how to delete the history of uninstalled apps in win 8 store

Anonymous
2012-12-21T20:53:24+00:00

when i uninstalled apps in win 8 ,,, i dont know how to delete that history because when i checked in "your apps"(in win 8 store),,

there were history of unistalled apps..

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Anonymous
2012-12-22T08:03:37+00:00

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community Forums.

From your issue description , I understand that you need to delete the uninstalled App history from the Windows App Store.

Unfortunately its not possible to delete the uninstall App history in the windows 8 App store. Its designed like that .So in future if you want install any of these apps again in your computer you don’t to have search for that in the whole App Store. You can just select “My Apps” and from there you can install that once again very easily.

Hope this helps. Please get back to us if you have any other questions

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-04-06T19:21:43+00:00

    I don't mean changing your Microsoft account on the device I mean the Microsoft account in the store only you can change it without changing the main one

    Anyway I wanna talk about something more important windows phone 8.1 will have my apps section will it have the same fu***** problem?

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-04-06T19:05:15+00:00

    I agree with MerlinTheDruid.

    Hossam´s solution isn' t, so to speak, a solution. It´s like if you were camouflaging the problem.

    But, the worst thing at least in my case, is that when you select the "Installed app on [Name of your computer]" option, what you IN FACT get is a mix of installed and already uninstalled apps.

    So, the option "Non Installed app on [Name of your computer]" is something the users don´t want (for many reasons: privacy, being a bother, etc.) ...

    ...and the option "Installed app on [Name of your computer]" is completely useless because is not a true reflection of reality (the apps really and currently installed on your computer).

    I´m sure that solving this problem is easier than, for example, bringing the classic start menu back in Windows 8.1. And now we know the classic start menu is coming back through Windows update  due to the customers' complaints.

    Regards.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-04-06T17:05:13+00:00

    Guys, I have a solution for this problem

    1- go to the store

    2- open "My account" section

    3- change your Microsoft account which is used in the store

    4- go to "my apps" section. No apps

    5- the next time you try an app change the account to the old one and if you like switch back to your new account so that it will be added to your apps

    Done

    well ... this would be a workaround (not a solution though) ... but it only does work if you are going in knowing that microsoft is unable and/or unwilling to provide basic functionality.

    as is i have a main account that is linked with all kinds of different devices and services (2x win8 pc, lumia phone, surface tabled, onedrive with 28gb, office365, ...) so i only could now set up a secondary account and start using this method but there is no way to get the garbage out of my primary account.

    it is really sad, that microsoft does not even address this issue, but hey ... their inability to provide basic functionality was the reason i had to switch the office-accounts of all our users over to google apps, so this should not surprise me at all at this point.

    this company fails to adress issues in their business-suite (like providing authentication mechanisms that work cross-platfrom over to linux, endorsing industry-standards like webdav to work around their inapt skydrive that still is based on the old groove and falls apart as soon as you try to sync more than a hand full of files, ...) there is no reason to think that microsoft would give two sh... about providing the basics for its non-business consumer-base ...

    its the same across the board ... tried changing your gamertag with the x-box games lately? ... i have ... obviously rolling this out on phone, tablet and pc is no reason for microsoft at all to provide any functionality there. to access your gamertag you need an x-box ... way to go to ruin the all-integrated philosophy ...

    one - by now - majorly frustrated - and if nothing changes right now soon to be ex - customer.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-06T16:39:08+00:00

    Guys, I have a solution for this problem

    1- go to the store

    2- open "My account" section

    3- change your Microsoft account which is used in the store

    4- go to "my apps" section. No apps

    5- the next time you try an app change the account to the old one and if you like switch back to your new account so that it will be added to your apps

    Done

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