uninstall - Removing trusted modern apps in Windows 10

Windows 10 is working out well for me. However, there are some modern apps that are built in such as Mail and Calendar that don't have an uninstall option.

Calendar is one such modern app. As far as I am concerned, the Outlook desktop application and web application are much more powerful and seemingly updated more frequently.

Is it possible to get rid of these?

Answer

Uninstall it, as listed here:

In elevated powershell, search for the PackageFullName... and then Remove that package:

Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, PackageFullName
Remove-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.4.8.176_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy

I'm using the same uninstall to remove other "features" like BingNews, BingSports, Etc

Likewise, you can remove the "Provisioned" applications (aka: crap that gets installed during user creation) via this method

Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Select DisplayName, PackageName
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage  Microsoft.ZuneMusic_2019.6.11821.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe

Or... to remove ALL Apps that you can, app or provisionedapp, you can do this:

Just a warning: This will uninstall the Windows Store. That's not an issue for me, but uninstalling everything isn't for the faint of heart.

Get-AppxPackage | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online

It's probably wise not to completely remove the windows store. This (in the comments) looks to be ballpark of what I'd use:

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | where-object {$_.name –notlike “*store*”} | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-appxprovisionedpackage –online | where-object {$_.packagename –notlike “*store*”} | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online

Further resource: Delete Windows 10 Apps and Restore Default Windows 10 Apps