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Remove MS Store Apps Utility is available from:

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• Remove specified apps for the current logged on user.
• Remove specified apps from the system for all users.
• Can be used for imaging and OS deployment, as well as individual user.
• Can be used on an offline Windows image.
• Requires a text file with a list of the apps to remove.
• Tested on Windows 10 and Windows 11.

To create a text file with a list of the apps to remove, run the following and copy and paste the app names you wish to remove into a txt file and save it.

Remove-MS-Store-Apps.ps1 -PCApps

To get a list of apps that are installed for the current user, use this command:

Remove-MS-Store-Apps.ps1 -UserApps

Run the following command to find out how many images are present in the wim file:

Get-WindowsImage -ImagePath [path\]install.wim | Format-Table -Property ImageIndex, ImageName

Here is a table of app names in PowerShell and what they relate to in Windows.

Here’s a list of all the command line switches and example configurations.

[path\]Remove-MS-Store-Apps.ps1 -List [path\]apps-to-remove.txt

This will remove the apps in the txt file from your Windows installation for all users.

• Added PowerShell version to the config text on startup.
• Added new Window version get methods for both PowerShell 5 and 7 to the config text on startup.

• Added new '-Uno' option which removes ALL apps not in the specified text file. The text file becomes an "apps to keep" list, instead of an "apps to remove" list.
• Added new '-PCOnly' option which removes provisioned apps only. This will leave the apps for the current user untouched.

• Minor improvement to update checker. If the internet is not reachable it silently errors out.

• Added script update checker - shows if an update is available in the log and console.

• Added checks and balances to help with configuration as I'm very aware that the initial configuration can be troublesome. Running the utility manually is a lot more friendly and step-by-step now.
• Added -Help to give usage instructions in the terminal. Running the script with no options will also trigger the -help switch.
• Cleaned user entered paths so that trailing slashes no longer break things or have otherwise unintended results.
• Added -LogRotate [days] to removed old logs created by the utility.
• Streamlined config report so non configured options are not shown.
• Added donation link to the ASCII banner.
• Cleaned up code, removed unneeded log noise.

• Added -PCApps switch to list all MS Store apps on the system.
• Added -UserApps switch to list all MS Store apps installed for the user.
• Added -Help to give usage instructions in the terminal. Also running the script with no options will also trigger the -help switch.
• Streamlined config report so non configured options are not shown.

• If the -WimMountPath is not configured by the user then the default Windows temp folder will be used instead.
• If the -WimMountPath is configured by the user but the path does not exist, it will be created.
• Added a -LogRotate option to delete logs older than X number of days.

• Utility now ignores blanks lines in Apps list file.

• Configured logs path now is created, if it does not exist.
• Added OS version info.
• Added Utility version info.
• Added Hostname info.
• Changed a variable to prevent conflicts with future PowerShell versions.

• Added ability to remove apps from offline images.

• Refactored code.
• Backwards compatible.
• Added logging.
• Added config report when ran.
• Added ASCII banner art when run in the console.
• Added option to disable the ASCII banner art.

• First public release.