Provisioned App Packages in Windows 10 Enterprise / Windows 10 Pro

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2018-10-13: Updated for Windows 10 version 1809

Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise and Microsoft Windows 10 Pro ship with a number of provisioned app packages. Whenever a user signs into a computer for the first time, Windows will register (read: install) all each provisioned app in the newly created user profile.

For listing the provisioned app packages on your computer or an offline image, use the PowerShell Cmdlet Get-AppxProvisionedPackage.

# Get all provisioned app packages on your computer
Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | select DisplayName | sort DisplayName

# Get all provisioned app packages in an offline image
Mount-WindowsImage -ImagePath .\Windows-10-ISO\sources\install.wim -Path .\mountpoint\ -Name "Windows 10 Enterprise"
Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Path .\mountpoint\ | select DisplayName | sort DisplayName
Code language: PHP (php)

For remove provisioned app packages from your computer or an offline image, use the PowerShell Cmdlet Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage.

# Remove a provisioned package from your computer. This does not remove the app from existing user profiles.
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -PackageName microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16005.10730.20053.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe

# To remove a provisioned app AND also remove it from each user profile, add the `-AllUsers` parameter.
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -AllUsers -PackageName microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16005.10730.20053.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe

# Remove a provisioned app from an offline image.
Mount-WindowsImage -ImagePath .\Windows-10-ISO\sources\install.wim -Path .\mountpoint\ -Name "Windows 10 Enterprise"
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Path .\mountpoint\ -PackageName microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16005.10730.20053.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
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List of Provisioned App Packages

This list contains each provisioned app package in Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Pro along the name of the app and a link to the Microsoft Store.

DisplayNameApp Name & Store Link1703170918031809
Microsoft.3DBuilder3D Builder  
Microsoft.BingWeatherMSN Weather
Microsoft.DesktopAppInstallerApp Installer
Microsoft.GetHelpGet Help 
Microsoft.GetstartedMicrosoft Tips
Microsoft.HEIFImageExtensionHEIF Image Extensions   *
Microsoft.MessagingMicrosoft Messaging
Microsoft.Microsoft3DViewerMixed Reality Viewer
Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHubGet Office
Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollectionMicrosoft Solitaire Collection
Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotesMicrosoft Sticky Notes
Microsoft.MixedReality.PortalMixed Reality Portal   *
Microsoft.MSPaintPaint 3D
Microsoft.Office.OneNoteOneNote
Microsoft.OneConnectPaid Wi-Fi & Cellular
Microsoft.PeopleMicrosoft People
Microsoft.Print3DPrint 3D 
Microsoft.SkreenSketchSnip & Sketch   *
Microsoft.SkypeAppSkype
Microsoft.StorePurchaseAppStore Purchase App1
Microsoft.VP9VideoExtensionsMicrosoft.VP9VideoExtensions1   *
Microsoft.WalletWallet
Microsoft.WebMediaExtensionsWeb Media Extensions  *
Microsoft.WebpImageExtensionWebp Image Extension   *
Microsoft.Windows.PhotosMicrosoft Photos
Microsoft.WindowsAlarmsWindows Alarms & Clock
Microsoft.WindowsCalculatorWindows Calculator
Microsoft.WindowsCameraWindows Camera
microsoft.windowscommunicationsappsMail and Calendar
Microsoft.WindowsFeedbackHubFeedback Hub
Microsoft.WindowsMapsWindows Maps
Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorderWindows Voice Recorder
Microsoft.WindowsStoreMicrosoft Store2
Microsoft.Xbox.TCUIXbox TCUI 
Microsoft.XboxAppXbox
Microsoft.XboxGameOverlayXbox Game Bar
Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlayXbox Gaming Overlay  *
Microsoft.XboxIdentityProviderXbox Identity Provider
Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlayXbox Speech to Text Overlay1
Microsoft.YourPhoneYour Phone   *
Microsoft.ZuneMusicGroove Music
Microsoft.ZuneVideoMovies & TV
  • * new
  • discontinued/removed
  • 1 unavailable in App Store
  • 2 Renamed from Windows Store to Microsoft Store

Personal Recommendation for Current Release

In a business environment it is likely that most of the provisioned apps are not needed or unwanted. If you are uncertain whether it is safe to remove a provisioned app, or whether you should do so, please find my personal recommendation for a small business below.

  • Microsoft.BingWeather
    Safe to remove. I prefer to keep the app. A good amount of my users appreciate using the app and many have them pinned to Start. Also, the live tile looks nice.
  • Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller
    Safe to remove, unless you sideload custom or LOB applications or plan to in the future.
  • Microsoft.Getstarted
    Safe to remove.
  • Microsoft.Messaging
    Safe to remove, especially if don’t allow your users to link their private Microsoft accounts to their user profile.
  • Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub
    Remove it. This is just an advertisement for Microsoft Office 365 and useless regardless of whether you already use Office or plan to use Office in the future.
  • Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection
    Safe to remove. Unless your company has a policy against games, I would prefer to keep it. It’s nice to offer some distraction during a users lunch break. (Although I always prefer to take a walk in the park, before sitting at my computer yet another hour every day ?).
  • Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotes
    Safe to remove.
  • Microsoft.Office.OneNote
    Safe to remove. Especially if your company uses Microsoft Office since it brings the full version of OneNote.
  • Microsoft.OneConnect
    Safe to remove.
  • Microsoft.People
    Safe to remove. Especially if you use Microsoft Outlook. Some users may confused Outlook contacts with People contacts.
  • Microsoft.SkypeApp
    Safe to remove. Especially if your company uses an Office suite that includes Skype for Business.
  • Microsoft.StorePurchaseApp
    Please see Microsoft.WindowsStore
  • Microsoft.Wallet
    Safe to remove.
  • Microsoft.WebMediaExtensions
    Keep it. Provides a variety of audio and video codecs to play audio and video files.
  • Microsoft.Windows.Photos
    Keep it, unless you use a 3rd-party application to view image files.
  • Microsoft.WindowsAlarms
    Safe to remove.
  • Microsoft.WindowsCalculator
    Keep it, unless you feast off your users tears or rage.
  • Microsoft.WindowsCamera
    Safe to remove on Desktops and Workstations. I would keep it on portable Computers.
  • microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps
    Safe to remove. This is the Mail & Calendar app. Definitely remove it if you use Microsoft Outlook or a 3rd-party mail application. People will get confused and if you use Office 365 I guarantee at least one user will configure their email account on it and cause you some amount of headache.
  • Microsoft.WindowsFeedbackHub
    Safe to remove.
  • Microsoft.WindowsMaps
    Safe to remove.
  • Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorder
    Safe to remove.
  • Microsoft.WindowsStore
    Do not remove. You can only bring the Store app back by either restoring your system from a backup or resetting your system. Instead of removing the Store app, you should use group policies to hide or disable it.
  • Microsoft.Xbox…
    Remove it. Definitely not needed on company computers even if you decide to keep Solitaire.
  • Microsoft.ZuneMusic
    Keep it, unless you use a 3rd-party application to play audio files.
  • Microsoft.ZuneVideo
    Keep it, unless you use a 3rd-party application to play video files.

If you have any suggestions for improvements, please let me know in the comments.

– Daniel

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Comments

16 responses to “Provisioned App Packages in Windows 10 Enterprise / Windows 10 Pro”

  1. Kira Avatar
    Kira

    What’s your best method of completely removing the provisioned packages after the 1803 update?

    Also, technically you can bring back the Windows Store by running a specific command in Powershell (as admin) if you accidentally remove it.

    1. Daniel Avatar
      Daniel

      Hi Kira, I updated this article and added the PowerShell commands for removing provisioned app packages.

  2. Ker Avatar
    Ker

    I’m using the powershell “gridview” script to remove provisioned apps,

    Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Out-GridView -PassThru | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online

    With this method, you click on the aps you want to remove and it does all at the same time, and for all users…however, as of this week, there’s a new office trial and xbox app that don’t appear in the gridview list.

    Any info on that?

    1. Daniel Avatar
      Daniel

      Can be many reasons why. But in the official Windows images, there you’ll find only the apps listed here.

  3. Nathan Hartley Avatar
    Nathan Hartley

    This is awesome. Thank you! I found this wonderful resource, while searching for similar information on about a Provisioned App which we are finding on some new devices, that has not made your list. Happen to know anything about “Microsoft.Office.Desktop”? Here is a ServerFault question where I ask this question in an expanded way. https://serverfault.com/q/923481/6079

    1. Daniel Avatar
      Daniel

      The Microsoft.Office.Desktop app comes from the Office Single Image OPK, which was also pointed out in the comments. It’s not included in original Windows 10 images, but added by the system builder (Dell, Lenovo, Fujitsu and the likes. WHich is why it’s out of scope of this article. I can’t tell you much more. But after quickly googling it I found a good starting point at System builder deployment of Windows 10 for desktop editions. Just search the site for “Office Single Image” and “Microsoft.Office.Desktop” and it should reveal some more information to you. And thank for the compliments ?.

  4. Fabio Gondorf (@FGondorf) Avatar

    Thank you Daniel, this article is a great resource! It really helps maintaining an understanding of what’s changed with apps in each version. I look forward to the next Build of Windows (ought to be 1903) that will allow more flexibility with built-in apps.

    Quick heads-up for OneNote, though: Since the Office OneNote Application is discontinued, it is no longer shipped with Office 365 or Office 2019. After re-installing O365 on the weekend I did NOT get a OneNote Application as part of the office package, therefore I have to use the Store App from now on. Therefore, I would not recommend uninstalling the OneNote App any longer unless you don’t need it or use Office 2016.

    1. Daniel Avatar
      Daniel

      Thank you so much, Fabio. Yes, I also read about the added flexibility that lets you uninstall more built-in apps. And thanks for letting me know that Office 2019 doesn’t ship with OneNote any longer. I didn’t know they already implemented this. I’m on the newest stable build of Office 365 Desktop, but they didn’t uninstall OneNote, thankfully. 🙂

    2. Michael Wolf Avatar
      Michael Wolf

      OneNote 2016 is an optional install component when you configure your O365 or Office2019 installer. It is disabled by default. See Products in https://config.office.com/

  5. Wilbert Avatar
    Wilbert

    Thanks for sharing this helpful article. Am building a windows image and deciding which apps to be included.
    I can’t figure out how to get back a provisioned apps when removed with mentioned powershell commands. F.e. I remove OneNote or ZuneMusic and later on it is needed.
    Can you re-install a provisioned app with a powershell command? And make it available for all users)?

  6. Martin Avatar
    Martin

    Hey Daniel,
    I can only warn you about removing Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollection from 1903. It basically breaks the image, you can find all the details here on my reddit post:
    https://www.reddit.com/r/SCCM/comments/c0ml03/removing_microsoftmicrosoftsolitairecollection/

    Hope it saves you any trouble I had :).

  7. M Avatar
    M

    Hi Daniel Thanks a lot!

    Here is what I came up with to customize my windows setup on USB Drive

    Create folder win_image on your desktop
    Open PowerShell as Administrator
    Adjust paths before continuing
    Mount-WindowsImage -ImagePath D:\sources\install.wim -Path C:\Users\Max\Desktop\win_image\ -Name “Windows 10 Education”
    Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Path C:\Users\Max\Desktop\win_image\ | select DisplayName | sort DisplayName

    Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Path C:\Users\Max\Desktop\win_image\ | where-object {$_.DisplayName –notlike "*DesktopAppInstaller*"}
    | where-object {$.DisplayName –notlike “HEIFImageExtension“} | where-object {$_.DisplayName –notlike "*MicrosoftSolitaireCollection*"}
    | where-object {$.DisplayName –notlike “MicrosoftStickyNotes“} | where-object {$_.DisplayName –notlike "*MSPaint*"}
    | where-object {$.DisplayName –notlike “ScreenSketch“} | where-object {$_.DisplayName –notlike "*StorePurchaseApp*"}
    | where-object {$.DisplayName –notlike “VP9VideoExtensions“} | where-object {$_.DisplayName –notlike "*WebMediaExtensions*"}
    | where-object {$.DisplayName –notlike “WebpImageExtension“} | where-object {$_.DisplayName –notlike "*WindowsAlarms*"}
    | where-object {$.DisplayName –notlike “WindowsCalculator“} | where-object {$_.DisplayName –notlike "*WindowsCamera*"}
    | where-object {$.DisplayName –notlike “WindowsSoundRecorder“} | where-object {$_.DisplayName –notlike "*WindowsStore*"}
    | where-object {$.DisplayName –notlike “TCUI“} `
    | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Path C:\Users\Max\Desktop\win_image\

    Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Path C:\Users\Max\Desktop\win_image\ | select DisplayName | sort DisplayName
    Dismount-WindowsImage -Path C:\Users\Max\Desktop\win_image\ -Save

  8. john madsen Avatar
    john madsen

    How do I get to delete xbox and all the rest of the spam when not having microsoft or windows store?

  9. john Avatar
    john

    Hi Daniel,

    I would like to remove these:

    Microsoft.BingWeatherMSN Weather
    Microsoft.DesktopAppInstallerApp Installer
    Microsoft.GetHelpGet Help
    Microsoft.GetstartedMicrosoft Tips
    Microsoft.HEIFImageExtensionHEIF Image Extensions
    Microsoft.MessagingMicrosoft Messaging
    Microsoft.Microsoft3DViewerMixed Reality Viewer
    Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHubGet Office
    Microsoft.MicrosoftSolitaireCollectionMicrosoft Solitaire Collection
    Microsoft.MicrosoftStickyNotesMicrosoft Sticky Notes
    Microsoft.MixedReality.PortalMixed Reality Portal
    Microsoft.MSPaintPaint 3D
    Microsoft.Office.OneNoteOneNote
    Microsoft.OneConnectPaid Wi-Fi & Cellular
    Microsoft.PeopleMicrosoft People
    Microsoft.Print3DPrint 3D
    Microsoft.SkreenSketchSnip & Sketch
    Microsoft.SkypeAppSkype
    Microsoft.StorePurchaseAppStore Purchase App
    Microsoft.VP9VideoExtensionsMicrosoft.VP9VideoExtensions
    Microsoft.WalletWallet
    Microsoft.WindowsAlarmsWindows Alarms & Clock
    Microsoft.WindowsCameraWindows Camera
    microsoft.windowscommunicationsappsMail and Calendar
    Microsoft.WindowsFeedbackHubFeedback Hub
    Microsoft.WindowsMapsWindows Maps
    Microsoft.WindowsSoundRecorderWindows Voice Recorder
    Microsoft.Xbox.TCUIXbox TCUI
    Microsoft.XboxAppXbox
    Microsoft.XboxGameOverlayXbox Game Bar
    Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlayXbox Gaming Overlay
    Microsoft.XboxIdentityProviderXbox Identity Provider
    Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlayXbox Speech to Text Overlay
    Microsoft.YourPhoneYour Phone
    Microsoft.ZuneMusicGroove Music
    Microsoft.ZuneVideoMovies & TV

    how do I do that?

  10. alex mei Avatar
    alex mei

    hi daniel,
    thx for the tutorial.
    i’m using win 10 ltsc 2019 and want to add the microsoft camera for windows 10.
    could install the latest appxpackage successfully -using my usb stick :

    Add-AppxPackage -Path D:\windows10cameraapp\Microsoft.WindowsCamera_2020.902.10.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe.AppxBundle

    but the app crashes always after start. are there any dependencies, i don’t know ?
    any suggestions / ideas / comments are welcome.
    best regards, alex

  11. Rihanna Avatar

    Thanks for sharing this helpful article. Am building a windows image and deciding which apps to be included.
    I can’t figure out how to get back a provisioned apps when removed with mentioned powershell commands

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