> On Nov 13, 2017, at 1:49 PM, Harry Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Harry,
As Ana suggested, try uninstalling those apps using Programs and Features or the other methods that she talked about. But, before you do a whole slash and burn number, bear the following in mind:
1) Unless you manually execute any or all of those offending 29 apps or tell them to start at boot time, they won’t take up system resources or adversely affect system performance. 
2) They do take up hard drive space but probably not a huge amount, so unless your hard drive’s dangerously close to full, I wouldn’t worry about them.
3) Ask yourself if the mere presence of those apps on your computer is worth getting all in a tizzy about and whether it’s worth the time and effort to uninstall them, especially if they have minimal impact on your system and your daily computing life. I’ve had a few systems over the twenty-three years that I’ve used PC’s, many of which have had non-essential apps, even some programs that I would go so far as to call them crapware. But by and large, those non-essential programs have affected me not a whit so I ignore them.  I’ve got far too much other stuff on my plate to worry about.

Food for thought, pal. 
Cheers!
Tom

  




> Hi all,
> 
> Using Windows 10 creators edition, 1709 and jaws 18.
> 
> Folks, there are 29 apps, 29, that I found that I don't use, and won't use, and when I try to press delete when I am on one of them in the apps list, it doesn't give me the option to delete them.
> 
> Here they are:
> 
> 1. on screen keyboard--I have my own keyboard, I don't need it.
> 
> 2. Xbox, I don't play that game, and won't.
> 
> 3. xps viewer--I don't use that, as far as I know.
> 
> 4. steps recorder--I don't need that.
> 
> 5. snipping tool--I don't snip anything.
> 
> 6. movies and tv--I don't watch tv, and I don't watch movies. The only videos I watch are on you tube.
> 
> 7. print 3d--I don't do any 3d printing.
> 
> 8. note pad--I will never use it, I use word pad.
> 
> 9. paint--I don't paint.
> 
> 10. math input pannel--I don't use it, I only use calculator.
> 
> 11. weather--I don't use it, all it gives you is your local weather forecast.
> 
> 12. twitter--I don't use it, I don't use  social media!
> 
> 13. sticky notes--I've never used that, and I would be opened to using it, if someone would tell me why I need it, and show me how to use it. Right now, I'm not using it, and it's taking up space and system resources, as the other 28 apps are taking up.
> 
> 14. photos--I don't take them, and will never use it.
> 
> 15. paint 3d--I don't paint, so won't use it.
> 
> 16. one note--I don't use it. All it is is an app, and I would have to launch it, then go in and find my notes, takes too much time.
> 
> 17. news--I don't use it. I get my news from other sources.
> 
> 18. mind craft--I'm not a gamer.
> 
> 19. Microsoft Solitar, I don't play it.
> 
> 20. march over warlords--I don't play it.
> 
> 21. maps--I don't use them.
> 
> 22. mail--I don't use it, I use Thunderbird.
> 
> 23. groove music--I don't use it. Maybe I would, if someone tells me why it's so good, been using windows media player for years, and now, using Studio Recorder, that lets me listen to files, and record files, and edit files.
> 
> 24. get office--I will not use office, because I don't use Excel, and I don't use, and won't use Word, because it kept skipping pages in documents, and it would never stop, so I got rid of office.
> 
> 25. face book--same as Twitter above.
> 
> 26. candy crush soda sauga--a game, I don't play games on the computer.
> 
> 27. camera--I don't use it.
> 
> 28. calender--I don't use it.
> 
> 29. alarms--I don't use alarms, but I do use the clock.
> 
> So, there you have it. If Microsoft would let the user delete apps they don't need, our computers would be super fast, and the bootup  time would be instant.
> 
> If there are any apps I mentioned that I should not get rid of, let me know. But if not, I would *LOVE* to delete all of these 29 apps!
> 
> Harry
> 
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