Steps to Delete or Uninstall Microsoft Apps in Windows 10ġ. In any case, deleted Microsoft Apps will be automatically restored back on your computer, whenever there is a major Windows Update. Removing Alarms & Clock App and Bing News is likely to impact Cortana ability to set reminders and bring you stories. In general, removing Microsoft Apps is not going to impact the functionality of your Windows 10 computer in a major way.

Note: Apps like Cortana, Edge, Windows Feedback, Contact Support, Xbox cannot be removed. You will be good now to run your app in Visual Studio.However, it is possible to delete most in-built Microsoft Apps using Command Prompt or PowerShell Commands. Will display all packages on the machine.

In an administrator powershell prompt, the command:

Maintaining two separate copies of the same file. Versions of a package, appx deployment hardlinks the files instead of Staged packages eat up some disk space, but due to hardlinking, the effect of this is mitigated. Staged packages prevent you from installing that particular package in development mode What are some consequences of having 'Staged' packages? WU willĮventually clean up the staged packages that were never installed. Update the apps, the update process is as quick as possible. “stages” them as Local System, so that when you go to the store to Windows Update (WU) downloads newer versions of packages you have and My process above still works, but it simply gets around a race condition issue, where Windows Update (yes, oddly enough) is in charge of wiping out 'staged packages.'Īccording to Microsoft, the 'other fix' - and I still consider this issue to be a bug - is:

Uninstall microsoft store apps