Windows notes and stuff
Table of Contents
Get rid of the store and its apps
Adjust "User1" to suit
Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage –online Get-AppxPackage –AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage –User User1 | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppXPackage | Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage -allusers * | Remove-AppxPackage
Remove Edge browser
This script saves a bunch of time. Just run as admin (it is short and easy to audit).
https://github.com/ShadowWhisperer/Remove-Edge-Chromium
Manually it's something like (from Admin powershell):
Get-AppxPackageMicrosoft. 10240.16384.0_neutral_8wekyb3d8bbwe/ Remove-AppxPackage Get-AppxPackage*edge*/ Remove-AppxPackage cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\83.0.478.58\Installer setup.exe --uninstall --system-level --verbose-logging --force-uninstall
Disable online searching via Registry
Listing 1: disable_bing_search.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search] "CortanaConsent"=dword:00000000 "BingSearchEnabled"=dword:00000000
Listing 2: disableStartSearch.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Search] "CortanaConsent"=dword:00000000 "AllowSearchToUseLocation"=dword:00000000 "BingSearchEnabled"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search] "ConnectedSearchUseWebOverMeteredConnections"=dword:00000000 "AllowCortana"=dword:00000000 "DisableWebSearch"=dword:00000001 "ConnectedSearchUseWeb"=dword:00000000