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How to Remove Windows 10 Bloatware Using PowerShell

Bloatware refers to preinstalled software or applications installed by the manufacturers of the devices. Many bloatware programs may not be relevant to you and consume a lot of space in your device which can be utilized for something else. These inbuilt apps are expensive to use and the purpose of putting them is to make some extra money. Removing these unwanted apps from your PC can provide you with a lot of free space in your PC

Let’s learn how to remove these unwanted apps and bloatware from your system, step by step.

The Best Way to Remove Unwanted Bloatware Windows 10

Many bloatware apps can be easily removed from your computer. Windows 10 provides different methods to remove these unnecessary apps such as uninstall, PowerShell commands, or third-party software to uninstall bloatware.

If you think that removing bloatware is as easy as uninstalling normal programs, then you are probably misguided. If you go to System> Apps and Features, then you will not find any uninstall option there.

Yes, a few unwanted preinstalled apps can be removed by pressing “right-click” on any unwanted app and then choosing the “Uninstall” option.

How to Remove Default Bloatwares Using PowerShell?

PowerShell is considered as one of the best methods to remove bloatware from Windows 10. PowerShell includes command and scripting language which provides you access over the Windows installations and programs. With a couple of commands in a serial method, you can remove preinstalled apps from your PC. Let’s get started.
First, go to your Start menu search bar and type Powershell.
Then, choose Run as Administrator option to get control over the whole system.
Now decide which bloatware you want to uninstall first, PowerShell has the ability to remove any system apps, whether it is Microsoft Calculator or the Zune Music Player.

Now you can enter commands from the following list, keep in mind that each command is made for removing different apps such as Zune Music, Bing Travel, Windows Maps and more. So carefully go through the command to know which app will be removed by it.
Get-AppxPackage -name “Microsoft.ZuneMusic” | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage -name “Microsoft.WindowsPhone” | Remove-AppxPackage

Keep in mind that the above commands will only hide your bloatware, they won’t delete them entirely. But the above step will disable the bloatware in a way which will free some of your RAM too.

You can unlock these apps whenever you need them later, so it is the safest and fastest way to remove and hide unwanted bloatware from Windows 10.


Jason Bravo is a Microsoft Office expert and has been working in the technical industry since 2005. As a technical expert, Jason has written technical, manuals blogs, white papers, and reviews for many websites such as office.com/setup.

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