Windows 10: Windows 11 25H2 to include native option to remove apps from an installation

Windows apps have been a hot topic on this site since the release of Windows 10. The native apps that ship with Windows cover lots of ground: they add native support for editing text, viewing images, browsing the Web, or editing video. While they ensure that Windows supports a wide range of file formats and tasks right after installation, they have not been without controversy.

Most Windows users have a number of native Windows apps they love and some that they do not use or would never touch. This was tested time and time again when Microsoft tried to push new apps such as Cortana or 3D Builder into the ecosystem.

Many of them can be uninstalled from the running user system directly, but it may depend on your location or configuration.. Specialized programs, like O&O AppBuster, improve the process, for instance through batch uninstall options or unlocking apps for removal that Windows does not want you to remove.

Businesses face tough decision when it comes to apps as well. Is a particular app needed or can it go? Users may not have the rights to remove apps on their own, and businesses sometimes want to make sure that a certain app is not available.

Up until now, this used to happen with PowerShell scripts. These may remove apps from an installation, but it is not the most straightforward of processes and things can go wrong.

This process could change with the release of Windows 11, version 25H2 later this year. The new feature update for Windows 11 will introduce a new policy that administrators may configure to remove certain apps from the system.

Called Remove Default Microsoft Store Packages From The System, it offers a list of apps that you may remove from a Windows system once enabled. You find it under Windows Components > App Package Deployment. All it takes is to enable the preference and check the apps that you want gone from the user system.

Any change you make here is also written to the Windows Registry. You find the Registry key here: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Appx\RemoveDefaultMicrosoftStorePackages

Windows 11 adds a subkey for each selected application, which is the application's package family name. It is probably only a matter of time before this functionality gets implemented into tweaking tools for easier management.

In closing, this new policy option should improve the process for system administrators who manage multiple Windows PCs. Instead of relying on PowerShell, they may configure the new policy to block apps on systems of employees that they do not want on them.

Now You: do you remove apps that come preinstalled with your operating systems? Or do you keep them, but ignore them? Any app that you use regularly and would never remove? Feel free to leave a comment down below (via Patch My PC)

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