How to completely Remove/Disable The Microsoft Store in Windows 10 (PowerShell)

The Microsoft Store, previously known as Windows Store offers so many apps, movies, music, games, books and TV series which users can purchase using their Microsoft Account. They can even download and install it for free (if allowed) on multiple devices. In this post, you will learn how to completely remove or disable the Microsoft Store in Windows 10/11.

Furthermore, Windows 10 comes with its own Store app, as you probably already know. The Microsoft Store app adds the ability to deliver digital content to the end-user in Windows, just as Android has Google Play and there is the iOS App Store.

However, But irrespective of whether the Microsoft Store itself is a useful feature or not, there are people who do not start it anyway, because most of the Windows users used to download apps from other sources. So they would prefer to remove it completely to keep things simple. At the same time, installing Microsoft Store apps can also pose a problem on organizationally managed systems, or even on home computers where not downloading stuff is a matter of stability.

Only think of users with basic computer skills who only have the power to check emails or browse the web on their computers. There are certain types of users without access to the Microsoft Store that would be better off.

How to Remove The Microsoft Store in Windows 10/11 (PowerShell)

Despite all of these, to disable or remove the Microsoft Store is something that many people want to do, even though it may not be a simple operation at first. Truth be told, there are no specific settings in this respect, and this is mostly the result of Microsoft trying to push more users to the Microsoft Store. But here, I will show you the easiest way to disable the Windows Store completely. However, don’t worry! it’s possible to restore the Microsoft Store back.

Step 1. As you can see in the screenshot below that the Microsoft Store is available on my Windows 10 and I want to remove it.

Step 2. Right-click on the Windows Start menu button then select Windows PowerShell (Admin) or simply search PowerShell then run it as Administrator.

Step 3. In the Windows PowerShell, type the below command to know all the Microsoft apps that are installed on your Windows PC.

get-appxpackage -allusers

Step 4. Here, you will see all the apps listed, related to Microsoft including Microsoft Windows Store.

Step 5. To disable or remove Microsoft Store, simply type the below command and the Store app will immediately get removed.

get-appxpackage *store |remove-appxpackage

Step 6. Now, search for Microsoft Store in the search bar, and the Microsoft Store is disabled completely.

How to Reinstall/Restore the Microsoft Store Back in Windows 10 (PowerShell)

If you’ve changed your mind and want to restore or reinstall the Microsoft Store back then you can easily enable it. While this may be of concern to some users, it is actually possible to restore the Microsoft Store with a simple PowerShell command.

Step 1. Open the Window PowerShell as an administrator.

Step 2. Then type the following command:

Get-AppXPackage *WindowsStore* -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

Step 3. After typing the above command in PowerShell, the Windows Store or Microsoft Store will be restored or installed immediately. Disable The Microsoft Store

Important: Microsoft does not recommend removing or uninstalling the Microsoft Store app. There are two reasons, Microsoft says.

First of all, Microsoft says that the option to uninstall the Microsoft Store app is not supported. The phrasing seems to be a little bit weird given that a method to uninstall the Microsoft Store was actually implemented in Windows 10/11, so most likely, Microsoft means that uninstalling the Microsoft Store app is not recommended rather than not supported.

And then, Microsoft says, there’s no solution to reinstall the Microsoft Store, other than to reset or reinstall the operating system. Disable The Microsoft Store

Conclusion

This how you can disable the Microsoft Store in Windows 10/11. Most Windows users don’t use or download apps from the Microsoft Store regularly, instead they prefer to download from other reliable sources. In the meantime, you can also reinstall the Store back.

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