Uninstall it, as listed here:
In elevated powershell, search for the PackageFullName... and then Remove that package:
Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, PackageFullName
Remove-AppxPackage Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.4.8.176_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy
I'm using the same uninstall to remove other "features" like BingNews, BingSports, Etc
Likewise, you can remove the "Provisioned" applications (aka: crap that gets installed during user creation) via this method
Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Select DisplayName, PackageName
Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage Microsoft.ZuneMusic_2019.6.11821.0_neutral_~_8wekyb3d8bbwe
Or... to remove ALL Apps that you can, app or provisionedapp, you can do this:
Just a warning: This will uninstall the Windows Store. That's not an issue for me, but uninstalling everything isn't for the faint of heart.
Get-AppxPackage | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online
It's probably wise not to completely remove the windows store. This (in the comments) looks to be ballpark of what I'd use:
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers | where-object {$_.name –notlike “*store*”} | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-appxprovisionedpackage –online | where-object {$_.packagename –notlike “*store*”} | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online
Further resource: Delete Windows 10 Apps and Restore Default Windows 10 Apps
Best Answer
If you kill
explorer.exeprocess and run it as administrator, here is the error message that Windows will give you:An administrator access is only required in Windows when an app wants to access system files and folders.
Windows Store apps are sandboxed where they can't get access to system files or raw file system access. Windows Store apps can only access the libraries and removable media by itself and if it wants to access any other file, the user has to select it through a file-open-picker to give the app permission to do it.