Remove Windows 10 Built-in Apps for All Users with PowerShell on Virtual Desktop

How to Remove Windows 10 Built-in Apps for All Users with PowerShell on Citrix Virtual Desktop

Windows 10 Built-in Apps on Virtual Desktop

This guide is for removing built-in apps that are not needed on Windows 10 22H2, Citrix Virtual Desktop

For example, Microsoft Solitaire Collection and Mixed Reality Portal

Microsoft Store and Cortana

Some Built-in Apps are core Windows components and removing them can issues. And, if you remove Microsoft Store and Cortana for All Users, they cannot be easily reinstalled.

So, instead of uninstalling them completely, we will use FSLogix Appmasking to hide them on the Start menu.

Find Windows Appx Package names using PowerShell

# Get Windows App where the name contains music
Get-AppxPackage -Name "*music*"

# Export a list of all Windows Apps
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | Select Name, PackageFullName > C:\Temp\applist.txt

Remove Windows Apps for All Users with PowerShell

# Remove 3D Viewer
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Microsoft3DViewer -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

# Remove Alarms & Clock
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsAlarms -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

# Remove Camera
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsCamera -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

# Remove Feedback Hub
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsFeedbackHub -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

# Remove Get Help
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.GetHelp -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

# Remove Groove Music
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.ZuneMusic -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

# Remove Mail and Calendar
Get-AppxPackage microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

# Remove Maps
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsMaps -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

# Remove Microsoft Solitaire Collection
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

# Remove Mixed Reality Portal
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.MixedReality.Portal -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

# Remove Groove music
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.ZuneMusic -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

# Remove Xbox and Xbox Game Bar apps
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxApp -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage
 

Using Citrix Optimizer to remove Windows Apps

Running Citrix Optimizer will remove these built-in Windows Apps

Microsoft.BingWeather
Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller
Microsoft.GetHelp
Microsoft.Getstarted
Microsoft.HEIFImageExtension
Microsoft.Microsoft3DViewer
Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub
Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection
Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes
Microsoft.MixedReality.Portal
Microsoft.MSPaint
Microsoft.Office.OneNote
Microsoft.People
Microsoft.SkypeApp
Microsoft.Wallet
Microsoft.WebMediaExtensions
Microsoft.WebpImageExtension
Microsoft.Windows.Photos
Microsoft.WindowsAlarms
Microsoft.WindowsCamera
Microsoft.WindowsCommunicationsApps
Microsoft.WindowsFeedbackHub
Microsoft.WindowsMaps
Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder
Microsoft.Xbox.TCUI
Microsoft.XboxApp
Microsoft.XboxGameOverlay
Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider
Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay
Microsoft.YourPhone
Microsoft.ZuneMusic
Microsoft.ZuneVideo