How do I safely remove bloatware apps?

[finderskeepers]

How do I safely remove bloatware apps? Apps such as: Alarms & Clocks, Camera, Groove Music, ect. I never used these and I never will. I don't trust 3rd party softwares and have tried Windows Powershell on a different computer, but it said it didn't recognize the commands. It was also a Windows 10 computer. I will use 3rd party, if proven safe, but as I said, I don't trust them with stuff like this.

 

[gardenman]

You can remove most of them by 1 or 2 methods:
#1. Some of them you can right click on and choose Uninstall. (Feedback Hub can be removed this way).

#2. PowerShell. You said PowerShell didn't recognize the commands... which commands did you use? The commands have to be *exact* or else they will not work. This Dell page lists a few examples of how to do it:
http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/sln298639/how-to-reinstall-individual-modern-apps-included-with-windows-10?lang=en
The page shows how to remove all 3 of the apps you have listed. I decided to give it a try in my test system (fully updated Win 10) and here are the results:

Before:

After:

Edit: [CCleaner] will also allow you to easily remove the Apps. If you download it, don't use the Registry Cleaner part of the software. Click on Tools on the left and you can uninstall any of the listed Apps. I tested it in my test machine and it also worked fine.

 

[finderskeepers]

Thank you for your help! I hope you weren't using those apps you tested, but thank you for doing so!

These PowerShell commands worked. I guess the ones I were previously using were wrong. I just got them off the internet (I don't remember where specifically).

 

[gardenman]

I was using a virtual machine that I can test things on so I can delete anything then fix it with just a few clicks.

I'm glad you got it figured out.

 

[finderskeepers]

If you don't mind, is there any more safe-to-use commands for PowerShell?

 

[gardenman]

I'm sure there is... but I haven't used PS that much. It is a "powerful" utility that can also do damage if you are not sure what you are doing.

Here is a brief explanation of PS:
http://www.digitalcitizen.life/simple-questions-what-powershell-what-can-you-do-it

Here are a few commands you can experiment with.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-basic-powershell-commands-get-windows/

And a few more:
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2012/02/16/easy-commands-to-teach-your-friends-about-powershell/

Good luck with it. It's basically a whole new mini programming language. I know some C/C++, but like I said, haven't had much time to play with PS.

 

[finderskeepers]

No problem, I'll search through the links and learn a little more about it, seeing as I didn't know about it until recently, haha. Thanks again for your help and the links!