Remove built-in Windows apps with PowerShell (Remove-AppxPackage)

PowerShell removes preinstalled Microsoft Store apps that have no Uninstall button, for your account or for every account on the PC.

Time: A few minutes
Level: Medium
You need: An administrator account for the all-users commands.

Before you start

Try the normal way first: Uninstall a program or app in Windows. Many built-in apps can be uninstalled from Settings.
Remove only apps you know. Do not remove Microsoft Store, App Installer or other system components: Windows features depend on them.

Windows 11 and 10

Steps written for Windows 11 and Windows 10 (the commands are the same).

Open PowerShell as administrator
Right-click Start and select Terminal (Admin). Select Yes when Windows asks for permission.
2
Find the package name
List the installed apps with the command below. To narrow the list, put part of the name between asterisks, for example Get-AppxPackage *Weather* | Select-Object Name, PackageFullName.
```
Get-AppxPackage | Select-Object Name, PackageFullName
```
The Name column is the name you use in the next command. Screenshot: Windows 11 26H2
3
Remove the app
Run the command below with the name you found. It removes the app for your account.
```
Get-AppxPackage *Microsoft.BingWeather* | Remove-AppxPackage
```
4
Check that it is gone
Run the search again. If it prints nothing, the app is removed.
```
Get-AppxPackage *Microsoft.BingWeather*
```
5
Remove it for all users (optional)
To remove the app from every account on the PC, run:
```
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers *Microsoft.BingWeather* | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
```
6
Stop it coming back for new users (optional)
Windows installs provisioned apps for every new account. This removes the app from that list:
```
Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Where-Object DisplayName -like "*BingWeather*" | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online
```

Steps checked against Microsoft Learn: Remove-AppxPackage and Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage; our screenshot (Windows 11 Pro 26H2) on Oct 3, 2026.

If the command shows an error

Some packages are part of Windows and cannot be removed; PowerShell then shows a red error and the app stays. That is expected: leave it. An error about permissions means PowerShell is not running as administrator.