How to reset Microsoft Store apps using PowerShell in Windows 10

Windows 10 offers a built-in feature that can repair or reset Windows Store apps downloaded from Microsoft Store, but at times you need reset apps in bulk, but there is no direct option for that. However, this can be done using PowerShell. In this post, we will show how you can reset the Store App in Windows 10 using PowerShell. You can choose to reset a single app, multiple apps, or reset apps that are based on a keyword.

Reset Microsoft Store apps using PowerShell

PowerShell offers extensive commands for managing apps on Windows, such as Get-AppxPackage, which can get a list of app packages that are installed in a user profile or for all users. However, you will need to run it with admin permission.

The biggest benefit that you will be able to run the reset commands for certain system components, such as the camera app, that are you cannot reset until now. Follow the steps as below:

Open PowerShell as Administrator. If you haven’t, it would be better to use PowerShell 7. Type and execute the following command to see a list of apps installed on the system:

Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers

Get-AppxPackage *start*  -AllUsers

The second command helps you search for a specific. So whatever word you put under stars, the command will find and list those apps. So, in this case, it lists down NarratorQuickStart and GetStarted, and StartMenuExperienceHost apps.

Now, to reset the apps, execute the following command in this format

Get-AppxPackage <app-package name> | Reset-AppxPackage

Where <app-package name> is the package name. So for the “Get Started” app, the package name is Microsoft.Getstarted, so the command to reset will be

Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.Getstarted | Reset-AppxPackage

A lot can be done with this like using wild cards if you are trying to find more apps, or you can perform a mass reset for all the apps. Until now, the only way to reset apps was to reinstall it by running the complicated command as below:

Get-AppxPackage -allusers | foreach {Add-AppxPackage -register "$($_.InstallLocation)\appxmanifest.xml" -DisableDevelopmentMode}

Do remember that when you reset apps like this, all the user data, cache, and offline files are deleted from the list.

However, it is still useful if you want to fresh start an app instead of reinstalling everything.