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

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.

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This does not help.

The fact that 2 years later and 20 pages of complaints hasn't caused Microsoft to fix this is asinine. If Windows 8.1 had not come preloaded on my hybrid it would have Ubuntu on it just like every non-Android device I own. Your product is substandard and your customer service is worse. Great knowing you Microsoft.

Actually while I do agree that this "design decision" (more like "seemd a good idea at 3:00 am while being totally wasted") is a sad joke, I have to speak up for microsofts customer care. I had nothing but good experiences when talking to and working with them to get stuff fixed.

So while I gladly would pick up a big club and have "a talk" with the guys in charge of certain design decisions, the MS cc is among the best in the industry as far as my personal experience goes ... they just can not help us in this matter as the stupid decisions are made outside their sphere of influence.

The fact that 2 years later and 20 pages of complaints hasn't caused Microsoft to fix this is asinine. If Windows 8.1 had not come preloaded on my hybrid it would have Ubuntu on it just like every non-Android device I own. Your product is substandard and your customer service is worse. Great knowing you Microsoft.

That is a horrible design decision.  Why not let the user decide if they want to keep a history or not?  Better yet, give the user the ability to flag apps as favorites or put apps on a 'wish list'.  It is a far better design strategy to give the user choices and control over how they wish to manage their data.  (I.e., app history)

I can't speak for everybody but, for myself, the reason those apps are uninstalled is because I tried them and didn't like them.  The design feature you speak of seems more like a "feature cut" decision was made and thus we are left with an inflexible product that is, by the way, grossly inferior to its competitors.  Worse than having a second-rate app store is one that, due to this design decision, discourages people from "experimenting" and trying out apps.  The consequence of "trying" an app is that you will have to deal with its existence cluttering up the "My Apps" part of the store.

In summary, give the end-user choice and control over their data.  Microsoft is too far behind the curve in this game to make rookie mistakes that their competitors have already overcome.  You need to be solid and, at least, on-par with your competition before you can hope that your "differentiating features" will be noticed and embraced.

Please, if you have any power to do so, submit a DCR to the engineering team to change this aspect of the service.

Agree 100%, great post!

I'm wondering if all those KB patches have sent the code writers nuts or if Microsoft has perhaps decided that, since dogma worked out so well for Apple over the years, they'll tell us what's good for us.