{"id":1496,"date":"2014-05-08T03:20:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T03:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2023-04-17T06:05:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T06:05:44","slug":"how-to-remove-unwanted-apps-from-windows-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-unwanted-apps-from-windows-8\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove Unwanted Apps from Windows 8 PC\/Laptop\/Tablet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you often use a computer, you would find there are more and more apps existing on the computer because of different kinds of reasons. Especially in Windows 8 PC\/laptop\/tablet, Store makes apps installation become easier. But we always could find some of them are not necessary for computer use. Install apps is so easy, how is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-remove-unwanted-apps-from-windows-8\/\"><strong>uninstalling or remove unwanted apps from Windows 8<\/strong><\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Now please follow this passage to do with these methods:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#opt1\">Method 1: Uninstall Apps on Windows 8 Start Screen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#opt2\">Method 2: Uninstall Apps in Windows 8 Control Panel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#opt3\">Method 3: Delete Apps Manually in Windows 8<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"opt1\">Method 1: Uninstall Apps on Windows 8 Start Screen<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Start Windows 8 and head to Start Screen<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Find the app you wish to delete and right click on it.<\/p>\n<p>After you click, the app will have a small tick at the bottom of Start Screen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/uninstall-apps-on-windows-8-start-screen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/uninstall-apps-on-windows-8-start-screen.png\" alt=\"uninstall apps on windows 8 start screen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/uninstall-apps-on-windows-8-start-screen.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/uninstall-apps-on-windows-8-start-screen-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips:<\/strong> Installed apps should have a \u201ctile\u201d on the Start Screen, if it is not there, then use Search in the Charms Bar to find it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Click \u201c<strong>Uninstall<\/strong>\u201d to remove the app from Windows 8.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"opt2\">Method 2: Uninstall Apps in Windows 8 Control Panel<\/h2>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Access Control Panel in Windows 8<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-8\/three-ways-to-access-control-panel-on-windows-8.html\">Three Ways to Access Control Panel in Windows 8<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/access-windows-8-control-panel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"461\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/access-windows-8-control-panel.png\" alt=\"access windows 8 control panel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/access-windows-8-control-panel.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/access-windows-8-control-panel-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Click to Select \u201cPrograms\u201d \u2013 \u201cUninstall a program\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> In the \u201c<strong>Uninstall or change a program<\/strong>\u201d window, select the app you want to uninstall and double-click it to delete it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/uninstall-apps-in-windows-8-control-panel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"458\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1499\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/uninstall-apps-in-windows-8-control-panel.png\" alt=\"uninstall apps in windows 8 control panel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/uninstall-apps-in-windows-8-control-panel.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/uninstall-apps-in-windows-8-control-panel-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few seconds later, it will be deleted from Windows 8 PC, laptop or tablet.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"opt3\">Method 3: Delete Apps Manually in Windows 8<\/h2>\n<p>If you couldn\u2019t uninstall apps in Windows with above two methods, you still can uninstall apps by <strong>deleting app root files<\/strong> forcibly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Find the app shortcut and right click it, select <strong>Properties<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Select the <strong>Shortcut<\/strong> and find <strong>Target<\/strong>, and then copy it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Paste it on address bar, and press <strong>Enter<\/strong> to access its file.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/search-apps-shortcut-in-computer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1501 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/search-apps-shortcut-in-computer.png\" alt=\"search apps shortcut in computer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/search-apps-shortcut-in-computer.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/search-apps-shortcut-in-computer-300x224.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Click button to return back to previous level, find its root file and delete it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/delete-apps-root-file.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/delete-apps-root-file.png\" alt=\"delete apps root file\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/delete-apps-root-file.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/delete-apps-root-file-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Besides these methods, professional tools are made to<strong> uninstall apps in Windows 8<\/strong>. But suggest only when couldn\u2019t do apps uninstallation with above methods, select tool to forcibly remove Windows 8 apps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-8-password\/how-to-remove-windows-8-password-for-sign-in.html\">How to Remove Windows 8 Password for Sign in<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/reset-windows-8-on-tablet\/\">How to Reset Windows 8 on a Tablet <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-uninstall-a-program-in-windows-8\/\">How to Uninstall A Program on Windows 8 <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you often use a computer, you would find there are more and more apps existing on the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-windows-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1496"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6982,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496\/revisions\/6982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}