Windows 10 Virtual desktop - default apps problem

Question

Hi,

I deployed windows virtual desktop, trying to clean the image from windows default apps but every time i remove these apps they get installed again.

ex. xbox and weather.

the command i'm using is

Get-AppxPackage weather | Remove-AppxPackage

or

Get-AppxPackage weather -Allusers | Remove-AppxPackage

I'm spending so much time on this and don't have a clue , any advise?

Answer 1

Was there any update to this? I am experiencing the same issue. I have logged into the session as administrator and ran the following commands.
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | where-object {$.name –notlike “*store*”} | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-appxprovisionedpackage –online | where-object {$.packagename –notlike “store”} | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online
They complete and the apps are removed. However, when I log back on they are installed again. Not sure what else to try.

Answer 2

HI

Is there any progress on your question?

Answer 3

HI Bonus12,

In general, we need to use below command to get packagename which you want to remove app from your image.
get-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online

then use below powershell command to remove provisioned app from win10 image.

Remove-AppXProvisionedPackage -Online -PackageName <PackageName>

Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/dism/remove-appxprovisionedpackage?view=win10-ps

For your current issue, we can also refer below document to keep apps removed from Windows 10.
How to keep apps removed from Windows 10 from returning during an update
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/application-management/remove-provisioned-apps-during-update

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Answer 4

Make sure you are logged in as Administrator.I shall suggest you to kindly go through the following Microsoft reference:

Remove-AppxPackage