App removal

I have no use for the apps and see no reason to have them tie up space on my OS partition, so I researched and discovered a way to remove them (not just uninstall them from Start). The information is taken from here: Hidden WindowsApps folder

Here is the information:

Here's one way using the commandline:

Press Win-X, run "Command Prompt Admin ". Enter the colored text commands into the CMD console (copy-paste if you're a CLI newbie):

C:\Windows\system32>takeown /f "c:\Program Files\WindowsApps" /r /d y (take ownership of folder)

C:\Windows\system32>icacls "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps" /grant administrators:f /t (give yourself full access rights to folder)

Now you can delete stuff in the folder. Let's nuke a Zune folder. I hate those ad-ridden **** anyway.

C:\Windows\system32>cd "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps" (change directory to said folder)

C:\Program Files\WindowsApps>dir/a/p (list folder content, pick a subfolder to nuke)

C:\Program Files\WindowsApps>rd /s/q Microsoft.Z<Tab>

CLI trick: Press Tab for filename completion. If more than one file fits the match, successive Tabs will cycle through the names. This shortcut is a lifesaver for CLI peeps. Anyway, so we get Microsoft.ZuneMusic_blahblah. Press Enter to kill ZuneMusic folder. (Yes, it's a dangerous command. Disclaimer of responsibility goes here.)

Suffice it to say, set a restore point beforehand.

 

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Windows 8 apps, after uninstalling whole app folder and data still resides?

Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but it's worth a look-see.

 

Using my old hard drives I adjusted my OS partition to grow as much as possible, but it still doesn't give me a lot of space to work with. By removing the apps, which I would never use anyway, I freed up over 1GB of space, allowing me to have a little over 10GB of free space on that partition. I want to keep this partition as clear as possible. I understand people with terrabyte partitions need not concern themselves, but to keep the partition defragged, free space is necessary.