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
    2015-02-14T23:49:20+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.

    THIS IS INCORRECT INFORMATION.

    not only did previous versions automatically hide uninstalled apps (you had to change settings to view them before), but now you can still remove them from this view.

    Simply swipe up or right-click to get the "customize" command. 

    Click customize

    select all apps you wish to hide or uninstall, even if they were previously uninstalled

    click "uninstall when it appears on the "customize" menu

    do this until the apps are no longer showing in app view.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-02-01T18:08:07+00:00

    I have adopted a better approach until this is solved: I stopped using Windows Store. 

    Almost all the apps available for Brazil are **** and the restriction of removing these apps from my account made me abandon Windows Store. My last access was almost 2 years ago.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-02-01T17:26:19+00:00

    Mahesh... stating the obvious doesn't make it right. Filling my already cluttered online world with stuff I no longer want or need isn't helpful in finding the things I actually DO want to find again.

    As others have posted here, this is just bad design. There is no explanation for bad design, just excuses.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-01-31T22:31:51+00:00

    This really needs to be fixed. I have two children who have their own accounts protected by family safety. Occasionally I will purchase a game under my account that is family friendly. I do not want to purchase the game multiple times, so under their accounts I change the store account to my own temporarily so I can install it on their accounts without paying for the same thing multiple times.

    What I hadn't realized is the option to switch the store account to a different user to download apps on a child account isn't temporary. I'd wrongfully assumed that after I logged off our family tablet as them the next time they logged in their store accounts would revert back to their own. No real harm done since they can't make monetary purchases through their accounts. It is however an extremely frustrating mistake I made that seems I will never be able to fix. Within a week I had several hundred useless free games listed in my live account. I do not want my app list cluttered with odd things.

    I don't use many apps. I've purchased maybe 4 productivity apps and a just a few games. I shouldn't have to wade through a list of hundreds of junk applications to find the 10 I need to install when I get a new tablet. I understand having a record of applications PURCHASED, but all of the free nonsensical ones need to be able to be purged. Give me a double warning screen before I remove them if you are that concerned with my history but ultimately let users determine what they want or not.

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