NEED TO DISABLE SNIP AND SKETCH

Question

As we are working as a IT support for the secure project, we need to disable the sketch and snip in windows 10 20h2 as well as in 21h2.

We have uninstalled from Settings--> Apps--> Apps & Features.

But still it is accessible from quick actions inside the notification bar and by running the command("explorer ms-screenclip:") in Win + R.

We have tried to add the registry keys for DisabledHotKeys as well as NoWinKeys, and we have turned off the hotkeys from the gpedit.msc.

But it is helping to disable the hotkeys only but not the sketch and snip. There are different ways to open the sketch and snip.

1) If we disabled the hotkeys, we are able to open the sketch and snip from start.

2) We are able to open the sketch and snip from the quick actions which is inside the notification bar.

3) We are able to open the sketch and snip by using the command explorer ms-screenclip:

In addition, In our firm we are using the customized OS, the secured project which I mentioned in question is the client for us. And for the same client we will add the hardening part along with the OS.

I am not sure because the customization only we are not able to remove the Snip and Sketch from the system by the steps(https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-uninstall-snip-sketch/17fd7eeb-30aa-4af2-942a-1d16a10cb5c1) mentioned in the above reply.

Please suggest here to disable or remove the sketch and snip completely from the Windows 10.

Answer 1

Hello @Yaseeen ,

Thanks for your query.

1.What about trying the following Powershell script with "AllUsers":
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.ScreenSketch -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage
2.Did you try to uninstall Snip & Sketch with other tools like CCleaner?
3.Did you use AppLocker to disable Snip and Sketch?

References:
https://winaero.com/uninstall-apps-windows-10/
https://www.intowindows.com/how-to-uninstall-default-apps-in-windows-10/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfYyOKMGMZ0
https://websetnet.net/how-to-uninstall-snipping-tool-and-snip-sketch-in-windows-10/

Best regards,

Leila

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Answer 2

Hello,

Try this:

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/disable-snipping-tool-in-windows-10

Answer 3

Hello @Yaseeen ,

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