Step 1: Uninstall Microsoft Store From Windows 11

Unlike other apps, you can’t remove Microsoft Store using Settings or Control Panel. You’ll have to run a command from a PowerShell window to get rid of the Store app.

To start, access your PC’s “Start” menu and find “PowerShell”. Right-click the app and choose “Run as Administrator.”

In the “User Account Control” prompt, select “Yes.”

On the PowerShell window, type the following command and press Enter:

Get-AppxPackage -allusers *WindowsStore* | Remove-AppxPackage

In this command, -allusers means removing Store for all the users on your PC, WindowsStore refers to Microsoft Store, and the Remove-AppxPackage part tells PowerShell to remove the Store app.

When the command has finished running, close PowerShell. Then, reboot your PC by opening the “Start” menu, clicking the “Power” icon, and choosing “Restart.”

Step 2: Reinstall Microsoft Store on Windows 11

To Microsoft Store back on your PC fully refreshed, run a command in PowerShell as follows.

Open the “Start” menu, find “PowerShell”, and click “Run as Administrator.” In the “User Account Control” prompt, click “Yes.”

In PowerShell, type the following command and press Enter:

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers Microsoft.WindowsStore* | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}