In this guide, we will show you the steps to uninstall widgets on your Windows 11 PC. There has been a slew of noteworthy additions in the eleventh iteration of the OS build. Right out of the box, you will witness a revamped Taskbar, new icon packs, Start Menu, and the Settings page. Apart from that, the widgets have also been given a major upliftment. However, no matter how much UI improvements Microsoft ends up making to these widgets, there exists a niche of users that isn’t interested in interacting with them (of which I’m a part as well).
In this regard, one direct approach will be to simply hide it from the Taskbar from the Settings > Personalization menu. However, this wouldn’t be of much use as the widget’s processes would still be running in the background and would still continue to consume a major chunk of the system resources. So your next course of action could be to either disable them or rather uninstall them for good. In this guide, we will be taking the latter route. Given here are the detailed steps to uninstall widgets on Windows 11.
How to Uninstall Widgets in Windows 11
Do note that there’s also an option to disable these widgets and then re-enable them as and when required. If you wish to try that out, then do check out our guide on How to Disable Widgets in Windows 11. But if you have decided to take the nuclear approach of bidding a final adieu to these widgets, then let’s get started with the instructions.
- To begin with, head over to the Start Menu, search Powershell, and launch it as an administrator.
- Then copy-paste the below command and hit Enter:
winget uninstall "windows web experience pack"
- If the above command doesn’t work out, then you could also try out this one:
Get-AppxPackage MicrosoftWindows.Client.WebExperience* | Remove-AppxPackage
- You will now have to agree to Microsoft Store’s terms and conditions, so type in Y and hit Enter.
- The Winget Package Manager will now delete all the widgets that are part of the MicrosoftWindows.Client.WebExperience.
Once the process is complete, you shall get the Successfully Uninstalled message. So with this, the widgets are now successfully uninstalled from your Windows 11 PC.
How to Reinstall Widgets in Windows 11
If there’s a change in plan and you wish to reinstall those widgets on your Windows 11 PC, then here’s what you need to do:
- To begin with, head over to the Microsoft Store and download the Windows Web Experience Pack.
- Once installed, head over to Settings > Personalization > Taskbar.
- Now disable and then re-enable the Widgets toggle.
- The widgets shall now be active and visible on your Taskbar.
So with this, we round off the guide on how you could uninstall the widgets from your Windows 11 PC. Likewise, we have also listed out the steps to bring it back. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest
