How To Uninstall Apps On Windows 8

Selva_07

Hi ,

To uninstall an app on the Start screen

1. On the Start screen, press and hold or right-click the app tile.

2. Tap or click Uninstall.

3. If you'd rather not uninstall an app, but want to remove it from your Start screen, instead of tapping or clicking Uninstall, tap or click Unpin from Start.

Check this Microsoft link for detailed steps touninstall appshttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-8/uninstall-change-program

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I will not let me uninstall all the apps and even that app start page I can't get rid of.

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Also when I click "uninstall" it takes me to a window to select programs to uninstall rather than uninstall the app's. Not all apps offer the "uninstall" option. Is there not just a way to wipe out the apps altogether from windows so that the app start screen is no longer on the computer?

I have found a program to give me the start button like XP has and have managed to get the computer to boot to the desktop like it's suppose to. I just want all that extra app stuff off the computer.

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Selva_07

Sorry , In general there is no official and supported way to disable or wipe out all the apps altogether and switch back to old start screen. For this reason all of methods and suggestion to do that are unofficial .

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Linney

By Default several Apps come preinstalled with Windows. If you create a new Windows user then that new user will only have installed the Default Apps.

You can try this option if you like, it might do what you want, I don't know as I have never tried it?

Get Rid Of The Default Modern Apps Installed With Windows 8
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2013/02/get-rid-of-the-default-modern-apps-installed-with-windows-8/

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I am trying to delete anything in the windows folder that has "app" in its name. For some reason I do not have permission to delete some files on my own computer.

Give me XP and rescue me from 8.1!

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I have tried the procedures to change permissions and it ends with the "access denied" error. It gives me several error messages along the way every time I try to change my privileges on any file and will not allow me to change it.

Is there just a way to get rid of 8.1 and get a operating system like XP that is user friendly and works? I have decided to stop the automatic updates and am uninstalling the 64 it has done in the few weeks I have had this lap-top.

I hate Windows 8.1. There must be a betteralternative.

I got the command prompt up and went into the windows folder and deleted the security folder. Maybe that will help.

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