Open the Windows Start Menu and select Settings.Ģ.
You can also do this in the Settings menu.ġ. The only caveat is that the setting gets reset every time a major update is installed so you will have to do it again.
This will turn off the suggestions from then on. There are three main ways to turn off suggested apps. Turn off Suggested Apps in the Windows 10 start menu Fortunately, you can control a lot of that and Tom’s Hardware has covered many of them. Yet the entire experience is cheapened with a not-so subtle attempt to upsell and intrude. It is an excellent operating system that rights many of the wrongs of previous editions. Nowhere is that more true than in Windows 10. You know the saying, if the product is free, you are the product. Here’s how to turn off Suggested Apps in the Windows 10 start menu. This is more of Microsoft pushing their other products onto you and wanting a say in how you run Windows 10. You may have noticed a new ‘suggested’ link in the start menu or icons for Candy Crush Soda Saga, Twitter or Minecraft appearing as tiles in the right side of the same menu. I haven't tried this yet, but this (in the comments) looks to be ballpark of what I'd use, to remove everything except Windows Store.The Microsoft Consumer Experience update late last year gave Windows 10 some new quirks to add to the list. It's probably wise not to completely remove the windows store. Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online That's not an issue for me, but uninstalling everything isn't for the faint of heart. Just a warning: This will uninstall the Windows Store. Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage Microsoft.ZuneMusic_201.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbweĮdit 2: Finally, you can do a "Bulk remove" to "scorched earth" Packages and Provisioned. I'll toy around more and see if I can find a way to "ban" an app computer/network wide.Įdit 1: Furthmore, you can remove the ProvisionedPackages so that they don't get installed in the future: Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Select DisplayName, PackageName They still existed for another user when I logged in as them. Remove-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxApp_3.0_圆4_8wekyb3d8bbweĬaveat: During toying around, this does seem to remove the apps for the logged in user. This command to remove package (Copy/Paste package name): Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, PackageFullName