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This tutorial will show you how to uninstall or reinstall the Xbox Game Bar for your account or all users in Windows 11.
You can open the Xbox Game Bar to take control of all your favorite gaming activities while playing on your Windows 11 device.
The Home Bar is the bar at the top of the Game Bar screen. Your favorites will appear on the Home Bar for quicker access to widgets.
The Controller Bar is a view of the Xbox Game Bar that allows you to quickly access games and apps using any Xbox controller.
Uninstalling the Xbox Game Bar app will remove the ability to open the Game Bar (Win+G).
Starting with Windows 11 build 23570 (Dev), build 25977 (Canary), and build 22635.2486 (Beta) the Xbox Game Bar app will now show as just Game Bar under the Start menu and also under Settings > System > Apps > Installed apps. This change will come through a Game Bar update via the Microsoft Store.
Contents
- Option One: Uninstall Xbox Game Bar for Current User
- Option Two: Uninstall Xbox Game Bar for All Users
- Option Three: Reinstall Xbox Game Bar for Current User
EXAMPLE: Xbox Game Bar screen
Option One
Uninstall Xbox Game Bar for Current User
1 Open Windows Terminal, and select Windows Powershell.
2 Copy and paste the command below into Windows Terminal, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
Code:
Get-AppxPackage -PackageTypeFilter Bundle -Name "*Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay*" | Remove-AppxPackage3 When finished, you can close Windows Terminal if you like.
Option Two
Uninstall Xbox Game Bar for All Users
You must be signed in as an administrator to use this option.
1 Open Windows Terminal (Admin), and select Windows PowerShell.
2 Copy and paste the command below into Windows Terminal (Admin), and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
Code:
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers -PackageTypeFilter Bundle -Name "*Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay*" | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers3 When finished, you can close Windows Terminal if you like.
Option Three
Reinstall Xbox Game Bar for Current User
1 Click/tap on the link below to open the Xbox Game Bar page in the Microsoft Store app.
2 If prompted, click/tap on Open Microsoft Store app to confirm. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap Get or Install to install the Xbox Game Bar app from the Microsoft Store. (see screenshot below)
4 When the Xbox Game Bar app has finished installing, you can Open the app if wanted. (see screenshot below)
It may take a moment to actually be able to open the Xbox Game Bar.
5 You can now close the Microsoft Store app if wanted.
That's it,
Shawn Brink
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These instructions are not working for me. I run them and it uninstalls the Game Bar, but every morning this appears in MS Store and it eventually reinstalls itself. I have ABSOLUTELY no need for this app.....
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dbartenstein said:
These instructions are not working for me. I run them and it uninstalls the Game Bar, but every morning this appears in MS Store and it eventually reinstalls itself. I have ABSOLUTELY no need for this app.....
View attachment 60442
Actually, I did find there are apparently a sh*tload more components than the one mentioned above. This article seems to cover it, I hope...
How to Remove XBox Completely from Windows 10 - Make Tech Easier
Not a gamer? Don't have any need for the Xbox app in Windows 10? Learn how to remove Xbox completely from Windows 10 even without an uninstall option.
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dbartenstein said:
These instructions are not working for me. I run them and it uninstalls the Game Bar, but every morning this appears in MS Store and it eventually reinstalls itself. I have ABSOLUTELY no need for this app.....
Yep, this tutorial only covers the Xbox Game Bar app, and nothing else.
The Xbox app does have an uninstall option like below though.
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Brink said:
Yep, this tutorial only covers the Xbox Game Bar app, and nothing else.
The Xbox app does have an uninstall option like below though.
View attachment 60447
Aye, I had deleted Xbox that way some time ago, but it did not appear to get rid of all of it, t'would appear. These additional commands hopefully will do the trick once and for all:
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Xbox.TCUI | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxGameOverlay | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay | Remove-AppxPackage
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dbartenstein said:
Aye, I had deleted Xbox that way some time ago, but it did not appear to get rid of all of it, t'would appear. These additional commands hopefully will do the trick once and for all:
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Xbox.TCUI | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxGameOverlay | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxIdentityProvider | Remove-AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxSpeechToTextOverlay | Remove-AppxPackage
THANK YOU....this appears to have worked for me~!
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