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The thread discusses the possibility of permanently removing certain pre-installed Windows 10 apps, such as Mail and Calendar, Store, Wallet, Microsoft Office components, and camera/sound recorder apps, to better use third-party alternatives. The original poster expresses concerns about potential impacts, like whether uninstalling the camera app also removes device drivers or affects hardware functionality. A responder instructs that these apps can be removed using PowerShell commands and reassured that they can be re-installed later if needed, with minimal resource impact. Overall, the conversation is helpful and indicates that users can customize their system by removing unwanted built-in apps without significant issues.
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Can I uninstall (permanently) from my Win10 system:

- "Mail and Calendar" (I want to use Thunderbird email client instead)
- "Store" and "Wallet" (I never want to install Apps+Programs from MS Store)
- "Microsoft.Office.Desktop" (I want to use LibreOffice resp. an older version of MS Office instead)
- "Microsoft Windows.SoundRecorder" and "Microsoft.WindowsCamera" (I want to use different Non-Microsoft camera+soundrecording tools)

Does any of the mentioned Apps cause a harm to 3rd-party programs (with a similar functionality)?

Does for example an uninstall of "Microsoft.WindowsCamera" also remove the driver of the notebook camera so that other cameras tool
cannot use it any more?

Can re-install them at least later again?

Peter
 

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Neemobeer
You can do two things. Remove them from your user profile and uninstall them.

You would use the Powershell command Remove-AppxPackage to remove it from your profile and Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage to completely remove it from all profiles

You can simply set your default programs and leave the modern apps there as they won't interfere with anything and take up very little resource.

Yes they can be re-installed.
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You can do two things. Remove them from your user profile and uninstall them.

You would use the Powershell command Remove-AppxPackage to remove it from your profile and Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage to completely remove it from all profiles

You can simply set your default programs and leave the modern apps there as they won't interfere with anything and take up very little resource.

Yes they can be re-installed.
 

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