By Achilles Hill | Last Updated
There is a new feature on Windows 11 23H2 update: Dev Home, which is designed for the developer to deal with all of the workflows and coding tasks in one centralized location. Thus, how can you install Dev Home on Windows 11 for free and how to remove Dev Home if you do not need it? Here we will dive into the details.
First of all, you need to get Dev Home app on your Windows 11. There are two ways to download it: you can download from Microsoft Store app or from the GitHub site. Here the GitHub site is selected. After that, you can install Dev Home on Windows 11 via command line.
Step 1: Search Windows 11 PowerShell on your Windows 11 and choose to Run Windows PowerShell as administrator.
Step 2: Allow Windows PowerShell to make changes on your Windows 11.
Step 3: Execute the command line: add-appxpackage “D:\ Windows.DevHome_0.1101.416.0.msixbundle” to install the Dev Home app. “D:\ Windows.DevHome_0.1101.416.0.msixbundle” is the location where your downloaded Dev Home package is saved.
Step 4: In no time, Dev Home is installing on your Windows 11.
After installation, you can search Dev Home on Windows search toolbar. Then choose Dev Home (Preview) to open.
Now your development control center is installed. You can get started now to access development utilities all from one centralized location.
If you think Dev Home is useless on your Windows 11 23H2 computer, just uninstall it. Different from other apps on Windows 11, you cannot remove it from Settings. Windows PowerShell can help you uninstall Dev Home on Windows 11.
Step 1: Run Windows PowerShell as the administrator on your Windows 11.
Step 2: Execute the command line to uninstall Dev Home: Get-AppxPackage *Windows.DevHome* | Remove-AppxPackage .
Step 3: The uninstalling is on going.
1. Is Dev Home Automatically installed?
No, you need to install Dev Home manually after you download it. If you want Dev Home installed automatically on Windows 11, you can enable Developer mode on your computer to have a try.
2. Can we remove Dev Home from Windows 11?
Yes, of course. You can follow the mentioned steps to uninstall Dev Home with Windows PowerShell command line.
3. What you need to set up in Dev Home?
You can set up machine configuration, dashboard widgets, system widgets and GitHub extension widgets in Dev Home.
