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A basic script for uninstalling a list of app packages in Windows 10/11, including those pre-installed with Windows
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| # A basic script for uninstalling app packages in Windows 10/11, including those pre-installed with Windows | |
| # | |
| # Note: If you get an error about the script not being allowed to run, the below command will change the execution polciy temporarily for one session only: | |
| # Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope Process | |
| # | |
| # To execute the script, open a Powershell window to the directory with the script and run the following command using your scripts file name (and don't forget the .\ ) | |
| # .\WhateverScriptName.ps1 | |
| # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
| # Script by ThioJoe - https://github.com/ThioJoe | |
| # Display AppX packages that are installed | |
| Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, PackageFullName | Out-Host | |
| # Pause the script and display instructions | |
| Write-Host "Please create a text file called list.txt, then copy the names of the packages you want to uninstall into it, one per line." | |
| Write-Host "NOTE: Some of the packages listed above are important. Do not uninstall any packages if you're unsure about their function!" | |
| Write-Host "" | |
| Write-Host "Then press any key to continue ..." | |
| Read-Host | |
| # Check if list.txt exists | |
| if (-not (Test-Path -Path 'list.txt')) { | |
| Write-Host "Error: list.txt not found. Please create it in the same directory as this script, and add the packages you want to uninstall." | |
| return | |
| } | |
| # Read from the file | |
| $lines = Get-Content -Path 'list.txt' | |
| # Create an array to hold unsuccessful attempts | |
| $notFound = @() | |
| # Process each line | |
| foreach ($line in $lines) { | |
| # Trim any leading or trailing white space | |
| $line = $line.Trim() | |
| # Ignore empty lines | |
| if (-not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($line)) { | |
| # Get the package, if it exists | |
| $package = Get-AppxPackage | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq $line -or $_.PackageFullName -eq $line } | |
| # If package was found, proceed to remove it, otherwise add it to list of apps not found | |
| if ($package) { | |
| # Try to remove app, and if error occurs display it, but will keep going to the next ones | |
| try { | |
| $package | Remove-AppxPackage -ErrorAction Stop | |
| } | |
| catch { | |
| Write-Host "Error while trying to uninstall $($line): $_" | |
| $notFound += $line | |
| } | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| $notFound += $line | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| # If there were unsuccessful attempts, print a warning | |
| if ($notFound) { | |
| Write-Host "[!!!] WARNING: The following packages were not found and could not be uninstalled:" | |
| Write-Host "" | |
| # Print each package name that was not found | |
| foreach ($package in $notFound) { | |
| Write-Host "`t$package" | |
| } | |
| Write-Host "" | |
| Write-Host "Please re-check the names to ensure they exactly match a package's 'Name' or 'PackageFullName'." | |
| Write-Host "(Also check if the Full Name was truncated with '...', and if so try the shorter 'Name' string.)" | |
| Write-Host "" | |
| } |
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