How can I remove my uninstalled apps history from "Your Apps" in Windows Store ?

Anonymous
2012-12-22T11:53:52+00:00

Original title: How can I Remove my Unistalled Apps History From Windows Store ?

How can I Remove my Unistalled Apps History From Windows Store ?

Windows Store Shows My Installed AND Uninstalled Apps in the Option [ YOUR APPS ].

I want to remove my Uninstalled Apps From this Option.

Please Help me.

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Anonymous
2012-12-23T06:48:02+00:00

Hi Idharam,

Thank you for posting your question in Microsoft Community.

I understand that you want to remove uninstalled apps history in the "Your Apps" option  from "Windows store". Correct me if I am wrong.

It is by design and it is not possible to remove the app history. It is used for your reference, the apps that you have uninstalled, so that you can install them in the future, if you require it.

I hope the above information helps you.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-03-03T04:59:32+00:00

    I also agree.  You should be able to remove any app history that you no longer want or need.  I'm now very selective of what apps I try, because I don't want their history hanging around forever.  Microsoft,  this should be fixed!  What explanation do you have for not giving an option to remove app history?  It surely cannot be that difficult to correct.

    A while ago I started switching all of my Microsoft-linked accounts from my gmail account to my outlook account (which is a real pain), and i discovered I had to redownload all my apps to relink them with my new account.

    So for the moment I don't have that problem, but I have a whole lot more.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-03-03T04:44:03+00:00

    I also agree.  You should be able to remove any app history that you no longer want or need.  I'm now very selective of what apps I try, because I don't want their history hanging around forever.  Microsoft,  this should be fixed!  What explanation do you have for not giving an option to remove app history?  It surely cannot be that difficult to correct.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-02-22T23:11:54+00:00

    Re: It is by design and it is not possible to remove the app history.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------And the opposite of Android, and at first, everyone using Android's Market/Play Store (heh) complained that there was no history (in the event they had to restore their phone to factory condition, or swapped devices, etc). But the (Android) solution is to use AppBrain — a site/app that allows the android user to have a full history of installs, uninstalls, per device! On the other hand, I am LESS likely to try new apps when my entire WinStore history will be littered with every crapp I've ever tried (like Oprah's OWN Network, which turned out to be an app one should burn with fire till it dies). It makes my store history USELESS. There are cases when an app is terrible at launch (ie, Word for DOS), and becomes much better, but because it's in your history of **** I hated and isn't installed, you might ignore the newer versions. The ONLY solution I've found is app reviews, using 2 or 3 stars for apps with potential, and 1 star for NEVER-AGAIN apps (crapware that was riddled with ads, poorly conceived, etc). But it's sort of a pain to have to review every app review to weed out the 1-stars. There's GOT to be a way to let us nuke the ad-riddled, ridiculous apps out of the history forever, because I'm NEVER going to revisit those. PLEASE, if MS needs to keep an entire history like AppBrain for Android, that's fine; but at least allow the users the OPTION to nuke crapps from our VIEWABLE history.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-02-18T06:30:08+00:00

    I agree too. It sort of makes sense for paid apps to always list them, but free apps you can download without thinking twice, and many you will regret the first time you start them. I already have four calculator apps and five clock tile apps in my history, and I'd like to permanently forget the ones that I don't use.

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