How do I remove Candy Crush Saga from Windows 10?
Windows 10 comes with "Candy Crush Saga" preinstalled, but I do not want it on my system. How do I remove it?
I was able to uninstall simply by right-clicking on the app in the Start Menu and selecting uninstall.
Typing Get-AppxPackage -Name king.com.CandyCrushSaga
into PowerShell confirmed it is completely gone from the system, not just from the start menu.
Since Candy Crush Saga is a preinstalled application, you won't find it in the "Programs and Features" control panel to be removed. Instead, you have to use the Windows PowerShell to remove it. Use the following procedure:
- Click in the search box in your Taskbar and type
powershell
; select "Windows Powershell" (not "Windows Powershell ISE" if that shows up). - At the prompt, type
Get-AppxPackage -Name king.com.CandyCrushSaga
and press Enter (TIP: to copy/paste that command, copy as usual, then just right-click in the PowerShell window to paste). - Look for the "PackageFullName" line in the result that comes up; it should be something similar to
king.com.CandyCrushSaga_1.540.1.0_x86__khqwnzmzfus32
. - Copy the PackageFullName by left-clicking and dragging to highlight it, then right-click in the PowerShell window to copy the selected text.
- Type
Remove-AppxPackage
(include trailing space) and paste the PackageFullName that you copied in step 4, then press Enter. - A teal-colored text dialog should come up showing the removal process, and then uninstall should be complete.
- Repeat step 2 to verify that it uninstalled successfully (the command should now return nothing).
- Lastly, confirm that Candy Crush Saga is no longer in your Start Menu.
- Enjoy a Candy-Crush-Free computer!
Source: Adapted from GHacks.net article on removing core apps from Windows 10