Instructions to disable Microsoft Store on Windows 10

The Windows Store is an app store automatically installed on Windows 10. Like Android Play Store or App Store in iOS, the Microsoft Store app built into the operating system acts as a "marketplace". application. However, because of some of its policies, the Microsoft Store cannot be removed directly like other regular applications. In this article, Download.vn will guide you some ways to remove Microsoft Store in Windows 10. 

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Disable the Windows Store with Regedit

• Open Registry Editor (Open Run, type regedit and press Enter)
• In turn, find the following key:

• Here, right-click on a blank area and create a DWORD (32 bit) value , name it DisableStoreApps . Note: Even if you are running 64-bit Windows, you still need to use 32-bit DWORD as the value type.

• Double-click the key you just created and set its value to  1 , then click OK to turn off the Microsoft Store app.

After editing the Registry, you should restart the computer to make sure the settings work correctly. 

Disable the Windows Store with the Group Policy Editor 

The Group Policy Editor is a pretty powerful Windows permission editing tool, and we can also use it to disable the Windows Store with these simple steps. 

Note: This method does not work on Windows 10 Home, because Group Policy Editor is not included. 

• Open Group Policy Editor by typing Gpedit.msc in the Run window and pressing Enter.
• In the Group Policy window, navigate to the following path:

• Set Enable for TURN OFF THE STORE APPLICATION and click OK to save.

Disable the Windows Store with Powershell

If neither of these works, try Powershell. 

• Open the Run window, type in powershell to open the Windows Powershell program. 
• In the Powershell window, enter the following command: 

• Press Enter and wait for the system to execute the command. 

After the command is executed, the Microsoft Store will be removed. You can no longer find it in the Start menu. 

I wish you successful implementation!