De-cluttering Windows 10 and 11 with less than 100 clicks

First I will state that if you use a managed service provider for your small business, and they are good, they "should" handle this for you as part of their service unless you are paying rock bottom prices. You get what you pay for and IT folk work hard to know what to do to optimize your systems for productivity.

There are three main steps to this: 

1. Open a powershell window as administrator
2. copy and pasting some powershell code to run in that window
3. press enter after pasting to run the code

For Windows 10:

1. Click on the Start button or press the Windows key on your keyboard.
2. Type "PowerShell" into the search bar.
3. Right-click on the "Windows PowerShell" result and select "Run as administrator".
4. If the User Account Control dialog box appears, click "Yes" to allow the app to make changes to your device.

For Windows 11:

1. Right-click on the Start button or press the Windows key + X on your keyboard.
2. From the menu that appears, select "Windows Terminal (Admin)".
3. In the new terminal window, click on the downward arrow in the tab bar and select "PowerShell".
4. If the User Account Control dialog box appears, click "Yes" to allow the app to make changes to your device.

At this point you have a window for powershell open if you have the proper permissions and there are no administrative restrictions. If you have troubles at this point please contact your system administrator or engage with an IT specialist.

You can now use the blue circle button to copy the power shell code. Switch to the powershell window and paste the clipboard contents and press enter to start the uninstall. 

If you have not opened the Windows store before, you will likely be prompted to agree to some terms like this:

Type Y and press enter and let the commands run. You should not have to reboot when finished.

• Note that there may be apps you use on this list. You can eliminate them from the list or just re-install them using the command winget install "Skype" in the powershell window, of course substituting Skype for whatever app you want re-installed.

POWERSHELL

$apps = @(
    "Xbox Game Bar Plugin",
    "Xbox Game Bar",
    "Xbox TCUI",
    "Xbox Game Speech Window",
    "Xbox Console Companion",
    "Xbox Identity Provider",
    "Xbox",
    "Cortana",
    "Skype",
    "Groove Music",
    "Feedback Hub",
    "Microsoft Tips",
    "Get Help",
    "3D Viewer",
    "Microsoft News",
    "MSN Weather",
    "Paint 3D",
    "Microsoft Solitaire Collection",
    "Mixed Reality Portal",
    "OneNote for Windows 10",
    "Phone Link",
    "Movies & TV",
    "Microsoft People",
    "Microsoft Pay",
    "Microsoft To Do",
    "Windows Maps",
    "Windows Voice Recorder",
    "Your Phone",
    "Films & TV",
    "Mail and Calendar",
    "Spotify Music"
);

foreach ($app in $apps)
{
    Write-Host " [i] Removing {$app}";
    winget uninstall $app;
}
winget upgrade --all
Write-Host "Done!";