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When I go into Settings and then Apps, I can see a list of apps, some of which I would like to uninstall. For example Cortana or Microsoft Store, but the uninstall button is deactivated for these. Is there any way to get rid of these annoying apps without destroying the OS?

AJM
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First, they do zero harm so uninstalling is not really necessary.

Second, if you must uninstall them, use Power Shell to do that.

Uninstall Cortana. please see:

Uninstall Cortana

The steps to uninstall Cortana using PowerShell are as follows:

Launch the PowerShell as administrator.
Enter the following command in the PowerShell window and press Enter key.
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.549981C3F5F10 | Remove-AppPackage.
The above PowerShell command uninstalls the Cortana from Windows 10 and Windows 11.

To uninstall Microsoft Store, please see:

Uninstall Store

Run Powershell as administrator.
Copy and paste the following command into the Powershell prompt and hit Enter: Get-AppxPackage *windowsstore* | Remove-AppxPackage
To reinstall the Windows Store, open Powershell as administrator and run the following command: Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

Now BEWARE:

Uninstalling these things works, but getting them back may require reinstalling Windows.

I had to do this (when it was opportune to do so) after uninstalling Cortana and then having a year's worth of updates.

So my counsel is to leave well enough alone.

John
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