builder, from powershell: Code: $app="Microsoft.3DBuilder" Get-AppxPackage -Name $app -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online | where DisplayName -EQ $app | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online[/quote] if you want to remove more just delete the ones you want to keep from this code (or comment them with a #) then copy/paste into administrator powershell window and press enter: Code: $apps=@( "9E2F88E3.Twitter" "ClearChannelRadioDigital.iHeartRadio" "Flipboard.Flipboard" "king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga" "Microsoft.3DBuilder" "Microsoft.BingFinance" "Microsoft.BingNews" "Microsoft.BingSports" "Microsoft.BingWeather" "Microsoft.CommsPhone" "Microsoft.Getstarted" #"Microsoft.Messaging" "Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub" "Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection" "Microsoft.Office.OneNote" "Microsoft.Office.Sway" "Microsoft.People" "Microsoft.SkypeApp" "Microsoft.Windows.Phone" "Microsoft.Windows.Photos" "Microsoft.WindowsAlarms" #"Microsoft.WindowsCalculator" "Microsoft.WindowsCamera" "Microsoft.WindowsMaps" "Microsoft.WindowsPhone" "Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder" "Microsoft.XboxApp" "Microsoft.ZuneMusic" "Microsoft.ZuneVideo" #"microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps" "Microsoft.MinecraftUWP" "ShazamEntertainmentLtd.Shazam" ) foreach ($app in $apps) { Get-AppxPackage -Name $app -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online | where DisplayName -EQ $app | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online $appPath="$Env:LOCALAPPDATA\Packages\$app*" Remove-Item $appPath -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction 0 }[/quote] Then as @TairikuOkami says they'll only come back if you do an upgrade or restore.
     
  6. I've had some of those default installed Apps reinstall in Windows 8.1 a couple of times in the past. Very annoying to say the least. Can't say as it's happened in 10 though. Not that I noticed anyway. I hope that's not going to a trend every patch Tuesday. Microsoft seems to be adding to the list of default installed Apps too. Candy Crush Saga, Minecraft, really? *Rolleyes
     
    alphanumeric, Nov 16, 2015
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  7. Do you you use MS account to sign into Windows? If yes, maybe it just synced owned apps.
     
    TairikuOkami, Nov 16, 2015
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    I use a Microsoft ID. I haven't seen Sync actually install Apps. The few I do use I have to install manually on each PC.
     
    alphanumeric, Nov 16, 2015
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  9. pyramid10 Win User
    After my upgrade to TH2, I stopped Windows Update, uninstalled some of the apps that were reinstalled. And there they were, after reading this thread. Something internal is doing 'repair' to reinstall these apps.
     
    pyramid10, Nov 16, 2015
    #9
  10. Office reinstalled itself. I put the above-mentioned code in so let's see if that does the trick this time.

    Right away, I noticed the apps disappeared.
     
    DustSailor, Nov 21, 2015
    #10
  11. hannelius Win User
    thanks... the code worked for me...
    they're all gone
    except mail, calculator, calendar, and the store...

    i've done this before but windows update
    or something keeps putting them back...

    edit: i found out if you use classic shell
    you can uninstall all of these...
    even the store...
    just by right clicking

    and you get a nice start menu too...
     
    hannelius, Nov 23, 2015
    #11
  12. So far, it appears to be working for a user. Thanks.

    I would also mention that there's a registry area worth looking into:
    HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppModel\PackageRepository\Packages

    This one had double entries for each annoying app package before running your script.

    This appears to mirror a hidden folder set under "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps" which doesn't want you to see it or review it. Seems to be easiest to see by opening up a command shell as Administrator and then changing into this directory manually. Note that even if you delete the apps they show up under, e.g., "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\DeletedAllUserPackages" so Microsoft may have some mechanism of silently resurrecting these if they want to.

    Note that 3D Builder re-installed itself multiple times on this computer. Sometimes it happened immediately after a logout/login event. Sometimes it did this after a period of 30 minutes inactivity. It's like, Microsoft knows that there is big money in the app world (going to school on Apple's iTunes) and they'll do anything to chase that money.

    I wouldn't be so sure about these apps not returning at some date in the future when I've deployed this workstation to the end-user's desk. I for one think this is ridiculous for Microsoft to keep installing Xbox games on a business computer.
     
    Justin Case, Jul 18, 2016
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    Yeah but you have to logout/login to find that they come back. You have to kill them also at the package repository level.
     
    Justin Case, Jul 18, 2016
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  14. illonus Win User
    if you want to remove more just delete the ones you want to keep from this code (or comment them with a #) then copy/paste into administrator powershell window and press enter: Code: $apps=@( "9E2F88E3.Twitter" "ClearChannelRadioDigital.iHeartRadio" "Flipboard.Flipboard" "king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga" "Microsoft.3DBuilder" "Microsoft.BingFinance" "Microsoft.BingNews" "Microsoft.BingSports" "Microsoft.BingWeather" "Microsoft.CommsPhone" "Microsoft.Getstarted" #"Microsoft.Messaging" "Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub" "Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection" "Microsoft.Office.OneNote" "Microsoft.Office.Sway" "Microsoft.People" "Microsoft.SkypeApp" "Microsoft.Windows.Phone" "Microsoft.Windows.Photos" "Microsoft.WindowsAlarms" #"Microsoft.WindowsCalculator" "Microsoft.WindowsCamera" "Microsoft.WindowsMaps" "Microsoft.WindowsPhone" "Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder" "Microsoft.XboxApp" "Microsoft.ZuneMusic" "Microsoft.ZuneVideo" #"microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps" "Microsoft.MinecraftUWP" "ShazamEntertainmentLtd.Shazam" ) foreach ($app in $apps) { Get-AppxPackage -Name $app -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online | where DisplayName -EQ $app | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online $appPath="$Env:LOCALAPPDATA\Packages\$app*" Remove-Item $appPath -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction 0 }[/quote] Then as @TairikuOkami says they'll only come back if you do an upgrade or restore.[/quote] Hi, first I would like to say thank you so much for this, it worked for me. What I wanna ask is how do I add a line for an additional $apppath within this code?
    For example if I wanna have $appPath="$Env:LOCALAPPDATA\Packages\$app*" and also $appPath="C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\$app*"

    If anyone could enlighten me I would be grateful, thank you!
     
    illonus, Aug 5, 2016
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  15. lx07 Win User
    Well, you shouldn't have to delete from WindowsApps as the Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage command does that (at least for me in 14393 build ).

    If it isn't (and I remember sometime in the past it wasn't) and you want to do it manually it would be like this...

    Note that you can delete from %appdata% easily enough as your user owns it. You don't have authority to WindowsApps so you need to take ownership and grant yourself authority first or the Remove-Item will fail. This means you can't just duplicate the last 2 lines and stick them at the end of the foreach loop.

    See below in red. I've also updated the list of apps from GitHub - W4RH4WK as there are more these days. This script was taken from that project in the first place.
    Code: $apps = @( # default Windows 10 apps "Microsoft.3DBuilder" "Microsoft.Appconnector" "Microsoft.BingFinance" "Microsoft.BingNews" "Microsoft.BingSports" "Microsoft.BingWeather" #"Microsoft.FreshPaint" "Microsoft.Getstarted" "Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub" "Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection" #"Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes" "Microsoft.Office.OneNote" #"Microsoft.OneConnect" "Microsoft.People" "Microsoft.SkypeApp" #"Microsoft.Windows.Photos" "Microsoft.WindowsAlarms" #"Microsoft.WindowsCalculator" "Microsoft.WindowsCamera" "Microsoft.WindowsMaps" "Microsoft.WindowsPhone" "Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder" #"Microsoft.WindowsStore" "Microsoft.XboxApp" "Microsoft.ZuneMusic" "Microsoft.ZuneVideo" "microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps" "Microsoft.MinecraftUWP" # Threshold 2 apps "Microsoft.CommsPhone" "Microsoft.ConnectivityStore" "Microsoft.Messaging" "Microsoft.Office.Sway" # non-Microsoft "9E2F88E3.Twitter" "Flipboard.Flipboard" "ShazamEntertainmentLtd.Shazam" "king.com.CandyCrushSaga" "king.com.CandyCrushSodaSaga" "king.com.*" "ClearChannelRadioDigital.iHeartRadio" #"TheNewYorkTimes.NYTCrossword" ) foreach ($app in $apps) { Write-Host "Removing " -noNewLine; Write-Host $app -f white # Need to hide the progress bar as otherwise it remains on the screen $ProgressPreference = "SilentlyContinue" Get-AppxPackage -Name $app -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage $ProgressPreference = "Continue" Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online | where DisplayName -EQ $app | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online $appPath="$Env:LOCALAPPDATA\Packages\$app*" Remove-Item $appPath -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction 0 $appPath = "$apppath = "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\$app*" # take ownership takeown /f "$appPath" /r # Grant full rights to current user icacls "$appPath" --% /grant "%USERDOMAIN%\%USERNAME%"Prevent removed apps from reinstalling :(F) /t # Delete directory Remove-Item $appPath -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction 0 }[/quote] I've not tried this updated code as I've already uninstalled all my apps and the directories in WindowsApps were removed automatically for me. Let us know if it works OK or not...
     
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