How do I block and remove Game Assist from Windows Server, and when is a proper fix coming?

Kevin Feathers 21 Reputation points
2025-07-14T15:05:55.9733333+00:00

Can someone explain why Game Assist is getting installed on Windows Server through Microsoft Edge, when this is clearly not a gaming OS? There’s nothing in the GPO templates to stop it, which is ridiculous. What is the official way to remove Game Assist and stop it coming back, without causing even more errors like missing VCLibs.140, issues with ContentDeliveryManager, or the MicrosoftEdgeDevToolsClient?

And when is Microsoft actually going to fix this in a proper update so it’s not a problem anymore?

Thanks.

Microsoft Edge | Other | Previous Windows versions
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  1. Austin-H 8,380 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2025-07-15T03:59:24.71+00:00

    Hello,Kevin Feathers

    Welcome to Microsoft Q&A.

    To safely uninstall this feature, you can use the following commands:

    To remove it for the current user:

    Get-AppxPackage -Name Microsoft.Edge.GameAssist | Remove-AppxPackage

    To remove it for all users:

    Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.Edge.GameAssist | Remove-AppxPackage

    If you’d like to provide feedback, the following link is the best channel:

    https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/forum/9612778f-73a0-ef11-8a69-000d3a4e63db

    You can also learn more about Game Assist in this blog post:

    https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2024/11/22/introducing-microsoft-edge-game-assist-preview/

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