How to Remove Xbox App in Windows 10

We saw the introduction of many new features in Windows 10. The reintroduction of the start menu and of many new apps that came preloaded on the operating system. One such app was the Xbox App, the app allows PC users to pair with their Xbox one consoles remotely in order to play games, access gameplay capture and much more. Although it can be of use to some people the app is quite useless for the majority of PC gamers who want to squeeze the most out of their CPU and internet connection.

In this article, we will guide you on the path to completely disable or uninstall the app from Windows 10 so that it does not take up useful resources that might otherwise be used in the background while you use your computer.

Uninstalling Xbox App

In this step, we will be completely uninstalling the app from windows 10 using PowerShell commands as an administrator.

Click on the search bar and type “Powershell”
Opening the windows search bar and typing Powershell
Right-Click on the Powershell icon and Click on “Run as Administrator”
Right-Clicking on Powershell and clicking Run as administrator option
Type in the Following command.
```
Get-AppxPackage *xboxapp* | Remove-AppxPackage
```
After typing in this command press the Enter key on your keyboard
Wait until the process is finished and close the PowerShell
Uninstalling the Xbox app

This process will completely uninstall the Xbox App from your computer however if you don’t want to completely uninstall it in the next method we will show you how to disable it.

Disabling Xbox App

If you don’t want to completely uninstall the Xbox app from windows in this step we will be disabling it until you choose to manually enable it

Open the search bar and type in “Services”
Typing in Services in the search bar
Right-Click on the services icon and select the “Run as Administrator” option.
Right-Clicking on Services and selecting the Run as Administrator Option
Once in there, Scroll down to the bottom of the list and you will see options related to Xbox Live.
The options related to Xbox Live on the bottom of the list
Double Click on the “Xbox Accessory Management Service“
In the popup click on the “Stop” button
Selecting stop in the popup
After this Click on the Startup type option and in the dropdown select Disabled and apply the settings
Selecting Disabled in the Dropdown
Similarly, double click on the “Xbox Game monitoring” option.
Click on “Stop” in the popup
Clicking on Stop in the popup
Click on the Dropdown by the Startup type and select Disabled
Selecting Disabled in the Dropdown
Similarly, double click on the “Xbox Live Auth Manager” and click on Stop in the popup
After that in the Dropdown select Disabled and Apply the settings
Also, double click on the “Xbox Live Game Save” option and click on Stop in the popup
After that in the Dropdown select Disabled and Apply the settings
Lastly, double click on the “Xbox Live Networking Service” option and click on Stop in the popup
After that in the Dropdown select Disabled and Apply the settings